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Dancer in the Dark is a 2000 musical psychological tragedy [7] film written and directed by Lars von Trier.It stars Icelandic musician Björk as a factory worker who suffers from a degenerative eye condition and is saving for an operation to prevent her young son from suffering the same fate.
Björk Guðmundsdóttir was born on 21 November 1965 in Reykjavík. [12] She was raised by her mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir (7 October 1946 – 25 October 2018 [13]), an activist who protested against the development of Iceland's Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant, [14] having divorced from Björk's father, Guðmundur Gunnarsson, an electrician and union leader, after Björk was born.
It stars Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Bryndis Petra Bragadóttir, Guðrún Gísladóttir, Valdimar Örn Flygenring and Geirlaug Sunna Þormar. [ 1 ] The Juniper Tree premiered at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival , [ 2 ] where it was selected to compete for the Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic.
Björk Guðmundsdóttir was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1965, the daughter of an electrician and an activist. ... Film critics were sharply divided on the merits of the movie, though Björk’s ...
It was Björk's second feature film lead appearance, having previously starred in the Icelandic television movie, Glerbrot (1987), and Nietzchka Keene's The Juniper Tree (1990). For her performance in Dancer in the Dark , Björk received critical acclaim, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and one Academy Award , and won the Best Actress ...
Nicole Kidman, Willem Dafoe, and Alexander Skarsgård previously joined the cast of the Iceland-set historical drama.
The Northman is a 2022 American epic historical action film directed by Robert Eggers from a screenplay he co-wrote with Sjón.Based on the legend of Amleth, the film stars an ensemble cast featuring Alexander Skarsgård (who also produced), Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gustav Lindh, with Ethan Hawke, Björk, and Willem Dafoe.
In promotion of her latest two albums, 2017's Utopia and 2022's Fossora, Björk performed the Cornucopia show from 2019 through 2023.The ambitious production — "a monster to travel with," she ...