The House That Jack Built

Handling

Berättelsen i "The House that Jack Built" utspelar sig i 70-talets USA där vi följer den överintelligenta Jack genom fem incidenter som präglar hans utveckling som seriemördare. Filmen berättas ur Jacks perspektiv ur vilket han betraktar varje mord som ett konstverk, samtidigt som hans dysfunktionella läggning ger honom problem med omvärlden. Jack tar, mot all logik, allt större risker trots att det slutliga och ofrånkomliga polisingripandet rycker allt närmare vilket både provocerar och pressar honom.

Synopsis

The story of "The House that Jack Built" is set in 1970s USA, following the highly intelligent Jack through five incidents that shape his development as a serial killer. The film is told from Jack's perspective, viewing each murder as a work of art, while his dysfunctional nature causes problems with the outside world. Against all logic, Jack takes increasingly greater risks despite the inevitable police intervention drawing ever closer, which both provokes and pressures him.

Production Facts

Director and screenwriter Lars von Trier has assembled an impressive cast with several internationally renowned names:

Matt Dillon ("The Outsiders" 1983, "There’s Something About Mary" 1998, "Drugstore Cowboy" 1989, "Crash" 2004) plays the lead role of Jack, marking his first film with Lars von Trier.

Bruno Ganz, who has worked with many other internationally acclaimed filmmakers such as Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, and Francis Ford Coppola, plays the mysterious Verge.

Among the women who encounter Jack is Uma Thurman, an Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee ("Pulp Fiction" 1995, "Kill Bill" 2003, 2004), who works for the second time with Lars von Trier after "Nymphomaniac." Siobhan Fallon Hogan has also worked previously with Lars von Trier in "Dancer in the Dark" (2000) and "Dogville" (2003), while Sofie Gråbøl starred in "The Boss of It All" (2006). Golden Globe nominee Riley Keough ("The Girlfriend Experience" 2016, "Mad Max: Fury Road" 2015, "American Honey" 2016) works with Lars von Trier for the first time.

Among the co-producers is Film i Väst, which invests the equivalent of 1.78 million euros in the film.

"The House that Jack Built" is produced by Louise Vesth and Peter Aalbaek Jensen for Zentropa Group and co-produced by Film i Väst, Copenhagen Film Fund, Slot Machine, with support from Danish Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute, Nordic Film & TV Fund, CNC, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Eurimages, The Media Programme of the European Union, and in collaboration with DR, Nordisk Film Distribution, Concorde Filmverleih, Potemkine, Les Films du Losange, and Sveriges Television. Nordic distribution is through Nordisk Film, and international sales are handled by TrustNordisk.