Lars von Trier writes a script for a horror

Danish director Lars von Trier is working on a script for a horror film, the action of which will take place in Detroit.

According to The Hollywood Reporter , the director of the film will be another Dane, Christian Levring, whose Western “Salvation” (The Salvation ”( The Salvation” (The Salvation ”(The Salvation” (the main role in the main role is demonstrated at the Cannes festival in the program of night views.

The working name of the new film is Christian Leving - Detroit. The former capital of the American automotive industry has been experiencing economic and demographic decline in recent decades. Since the beginning of the 1950s, the population of the city has declined by two and a half times-from 1.8 million to 701 thousand. Now in Detroit one of the highest crime levels in the United States, significant areas of the city are abandoned by people.

The last film, for which Lars von Trier wrote the script, not being a director-winner, was the drama "Dear Wendy" ( Dear Wendy , 2004) of Thomas Winterburg. Interestingly, the action of this film also takes place in a depressed post -industrial city in the United States.