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Melancholia
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
2011 · Directed by Lars von Trier · 136 min · Drama · Science Fiction · 28 frames
Tagline
It will change everything.
Crew
- Screenplay: Lars von Trier
- Cinematography: Manuel Alberto Claro
- Edited by: Molly Malene Stensgaard
- Production design: Jette Lehmann
- Produced by: Louise Vesth, Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen
Cast
- Kirsten Dunst as Justine
- Charlotte Gainsbourg as Claire
- Kiefer Sutherland as John
- Alexander Skarsgård as Michael
- Cameron Spurr as Leo
- Stellan Skarsgård as Jack
- John Hurt as Dexter
- Brady Corbet as Tim
- Jesper Christensen as Little Father
- Charlotte Rampling as Gaby
Production
- Country: Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden
- Language: English
- Studios: Zentropa Entertainments, Memfis Film, Zentropa International Sweden, Slot Machine
- Budget: $7,400,000
- Box office: $15,946,321
- Themes: depression, suicide, nihilism, wedding reception, wedding planner, horse, surrealism, end of the world, wealth, mansion
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