Melancholia is a 2008 philippine film directed by lav diaz. On the night of her wedding, justine is struggling to be happy even though it should be the happiest day of her life. In many ways a challenging and beautiful film, 3 rooms sets a predominately despairing mood. A psychological disaster movie that makes the end of the world look beautiful. Melancholia official movie site starring kirsten dunst.
Melancholia is a science fiction drama that focuses on a young woman named justine, her sister claire and claires husband john. Justine is prone to depression, her father a playboy who cheated on her mother, her mother a survivor but resentful, her boss a highpressure jerk, her husband less. Not just the guests at the grand wedding held in the first part of the film at an eversoromantic castle surrounded by a golf course. Kabanos melancholia 0212 dramat wspolczesny 2014 z. A woman dressed as a bride runs through a forest whose branches seem to grab at her in a disney nightmare. It was so well done, but if youve ever suffered from serious depression it really gets under your skin. All 20 songs from the melancholia 2011 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. Trier believes in expression and notices how american films are usually devoid of the individ. It opens in the uk on sept 30, hits vod in the us on october 7, and then opens in limited us theaters on november 11. A scifi thriller about the end of the world that involves a large object from outer space approaching earth. Despite claires best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. German latinist jacob balde 16041668 reflects on his desperate situation in bavaria and the possibility of an uplifting flight into spirituality that transcends the limits of space and time. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers.
The 20 best melancholic movies of the 21st century taste of. As an epic cinematic opera of cosmic doom, melancholia is a vision grande that trips up on the small details. Melancholia on dvd march, 2012 starring kirsten dunst, charlotte gainsbourg, kiefer sutherland, charlotte rampling. Triers film is about another planet crashing into earth destroying all life and earth itself. He has said that, a film should be like a stone in your shoe. Melancholia 2011 soundtrack complete list of songs whatsong. This is an interesting writeup about the film and this is definitely one of kirsten dunsts best roles. Melancholia is a film about impending apocalypse, but it is also an intimate human drama about depression and the complex relationship between a. In that day the lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serp. Trier, on the other hand, believes in film making not only as a source of income, but as a therapeutic and personal experience. Id say thats a pretty sad and a pretty good use of the title melancholia, although id say that lav diazs sprawling epic is even more appropriate. The cinematography and symbolism of melancholia film takeout. For in the world evoked by the danish film maker this time, we are absolutely alone in the universe.
Melancholia nude scenes 10 images and 3 videos including appearances from kirsten dunst. Youre witnessing the planet melancholia slowly make its way towards earth, knowing collision is going to happen. It was an extravagant wedding paid for by her sister and brotherinlaw who are trying to keep the bride and all the guests inline. Kiefer sutherland, alexander skarsgard and john hurt also star. Mar 02, 2012 kirsten dunst plays a bride whose lavish wedding descends into chaos as a new planet called melancholia gets dangerously close to earth. Oct 05, 2019 melancholia countable and uncountable, plural melancholias deep sadness or gloom. Everything you need to know about melancholia movie 2011. Feb 05, 2012 melancholia on dvd march, 2012 starring kirsten dunst, charlotte gainsbourg, kiefer sutherland, charlotte rampling.
The movie is called melancholia because of a newly discovered planet. She floats in a pond, holding flowers, like ophelia. Claire, justines sister, is struggling to maintain composure with fear of. Triers direction is awe inspiring and ambitious without feeling pretentious. The film s story revolves around two sisters, one of whom is preparing to. The 20 best melancholic movies of the 21st century posted on october 12, 2016 november 4, 2019 by nick bugeja some have claimed that the 21st century has seen increased levels of isolation and depression. By examining these films in relation to melancholia we can trace the. Melancholia resonated with all the pain and depression ive ever felt throughout my life. Melancholia is a beautifully made film which left me both amazed and emotionally moved throughout every moment.
Apparently smetanahue wants to play a practical joke on scifi fans and send them to see melancholia, insisting on describing it in the first paragraph as a scifi film and arguing that if when worlds collide is scifi of the apocalyptic sort, so should be melancholia. Justine has recently gotten married, and the film begins at her wedding reception. Only when the planet melancholia races towards the earth and a collision seems inevitable does she calm down. Zentropa entertainments, det danske filminstitut, danmarks radio dr, memfis film, eurimages, sveriges television svt. Melancholia is playing tiff, the new york film festival and fantastic fest. Melancholia premiered 18 may 2011 at the 64th cannes film festivalwhere it was critically lauded. Quando o anuncio sobre a colisao da terra com outro planeta chega ao conhecimento, as reacoes sao bem diferentes. Yet through all of the fear this catastrophic event brings, you remain calm and curious. Meanwhile, melancholia, a blue planet, is hurtling towards the earth.
Kirstin dunst won the award at cannes for best actress, and charlotte gainsbourg is every bit as good. Melancholias sly twist on the flashback film film the. A rogue planet, melancholia, is seemingly on a collision course with earth, though claires husband kiefer sutherland asserts that it will be a near miss. I intepret the first chapters wedding as symbolic representation of how depression cost justine her marriage. As a poetic contemplation of depression and this is the way i saw it small incongruities pale to insignficance, and may. Becker, 2004, a film about the late east germany gdr which narrates. It won the horizons prize at the 65th venice international film festival. In particular, i want to pause over the way the film deploys fetishism and melancholia to. This inventive drama charts the disintegrating relationship between newly married twentysomething justine and her sister, claire, just as earth hurtles toward certain collision with a newly discovered planet. Melancholia 2011 telecharger le film film sur netflix. Despite a few factors which may affect the attention of some viewers, they shouldn. Another woman makes her way with a child over marshy grass that sucks at her. As someone who battles depression, this movie is honestly one of the best representations of depression i have ever seen.
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with earth. Like requiem for a dream 2000 or roots 1977, its not exactly a film you see for fun. Rent melancholia 2011 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. What is the symbolism of the uncrossable bridge in melancholia. Director pirjo honkasalo offers three views of contemporary life in and around. For in the world evoked by the danish film maker this time, we are absolutely alone in. As events turn darker and grimmer, justine finds herself drawn to claires young son, perhaps looking for one final human connection. With kirsten dunst, charlotte gainsbourg, kiefer sutherland, alexander skarsgard. Interstellar a 2014 flick directed by none other than christopher nolan. Stumbles in places and takes too long to get going, but once it finds its feet. Kirsten dunst plays a bride whose lavish wedding descends into chaos as a new planet called melancholia gets dangerously close to earth.