If you loved Melancholia, try Manderlay
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Manderlay has roughly 9.5× fewer votes than Melancholia — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Lars von Trier, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Melancholia, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Manderlay is
The Searchers if set on a Deep South plantation. A young idealist coerces her gangster father into helping the Black sharecroppers of Manderlay. Her meddling soon reveals the limits of any simple notion of freedom. A stark, allegorical provocation.
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