''It is a planet that has been hiding behind the sun, now it passes by us...''

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide into the Earth.

Kirsten Dunst: Justine

When going to see a Lars Von Trier film you know you are in for something different, something unusual, something truly sho... read more

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14 years, 5 months ago at Nov 6 20:52

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Jimmy Tancredi

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Some say that this is the most sensitive film by Lars von Trier (and who attribute it to a certain "maturity from the director"), a filmmaker who is famous for hype (which I love). Perhaps because it has been this strange feeling of contentment and discontent.
Each of the leading film is meticulously disguised, which leads to two paths: Lars wanted to communicate something through acts appar... read more

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11 years, 7 months ago at Aug 20 17:36

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Kenji

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A visually impressive but self-important film in which discomfiting (even excruciatingly bitter) interactions, neuroses and apocalyptic anxiety are bathed in romanticised visuals and music. Drawing it would seem on Trier's own experience of depression and on Kubrick and Tarkovsky for prophetic depth, the film grates more than it enlightens, and feels like a misanthropist's revenge. Charlotte Gains... read more

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Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister and brother-in-law. Meanwhile, the planet, Melancholia, is heading towards Earth...

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