The third film to emerge from the Dogme 95 collective (following director Lars von Trier's own Breaking the Waves and Festen), this controversial comedy drama utilises the group's complete rejection of film-making artifice to maximum effect and creates a uniquely unsettling experience. Von Trier thrusts his hand-held camera in the middle of a bunch of Danish dropouts, who test the waters of cultural acceptance by pretending to be mentally disabled in all manner of public places. Although uncomfortably comic in its portrayal of people feigning disability, the disturbing (and for a few seconds pornographic) content is balanced by mesmerising naturalistic performances, emotionally engaging situations and an ultimately liberating message.

A group of people gather at a Copenhagen suburban home to break all the limitations and to bring out the 'inner idiot' in themselves.