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A character in this place proclaims that she wants to “make [the] world a little better” by completely ridding it of this place. In this place, a visitor teaches the concept of stoicism to Vera’s children, which Vera (15[1])uses against that visitor by promising to stop smashing her porcelain figurines if she manages not to cry. A visitor to this town has a (*) heavy wheel and a small bell chained to her neck after she tries to pay one of its citizens to smuggle her out. The end credits (10[1])of the film in (10[1])which this town appears features “Young Americans” over photos of impoverished Americans. All of the buildings in this town are depicted using chalk outlines of their frames on a near-empty soundstage. (10[1])For 10 points, the Nicole Kidman-played Grace seeks refuge in what title Colorado town from an experimental 2003 Lars von Trier film? ■END■

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