Manderlay

2005 · Directed by Lars von Trier · 139 min · drama film, art film

★ 6.9/10 · 417 ratings on TMDB

In 1933, a young woman and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Feeling a sense of duty to those behind the heavy gates, she stays to liberate the people and see them through their first harvest. With four of her father's colleagues and a lawyer, she faces the daunting task of resurrecting the place known as Manderlay.