Melancholia (2011 film)

Melancholia
Melancholia
	Danish theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lars von Trier
Written by	Lars von Trier
Produced by	Meta Louise Foldager; Louise Vesth;
Starring	Kirsten Dunst; Charlotte Gainsbourg; Alexander Skarsgård; Brady Corbet; Cameron Spurr; Charlotte Rampling; Jesper Christensen; John Hurt; Stellan Skarsgård; Udo Kier; Kiefer Sutherland;
Cinematography	Manuel Alberto Claro
Edited by	Molly Malene Stensgaard
Production; companies	Zentropa Entertainments; Memfis Film; Slot Machine; Liberator Productions; Film i Väst; Danmarks Radio; Arte France Cinéma; Sveriges Television; Canal+; Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée; CinéCinéma; Edition Video; Nordisk Film; Det Danske Filminstitut; Eurimages; Swedish Film Institute; Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen;
Distributed by	Nordisk Film (Scandinavia); Les Films du Losange (France); Concorde Filmverleih (Germany); BIM Distribuzione (Italy); Magnolia Pictures (United States);
Release dates	18 May 2011 (Cannes); 26 May 2011 (Denmark); 27 May 2011 (Sweden); 10 August 2011 (France); 6 October 2011 (Germany);
Running time	130 minutes
Countries	Denmark; Sweden; France; Germany;
Language	English
Budget	$9.4 million; (c. US$9.4 million (2010))
Box office	$21.8 million

Melancholia is a 2011 science fiction drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier and starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Kiefer Sutherland, with Alexander Skarsgård, Brady Corbet, Cameron Spurr, Charlotte Rampling, Jesper Christensen, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgård, and Udo Kier in supporting roles. The film's story revolves around two sisters, one of whom marries just before a rogue planet is about to collide with the Earth. Melancholia is the second film in von Trier's unofficially titled Depression Trilogy. It was preceded in 2009 by Antichrist and followed by Nymphomaniac in 2013.^[5]

On 18 May 2011, Melancholia premiered at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, where it received critical acclaim and Dunst won the festival's Best Actress Award for her performance, which was a common area of praise among critics.^[6] Many critics and film scholars have considered the film to be a masterpiece. Along with von Trier's previous film Dogville (2003), it was included in the 2016 poll of the greatest films since 2000 conducted by BBC and has since been featured in various listings of the best films of the 21st century.^[7]^[8]

^ "MELANCHOLIA (15)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
^ Cite error: The named reference absurdteater was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Melancholia". The Numbers. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^ "Melancholia". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
^ "National Post". nationalpost. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
^ Lattanzio, Ryan (2 May 2021). "Lars von Trier's 15 Best Feature Films Ranked". IndieWire. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "Best Movies of the Decade". Metacritic.
^ "Melancholia (2011)". British Film Institute. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012.

[1] "MELANCHOLIA (15)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 3 June 2013.

[absurdteater-2] Cite error: The named reference absurdteater was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] "Melancholia". The Numbers. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

[4] "Melancholia". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 6 November 2012.

[5] "National Post". nationalpost. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

[6] Lattanzio, Ryan (2 May 2021). "Lars von Trier's 15 Best Feature Films Ranked". IndieWire. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[7] "Best Movies of the Decade". Metacritic.

[bfi-8] "Melancholia (2011)". British Film Institute. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012.

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