Melancholia

Denmark, 2011, 130 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Drama, Psychological, Romance, Thriller
Programs: Contemporary World Cinema, Special Presentations
Language: English

DIRECTOR: Lars von Trier
Producer: Meta Louise Foldager, Louise Vesth
Editor: Molly Marlene Stensgaard
Screenwriter: Lars von Trier
Cinematographer: Manuel Alberto Claro
Principal Cast: Kristen Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling

MUST END Thurs Jan 26th
35mm presentation - In this beautiful movie about the end of the world, Justine (Kirsten Dunst, Best Actress Award winner at the Cannes International Film Festival) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård of "True Blood" and Straw Dogs) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and brother-in-law John (Kiefer Sutherland). Despite Claire's best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth... Melancholia is a psychological disaster film from controversial director Lars von Trier (Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, Antichrist). Charlotte Rampling and John Hurt co-star.