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Melancholia

ORIGINAL TITLE

Melancholia

YEAR

2011	Apple Trailer

RUNNING TIME

136 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

Lars von Trier

SCREENWRITER

Lars von Trier

COMPOSER

Mikkel Maltha

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Manuel Alberto Claro

CAST

Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, Alexander Skarsgård, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, John Hurt, Brady Corbet, Cameron Spurr, Jesper Christensen

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Co-production Denmark-Germany-Sweden; Zentropa Entertainments / Memfis Film / Slot Machine / Zentropa International Köln / BIM Distribuzione / Eurimages / Trollhättan Film AB / arte France Cinéma

OFFICIAL WEB

http://www.melancholiathemovie.com/

AWARDS

2011: European Film Awards: Best Film, Cinematography and Production Design
2011: Cannes Film Festival: Best Actress (Kirsten Dunst)
2011: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film
2011: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Nominated for Best Actress (Dunst)
2011: Goya Awards: Nominated for Best European Film
2011: Cesar Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film
2011: Nominated for David Di Donatello: Best European Union Film

GENRE

Drama. Sci-Fi | Psychological Drama. Weddings. End of the World

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and brother-in-law (Kiefer Sutherland). Meanwhile, the planet, Melancholia, is heading towards Earth... MELANCHOLIA is a psychological disaster movie from director Lars von Trier.

PRO REVIEWS

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"Once again, Von Trier has written and directed an entire film in his trademark smirk mode (...) Perhaps this movie is (...) a kind of therapy that involves transferring his depression to the audience (...) Rating: ** (out of five)" (Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian)

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"Von Trier creates a mesmerizing, visually gorgeous and often-moving alloy of family drama [and] philosophical meditation (...) Rating: ***** (out of five)" (Sukhdev Sandhu: Telegraph)

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"A brooding cross between The Celebration (Festen) and Armageddon (...) Absent the deliberate provocations of Antichrist and some of the Danish contrarian’s other works" (Todd McCarthy: Variety)

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"A moving masterpiece, marked by an astonishing profundity of vision" (Lisa Schwarzbaum: Entertainment Weekly)

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"The unconverted won't be convinced. But it's audacious, beautiful, tactful filmmaking and perhaps the perfect match for The Tree Of Life on a bipolar double bill. (...) Rating: ***** (out of five)" (Kim Newman: Empire)

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