Set in rural America in 1964, an immigrant and single mother who works at a factory takes refuge from her hardships by imagining herself and her co-workers in Hollywood musicals.
Production Zentropa Entertainments [dk](presented by); Trust Film Svenska [se](presented by); Film i Väst [se](presented by); Liberator Productions [fr](presented by); Pain Unlimited GmbH Filmproduktion [de](co-production); Cinematograph A/S [no](co-production); What Else? B.V. [nl](co-production); Icelandic Film [is](as Icelandic Film Corporation); Blind Spot Pictures Oy [fi](co-production); France 3 Cinéma [fr](co-production); Danmarks Radio (DR) [dk](as Danish Broadcasting Corporation) (co-production); arte France Cinéma [fr](co-production); SVT Drama [se](co-production); Arte [fr](co-production); Angel Films [dk](in collaboration with); Canal+ [fr](in collaboration with); FilmFour [gb](in collaboration with); Fine Line Features (in collaboration with); Filmek A/S [no](in collaboration with); Constantin Film Produktion [de](in collaboration with) (as Constantin Film); Lantia Cinema & Audiovisivi [it](in collaboration with); TV 1000 [se](in collaboration with); VPRO Television [nl](in collaboration with); Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) [de](in collaboration with); Yleisradio (YLE) [fi](in collaboration with); Memfis Film [se];
Cast Names Björk; Catherine Deneuve; David Morse; Peter Stormare; Joel Grey; Cara Seymour; Vladica Kostic; Jean-Marc Barr; Vincent Paterson; Siobhan Fallon; Zeljko Ivanek; Udo Kier; Jens Albinus; Reathel Bean; Mette Berggreen; Lars Michael Dinesen; Katrine Falkenberg; Michael Flessas; John Randolph Jones; Noah Lazarus; Sheldon Litt; Andrew Lucre; John Martinus; Luke Reilly; T.J. Rizzo; Stellan Skarsgård; Sean-Michael Smith; Paprika Steen; Eric Voge; Nick Wolf; Timm Zimmermann; Troels Asmussen; Marianne Bengtsson; Edvin Karlsson; Anders Skovsted;
Box Office USD 4,184,036
Release Date 2000-09-22 (New York Film Festival) 2000-10-06