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Melancholia

Lars von Trier (Film director, Screenwriter), Meta Louise Foldager (Film producer), Louise Vesth (Film producer), Kirsten Dunst (Actor), Charlotte Gainsbourg (Actor), Alexander Skarsgård (Actor), Brady Corbet (Actor), Cameron Spurr (Actor), Charlotte Rampling (Actor), Jesper Christensen (Actor), John Hurt (Actor), Stellan Skarsgård (Actor), Udo Kier (Actor), Kiefer Sutherland (Actor), Manuel Alberto Claro, Molly Malene Stensgaard (Editor of moving image work), Jette Lehmann (Production designer), Manon Rasmussen (Costume designer), Zentropa Entertainments (Firm) (Production company), Film i Väst (Firm) (Production company), Memfis Film (Firm) (Production company), Zentropa International (Firm) (Production company), Slot Machine (Firm) (Production company), Liberator Productions (Production company), Arte France cinéma (Firm) (Production company), Sveriges television (Production company), Studio Canal+ (Production company), Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (France) (Production company), Cinécinéma (Firm) (Production company), France télévisions distribution (Production company), Nordisk Film (Firm) (Production company), Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm) (Film distributor)
Acclaimed filmmaker Lars von Trier grapples with his own experiences with depression to this dark sci-fi drama and Palme d'Or nominee. Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) celebrate their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of Justine's 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, threatening the very existence of humankind

Online Video, English, 2018