Melancholia (DVD, 2012)

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Melancholia

Charlotte Rampling, Kiefer Sutherland, Kirsten Dunst, Udo Kier, Alexander Skarsgard, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgard, Charlotte Gainsbourg

Lars Von Trier

DVD

English

2012

About MELANCHOLIA (Featurette)\The Visual Style (Featurette)\The Universe (Featurette)\MELANCHOLIA Visual Effects (Featurette)\Theatrical trailer

Drama, General

136 Mins

15

1

United States of America

Guardian UK - Even as a longtime Von Trier doubter, I now have to admit it grows on you; there's a mawkish fascination and some flashes of real visual brilliance..., This Is London - An operatic celebration of taking the whole world with you., Daily Telegraph - Dunst is exceptional, so utterly convincing in the lead role - trouble, serene, a fierce savant - that it feels like a career breakthrough., Empire Magazine - Audacious, beautiful, tactful filmmaking.

Contains moderate nudity

Lars Von Trier's MELANCHOLIA, a meditation on depression and the end of the world, stars Kirsten Dunst as an emotionally troubled newlywed named Justine, whose sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg) throws her a lavish wedding party. While her lack of emotional stability begins to take a toll on Justine's new marriage as well as the party -- and old wounds are exposed -- Claire's wealthy husband John (Kiefer Sutherland) also knows a great deal about a planet that is on a possible collision course with Earth, further muddying the waters. The second half of the movie focuses on Claire, who ends up taking her sister in after the marriage collapses, and also begins to fear that John is hiding apocalyptically bad news. John Hurt and Charlotte Rampling co-star.

Melancholia

Dolby Digital

Lars Von Trier

Manuel Alberto Claro

Molly Malene Steensgaard