Melancholia

Name: Melancholia
Genre: Social Issues, Fantasy
Released: 2011
Duration: 135 min
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgård

Lars von Trier20112h 15mSocial Issues, Fantasy

Why we chose it

Lars von Trier’s therapist told him that depressed people stay calmer in a catastrophe. So a bride who can’t fake happiness at her own wedding has little to fear from the end of the world. Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg are two sisters watching a planet draw near in a beautiful apocalypse.

Synopsis

Justine and Michael arrive late to their own wedding, held at the castle where Justine’s sister Claire lives with her husband, John. All evening Justine’s boss presses her for an advertising tagline, while her divorced parents trade insults in front of the guests. Some time later, a planet no one has ever seen appears in the sky. John is sure they’re in no danger.