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  • The script von Trier and Vørsel have just finished writing at the beginning of the film is titled "The Policeman and the Whore" - an apparent reference to their previous collaboration, Forbrydelsens element (1984), whose lead characters are a detective and a prostitute.

  • Director Trademark: [Lars von Trier] [hypnosis] A woman is hypnotized for the purpose of illustrating the writers' concept.

  • The second film in Lars on Trier's 'Europa' trilogy which illuminates the traumas of Europe in the future. The two other parts are Forbrydelsens element (1984) and Europa (1991).

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