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 CANNES, France (AP) - Lars von Trier still has not visited the United States, yet he examines slavery and racism in "Manderlay," Part 2 of his caustic fantasy trilogy about life in America.
Premiering Monday at the Cannes Film Festival, "Manderlay" picks up where "Dogville" left off, with the character originated by Nicole Kidman — now played by Bryce Dallas Howard — stumbling onto a plantation that time forgot, where slavery still operates in the 1930s.
As with "Dogville," a Depression-era tale of a gangster's daughter who exacts vicious vengeance on a town that debased her, "Manderlay" could be about his own Denmark or any other country, von Trier said. He chose to set his trilogy in the United States because its culture is so dominant, he said.
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