The Orchid Gardener
1977 · 37 MIN · IMDB 4.8 · 366 VOTES · DIR. Lars von Trier
Overview
A young, mentally ill man, a visual artist in crisis Victor Marse (Lars von Trier) meets two nurses (Eliza and her girlfriend) during his stay in a sanatorium. These nurses are obvious lesbians. Victor lives with Eliza and her son. He imagines another woman when he is roaming at a coast. He pretends committing a suicide but Eliza does not react to it. Every moment, he stays in front of a blank canvas and thinks. Meanwhile he dresses into Nazi clothes or into women dresses, then he leaves to go to the cinema, and abuses and probably kills a small girl. His masochistic affair with Eliza lasts; he is close to shooting her with a gun but instead she takes out a whip. Victor goes along the streets then he lies naked in front of the canvas on which he has left his bloody fingerprints. After this he drives a funeral car to his work - he is employed in a garden where orchids are grown. Eliza is now the past and in the end, Victor might be dead as someone drives a cross into the ground.
Dialogue Timeline — 101 lines
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00:00:01 to Anna
00:01:26 Yes, younger than he looked on the inside.
00:01:39 And he was a yid, and big nosed as they.
00:01:58 Once he anticipated things to get better
00:02:11 And he soon realised, he was alone
00:02:28 And back when they were right, they had called him a wimp.
00:02:53 He now decided to love her.
00:03:15 And this is she to the left with the beautiful hair
00:03:33 Yes, almost like you would cultivate an orchid.
00:05:49 She was so often - and too much - together with Eliza.
00:08:12 ...come un film di Fellini...
00:11:39 Victor Marse knew
00:11:50 despise that which is weak.
00:12:07 where he had erred
00:14:30 quite a slight girl.
00:19:12 I'm not Eliza.
00:19:34 And he so skilfully fantasised
00:26:54 Yes.
00:28:05 I really cherish you
00:28:22 I really cherish you
00:31:57 Our eyes met and he pressed his lips firmly against mine.
00:32:20 Hi there! This is Bob Stewart in Luxembourg
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