Kirsten Dunst

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Kiefer Sutherland

Alexander Skarsgård

Cameron Spurr

Stellan Skarsgård

John Hurt

Brady Corbet

Jesper Christensen

Charlotte Rampling

Udo Kier

James Cagnard

Deborah Fronko

Charlotta Miller

Claire Miller

Gary Whitaker

Katrine A. Sahlstrøm

Christian Geisnæs

Manuel Alberto Claro

Lars von Trier

Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Morten Asmussen

Morten Sylvest Arnoldus

Maj-Britt Paulmann

Jonas Eskilsson

Anders Refn

Christina Braun-Bredelius

Marianne Jul Hansen

Louise Drake af Hagelsrum

Peter Hjorth

Marina Ritvall

Tiffany M. Carpenter

Manon Rasmussen

Jette Lehmann

Simone Grau Roney

Molly Malene Stensgaard

Peter Aalbæk Jensen

Louise Vesth

Peter Garde

Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen

Charlotte Buch

Jessica Balac

Bettina Brokemper

Rémi Burah

Jérôme Clément

Madeleine Ekman

Tomas Eskilsson

Lars Jönsson

Katarina Krave

Michel Reilhac

Marianne Slot

Dennis Knudsen

Linda Boije af Gennäs

Coll Anderson

Ivan Dumas

Anne Jensen

Per Dybdal Jensen

Sigrid Aalbæk Jensen

Hans Møller

Julien Naudin

André Rigaut

Svante Hildesson

Carl Oscar Høimark

Hummer Højmark

Deni Jordan

Olle Asplund

Josef Atlestam

Ronald Holmberg

Thomas Keller

Aslak Lytthans

Luca Oltenau

Carl P. Rasmussen

Des Hamilton

Pär Brundin

Fredrik Fornänger

Lara Manwaring

Morten Højbjerg

Jenle Hallund

Karen Maarbjerg

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Melancholia

Zentropa Entertainments

Memfis Film

Zentropa International Sweden

Slot Machine

Liberator Productions

Zentropa International Köln

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Germany

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depression

suicide

nihilism

wedding reception

wedding planner

surrealism

end of the world

wealth

mansion

power outage

destruction of planet

sister sister relationship

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

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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.

Melancholia( 2011)

It will change everything.

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Written by vishal@98 on Wed Feb 15 2023

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