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Melancholia -- Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and brother-in-law (Kiefer Sutherland). Meanwhile, the planet, Melancholia, is heading towards Earth...
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Melancholia -- The actress talks about her role in the new Lars von Trier film Melancholia, which won her the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Melancholia -- Two sisters (Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg) find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide into the Earth.
Melancholia -- Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and brother-in-law (Kiefer Sutherland). Meanwhile, the planet, Melancholia, is heading towards Earth...

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Director:
Lars von Trier
Writer:
Lars von Trier (written by)
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Release Date:
26 May 2011 (Czech Republic) See more »
Genre:
Drama | Sci-Fi See more »
Tagline:
Enjoy it while it lasts See more »
Plot:
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with the Earth. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Awards:
29 wins & 44 nominations See more »
NewsDesk:
(1680 articles)
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 (From Alt Film Guide. 21 May 2012, 11:31 AM, PDT)
Cannesthropology: the field guide
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 15 May 2012, 10:59 AM, PDT)
User Reviews:
Great premise, but fails to live up to it See more (377 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)

Kirsten Dunst ... Justine

Charlotte Gainsbourg ... Claire

Alexander Skarsgård ... Michael

Brady Corbet ... Tim

Cameron Spurr ... Leo

Charlotte Rampling ... Gaby

Jesper Christensen ... Little Father

John Hurt ... Dexter

Stellan Skarsgård ... Jack

Udo Kier ... Wedding Planner

Kiefer Sutherland ... John
James Cagnard ... Michael's Father
Deborah Fronko ... Michael's Mother
Charlotta Miller ... Betty 1
Claire Miller ... Betty 2
Gary Whitaker ... Limo Driver
Katrine Sahlstrøm ... Girl with Guitar (as Katrine Acheche Sahlstrøm)
Christian Geisnæs ... Wedding Photographer
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Directed by
Lars von Trier 
 
Writing credits
Lars von Trier (written by)

Produced by
Bettina Brokemper .... co-producer
Rémi Burah .... co-producer
Madeleine Ekman .... co-producer
Tomas Eskilsson .... co-producer
Meta Louise Foldager .... producer
Peter Garde .... executive producer
Marianne Jul Hansen .... line producer
Peter Aalbæk Jensen .... executive producer
Lars Jönsson .... co-producer
Katrine Sahlstrøm .... assistant producer
Marianne Slot .... co-producer
Louise Vesth .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Manuel Alberto Claro 
 
Film Editing by
Morten Højbjerg (co-editor)
Molly Marlene Stensgaard  (as Molly M. Stensgaard)
 
Production Design by
Jette Lehmann 
 
Art Direction by
Simone Grau 
 
Set Decoration by
Louise Drake 
 
Costume Design by
Manon Rasmussen 
 
Makeup Department
Linda Boije af Gennäs .... hair stylist
Linda Boije af Gennäs .... makeup artist
Camilla Eriksson .... hair stylist: extras
Camilla Eriksson .... makeup artist: extras
Dennis Knudsen .... hair stylist
Dennis Knudsen .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Jessica Balac .... production manager
Mouns Overgaard .... production team
Maj-Britt Paulmann .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jonas Eskilsson .... second assistant director
Peter Hjorth .... second unit director
Pontus Klänge .... first assistant director
Anders Refn .... first assistant director
James Velasquez .... additional first assistant director
 
Art Department
Cayetana H. Cuyas .... prop trainee
Louise Drake .... props
Rickard Grönvall .... painter
Lars Hult .... carpenter
Klas Jansson .... construction coordinator
Sebastian Jansson .... carpenter
Brahma Lilja .... carpenter
Martin Liljegren .... painter
Martin Liljegren .... set painter
Jesper Lorents .... property master
Anton Wennerberg .... prop trainee
 
Sound Department
Kristian Eidnes Andersen .... sound designer
Katharina Bormann .... post sound facility coordinator
Sigrid Dagny Aalbaek Jensen .... sound assistant
Naomi Dandridge .... adr mixer
Ivan Dumas .... boom operator
Per Dybdal Jensen .... sound assistant
Peter Mendonca .... dolby sound consultant
André Rigaut .... sound mixer
Lionel Strutt .... adr coordinator
Dean St. John .... adr mixer (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Kim Asmussen .... special effects technician
Søren Skov Haraldsted .... special effects assistant supervisor
Hummer Høimark .... special effects supervisor
Christian Kitter .... special effects foreman
Morten Kristensen .... special effects technician
Claus Nørregård .... special effects technician
 
