Description
Lars von Trier's apocalyptic masterpiece unfolds in two parts. In the first, a lavish wedding celebration for Justine (Kirsten Dunst, Best Actress winner at Cannes) descends into emotional chaos. In the second, her sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg) tries to hold her family together as a rogue planet named Melancholia approaches Earth on a collision course. Shot with extraordinary beauty by Manuel Alberto Claro and scored to Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, von Trier creates a film of shattering emotional power about depression, dread, and the end of everything.
Film Info
- Denmark
- 135 minutes
- Color
- 2.40:1
- English
- 2011
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