Golden Heart trilogy

Golden Heart trilogy
Golden Heart trilogy
Directed by	Lars von Trier
Written by	Lars von Trier
Release dates	18 May 1996; (Breaking the Waves); 20 May 1998; (The Idiots); 17 May 2000; (Dancer in the Dark);
Country	Denmark
Languages	English, Danish

The Golden Heart trilogy (Danish: Guldhjerte-trilogien) is three films by the Danish screenwriter and director Lars von Trier. It consists of Breaking the Waves (1996), a melodrama about sex and religion; The Idiots (1998), a Dogme 95 film dealing with moral conventions; and Dancer in the Dark (2000), a musical starring the Icelandic singer Björk.^[1]

The standalone films feature female protagonists and were inspired by the children's book Guldhjertet (lit. 'The Golden Heart'), which is about a poor girl who ends up giving away all her food and all the clothes she wears in order to help others.^[2] Each film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where Breaking the Waves won the Grand Prix and Dancer in the Dark won the Palme d'Or.

^ "Lars von Trier". Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (in Danish). Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^ Björkman, Stig (1999). Trier om von Trier. Samtal med Stig Björkman (in Swedish). Stockholm: Alfabeta bokförlag. p. 163. ISBN 978-91-7712-750-5.

[:1-1] "Lars von Trier". Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (in Danish). Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[2] Björkman, Stig (1999). Trier om von Trier. Samtal med Stig Björkman (in Swedish). Stockholm: Alfabeta bokförlag. p. 163. ISBN 978-91-7712-750-5.

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