Set in Warsaw, Poland, the film compares the senseless, violent murder of an individual to the cold, calculated execution by the state.
The film is made up of two separate films, shot two years apart, but with the same cast and crew.
Iiris is played by Kati Outinen, who had appeared in a number of other Kaurismäki films.
Like its successor, The City of Lost Children (1995), it was an homage to the works of Gilliam.
The screenplay was adapted by Terry George and Jim Sheridan from the autobiography Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four by Gerry Conlon.
It is about three young friends and their struggle to live in the banlieues of Paris.
The film's three scenarios are reminiscent of the 1981 Krzysztof Kieślowski film Blind Chance; following Kieślowski's death, Tykwer directed his planned film Heaven.
At the 2001 Cannes Film Festival it won the Grand Prix, with the two leads, Isabelle Huppert and Benoît Magimel, winning Best Actress and Best Actor.
It follows the 18-year-old daughter of Punjabi Sikhs in London.
The story is loosely based on the true case of Danguolė Rasalaitė, and examines the issue of human trafficking and sexual slavery.
However, the arrival of Julie, who claims to be the publisher's daughter, induces complications and a subsequent crime.
The film is set in Communist Romania in the final years of the Nicolae Ceaușescu era.
It was the last film for producers Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack, both of whom had died prior to release.
The film was originally supposed to be only one complete entry; but, because of its multiple hour length, von Trier made the decision to split the project into two separate films.
It stars Colin Farrell as a newly-single man trying to find someone so he can remain human, and Rachel Weisz as a woman with whom he attempts to form a relationship.
At first dispassionate observers, they find themselves caught up in the increasingly chaotic and nihilistic violence.
The film tells the story of two Swedish immigrants to Denmark, a father and son, who try to build a new life for themselves.
The film tells the story of a family gathering to celebrate their father's 60th birthday.
The film was remade as an American production with the same title (2009), directed by Jim Sheridan.
Nine weeks after its release in France on 2 November 2011, it became the second biggest box office hit in France, just behind the 2008 film Welcome to the Sticks.
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