Visual Effects by
Oliver Arnold .... visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Morten Sylvest Arnoldus .... visual effects coordinator
Robert Bielecki .... compositor: Platige Image
Håkan Blomdahl .... visual effects supervisor: Filmgate
Miguel Diaz Cachero .... compositor: Pixomondo
Tadeusz Chmiel .... compositor: Platige Image
Benni Diez .... visual effects supervisor: Kingz Entertainment
Kacper Fertacz .... compositor: Platige Image
Urban Forsberg .... compositor
Patrick Franz .... visual effects editor: Pixomondo
Sabrina Gerhardt .... visual effects producer: Pixomondo
Jakub Grygier .... matte painting: Platige Image
Peter Hjorth .... visual effects supervisor
Michael Holm .... visual effects
Andreas Hylander .... visual effects
Katarzyna Jarzyna .... visual effects executive producer: Platige Image
Niko Junge .... compositor: Pixomondo
Maciej Jurgielewicz .... modeler: Platige Image
Adam Kaluski .... offline support: Platige Image
Thomas Kleylein .... fx artist: Pixomondo
Jakub Knapik .... lead compositing and cgi artist: Platige Image
Alicja Ksen .... in-house VFX producer assistant: Platige Image
Thilo Kuther .... visual effects executive producer: Pixomondo
Lars Werner Nielsen Lalo .... compositor
Sebastian Leutner .... visual effects executive producer: Pixomondo
Elin Lindahl .... visual effects
Marek Madej .... compositor: Platige Image
Martin Madsen .... visual effects
Martin Malmqvist .... digital compositor
Sven Martin .... visual effects supervisor: Pixomondo
Pieter Mentz .... fx artist: Pixomondo
Dominik Müller .... matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Daniel Nielsen .... visual effects
Travis Nobles .... compositor: Pixomondo
Piotr Pawelczyk .... compositor: Platige Image
Malin Persson .... visual effects coordinator
Urszula Piekarska .... in-house VFX producer assistant: Platige Image
Franzisca Puppe .... visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Max Riess .... lead cg artist: Pixomondo
Sven Sauer .... concept artist: Pixomondo
Jaroslaw Sawko .... senior visual effects producer: Platige Image
Piotr Sikora .... senior visual effects producer: Platige Image
Lukasz Sobisz .... research and developmet/simulations: Platige Image
Marinko Spahic .... visual effects producer: Kingz Entertainment
Piotr Suchodolski .... research and developmet/simulations: Platige Image
Albert Szostkiewicz .... effects technical director
Albert Szostkiewicz .... research and developmet/simulations: Platige Image
Christian Vogt .... visual effects executive producer: Pixomondo
Johannes Weiss .... matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Adam Wierzchowski .... research and developmet/simulations: Platige Image
Sascha Wolf .... visual effects editor: Pixomondo
Tolga Yalkir .... it administrator: Pixomondo
Juliusz Zenkner .... compositor: Platige Image
 
Stunts
Henrik Koier Andersen .... stunt horse handler
Deni Jordan .... stunt coordinator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Olle Asplund .... additional second assistant camera
Christian Geisnæs .... still photographer
Tobias Henriksson .... best boy
Peter Hjorth .... additional camera operator
Thomas 'Käthe' Keller .... highspeed operator
Anna Lundin .... assistant camera
Aslak Lytthans .... gaffer
Mikaël Meisen-Dietmann .... additional focus puller: "b" camera
Luca Oltenau .... special camera operator
Carl P. Rasmussen .... focus puller
Christoffer Skoog .... additional electrician
 
Casting Department
Inger Brundin .... extras casting assistant
Pär Brundin .... extras casting
Fredrik Fornänger .... extras casting
Des Hamilton .... casting
Malou Schultzberg .... additional casting
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mia Andersson .... costumer
Anna Ågren .... costumer: extras
 
Editorial Department
Victoria Anderson .... assistant editor
Emil Andersson .... avid assistant
Morten Sylvest Arnoldus .... post-production coordinator
Charlotte Buch .... post-production supervisor
Emil Eriksson .... color assistant
Esben Frese .... dit technician
Morten Højbjerg .... co-editor
Olesya Kireeva .... Phantom DIT
Michael Frank Nielsen .... film color timer
Norman Nisbet .... colorist
Mikael Reidar .... avid assistant
 
