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Melancholia

"It will change everything."

2011-05-26 Drama 2hr 10m

Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth…

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Storyline

Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth…

  • Released
    2011-05-26
  • Revenue
    $15,946,321
  • Budget
    $7,400,000
  • Runtime
    2hr 10m
  • Genre
    Drama, Science Fiction
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    7.1
  • Production
    Zentropa Entertainments, Memfis Film, Zentropa International Sweden, Slot Machine, Liberator Productions, Zentropa International Köln, DR, Film i Väst, ARTE France Cinéma

Crew

Lars von Trier
Director
Lars von Trier
Screenplay
Louise Vesth
Producer
Keywords:
depression suicide nihilism wedding reception wedding planner surrealism end of the world wealth mansion power outage destruction of planet sister sister relationship

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Cast

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst
Justine
Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg
Claire
Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland
John
Alexander Skarsgård

Alexander Skarsgård
Michael
Cameron Spurr

Cameron Spurr
Leo
Stellan Skarsgård

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Jack
John Hurt

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James Cagnard

James Cagnard
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Deborah Fronko

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Michael's Mother
Charlotta Miller

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Gary Whitaker

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Reviews for Melancholia
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A Review by vishal@98

Written by vishal@98 on 2023-02-15

this is nice movies and then best part of the the movies story is good.... read more

this is nice movies and then best part of the the movies story is good.

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-01-05

Ha! Rarely can a film have a more appropriate title nor can any marriage get off to a less auspicious start. Firstly, after a beautifully ph... read more

Ha! Rarely can a film have a more appropriate title nor can any marriage get off to a less auspicious start. Firstly, after a beautifully photographed and scored series of images of real planets colliding, we are presented with a loved-up couple "Justine" (Kirsten Dunst) and "Michael" (Alexander Skarsgård) stuck in an eighty-foot white limousine trying to navigate some country lanes to get to their own wedding. Arriving, eventually, on foot and very late we proceed to enjoy a brief speech from her mother "Gaby" (Charlotte Rampling) who declares that she has no time for marriage at all - a state of affairs largely arrived at due to some fairly irreconcilable differences with ex-husband "John" (Kiefer Sutherland). That does rather set the scene for an at times extremely potent look at just how depression sets in, takes hold and rules ruthlessly the lives of those it touches. This is most certainly not a joyous piece of cinema, but it most certainly an honest one - and both Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg as her new mother-in-law "Claire" deliver strongly and quite compellingly as we begin to appreciate the rather prophetic nature of the opening few scenes. Conflict is never far away, tempers flare - especially when "Justine" speaks her mind to best man and employer "Jack" (Stellan Skarsgård) and it's really only in the second part of the film - dedicated to "Claire" that a sort of calm befalls the proceedings, aided by the presence of the young "Leo" (a stabilising effort from Cameron Spurr!). Be prepared for a slow burn, nothing happens quickly - though it does happen quite powerfully - and I think this may well prove to be Dunst at her very best. Like most Van Trier films, it improves with viewings so I'd give it two or three goes and then I think you'll get more from these nuanced and well constructed - if deconstructed - characters.

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A Review by vishal@98

this is nice movies and then best part of the the movies story is good....

reviewer avatar

A Review by vishal@98

Written by vishal@98 on 2023-02-15

this is nice movies and then best part of the the movies story is good....

read more
reviewer avatar

A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-01-05

Ha! Rarely can a film have a more appropriate title nor can any marriage get off to a less auspicious start. Firstly, after a beautifully photographed and scored series of images of real planets colli...

read more