DOGVILLE

Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Jean-Marc Barr

Lions Gate Films; Directed by Lars Von Trier

Rated R; 177 minutes; 2004

A beautiful fugitive named Grace (Nicole Kidman) arrives in the isolated township of Dogville on the run from a team of gangsters. The little community agrees to hide her and in return, she agrees to work for them. However, when a search sets in, the people of Dogville demand a better deal in exchange for the risk of harboring poor Grace and she learns the hard way that in this town, goodness is relative. But Grace has a secret and it is a dangerous one. Dogville may regret it ever began to bare its teeth.