On March 13, 1995, at a Paris conference marking the 100th anniversary of cinema, Lars von Trier showered the audience with red pamphlets containing a manifesto and a Vow of Chastity, a document he and Thomas Vinterberg reportedly drafted in 45 minutes in a café. This episode unpacks what the Danish directors were rebelling against, from ballooning blockbuster budgets and the rise of CGI to studio interference, and walks through the ten rules: shooting on location with no props or sets, handheld cameras only, no separately produced sound or added music, no special lighting, Academy 35mm film, present-day settings, no genre films, and no director credit.

The discussion covers the movement's breakthrough with Vinterberg's The Celebration, which won the Jury Prize at Cannes, its spread to 35 certified films including Harmony Korine's Julien Do ...