Music Department
Kristian Eidnes Andersen .... arrangements by
Jens Bjørnkjær .... musician: saxophones/flutes
Nikolaj Hess .... band leader
Nikolaj Hess .... piano
Nikolaj Hess .... source music by
Jan Holzner .... orchestra recording engineer
Brooke Wentz .... music supervisor (uncredited)
 
Transportation Department
Pernilla Appelqvist .... driver: cast
Lina Engborg .... driver: cast
Tomas Eriksson .... driver: cast
Tatiana Oscarsson .... production driver
Mattias Tenberg .... driver: cast
 
Other crew
Rikard Andersson .... production assistant
Klas Ankelstam .... production coordinator
Jon Blåhed .... production assistant
Christina Braun .... script supervisor
Elizabeth Donohue .... assistant to Ms. Kirsten Dunst
Fredrik Fornänger .... extras coordinator
Mirella Friis .... production assistant
Udo Happel .... completion bond
Alexander Hylander .... assistant location manager
Alexander Jonsson .... location manager
Mads Jokum Predbjorn Jorgensen .... production assistant
Heine Kaarsberg .... assistant to director
Judith Katzeff .... production assistant
Hans Lönnerheden .... completion guarantor
Josef Persson .... production assistant
Michele Robertson .... publicist
Anders Wøldike Schmith .... production assistant
 
Thanks
Penélope Cruz .... thanks (as Penelope Cruz)
Thomas Vinterberg .... thanks
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Melancholia" - Sweden (imdb display title)
"Melancolía" - Colombia (imdb display title), Mexico (imdb display title), South America (Spanish title) (imdb display title), Spain (imdb display title), Spain (Castilian title) (imdb display title)
"Melancolia" - Brazil (imdb display title), Portugal (imdb display title)
"Меланхолия" - Bulgaria (Bulgarian title) (imdb display title)
"Меланхолия" - Russia
"Меланхолiя" - Ukraine
"Melancholia" - Israel (Hebrew title) (imdb display title)
"Melancholia" - Japan (English title) (imdb display title)
"Melancholia" - Greece (imdb display title)
"Melancholia" - Poland (imdb display title)
"Melancholija" - Lithuania (imdb display title)
"Melanholija" - Slovenia (imdb display title)
"Melanhoolia" - Estonia (imdb display title)
"Melankólia" - Hungary (imdb display title)
"Melankoli" - Turkey (Turkish title) (imdb display title)
"Melankolija" - Croatia (imdb display title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some graphic nudity,sexual content and language
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
136 min
Country:
Denmark | Sweden | France | Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Czech Republic:12 | Denmark:15 | Ireland:15A | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Sweden:11 | Brazil:14 | France:U | UK:15 | USA:R | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) | Italy:T | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Portugal:M/12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:15
Filming Locations:
Tjolöholm Castle, Fjärås, SwedenSee more »
Company:
Zentropa EntertainmentsSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
The image of Justine floating down the stream with her bouquet is inspired by John Everett Millais's 1852 painting Ophelia.See more »
Goofs:
Factual errors: Melancholia is said to have "hidden behind the sun", then turn "from black to blue". There are many reasons because of which a close-by celestial object can remain undetected for a long time, but this isn't one of them. An object coming out from behind the sun would have been in full solar light, bright and clearly visible to the naked eye at either dusk or dawn.See more »
Quotes:
[first lines]
Michael:Sir. Eh...
[looking backward]
Michael:Yeah, you're good. You can back up a little more, if you want. I think you need the... I think you need that extra...
Justine:[laughing] I don't think he can hear you.
Michael:Sir. Sir, can you hear me up there?
[fiddling with controls]
Michael:Do you copy, sailor? He's in a different county, I think that's...
Justine:[laughing]
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Movie Connections:
Edited into "5 Second Movies: Melancholia (#4.12)" (2011)See more »
Soundtrack:
Tristan und IsoldeSee more »

FAQ

What is the music used for the opening of the film?
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19 out of 31 people found the following review useful.
Great premise, but fails to live up to it, 5 January 2012
Author: zuwissen from United States

It's an Armageddon like we've never seen, and the looming planet of Melancholia is the most beautiful way the world could end. There is no anarchy. No one runs down the street attempting to escape a flood, blizzard, or the Empire State Building that is about to come down on their head. Instead it is an account of a family facing the end of the world; some are left only with dread, others have faith they will survive unscathed. Dunst does a great job, although there are a few exposing scenes that I could've done without. (Alright already, we understand she's paralyzed by depression, but we don't need to see her sister bathe her.) Bottom line: The premise amazing, and although the movie is painted beautifully, Von Trier does a poor job telling what could have been an amazing story.

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