movie poster for MELANCHOLIA

Flicks ID

16678

Cert

15

Running time

129 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

MELANCHOLIA (2012)

LARS VON TRIER

Plot

Thomas Beale says: "It’s Justine’s (Kirsten Dunst) wedding day. Everything should be perfect, but in her own temperamental nature, Justine makes things difficult. She is forced to trudge through tiresome rituals for the benefit of family and friends, including her sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg) with the looming and inevitable apocalypse intensifying relations.Though not quite as daring as Von Trier’sprevious films, Melancholia is an emotional and visual attack on love, romanticism, social rituals, Hollywood etc and an insightful window into severe depression. Von Trier is the only one who could’ve made this film, and the only one who would’ve dared to."