Lars von Trier, Melancholia (vose) Melancholia - Interview Lars Von Trier. As The World Ends, A Certain 'Melancholia' Sets In. Hide captionA bride (Kirsten Dunst, with Alexander Skarsgard and Charlotte Gainsbourg) battles depression — and the possible end of the world — in Melancholia. Magnolia Pictures A bride (Kirsten Dunst, with Alexander Skarsgard and Charlotte Gainsbourg) battles depression — and the possible end of the world — in Melancholia. Melancholia Director: Lars von Trier Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi Running Time: 136 minutes Rated R; for some graphic nudity, sexuality content and language With: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Kiefer Sutherland (Recommended) Note: Contains language some may find offensive.
Metaphors don't come balder than the one at the center of Lars von Trier's Melancholia. That prelude features birds dropping from the sky, Dunst in a wedding dress amid leaves and tendrils as if merging with the doomed planet, and other inexplicable but unnerving images. This part of Melancholia is like one of those nightmares in which time stretches maddeningly out. Kirsten Dunst: Expressing Something Blue In Melancholia. Hide captionSomething New: As the world changes, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) starts to experience otherworldly phenomena. Magnolia Pictures Something New: As the world changes, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) starts to experience otherworldly phenomena. Lars von Trier's Melancholia stars Kirsten Dunst as a depressed woman on her wedding day, just before the end of the world. "Melancholia" refers not only to the mood of the film, but to the name of a planet that's now heading for a direct collision course with the planet Earth.
When it looks like Melancholia is going to destroy the planet, everyone around Dunst's character Justine panics. "Lars would always say to me, 'I think that Justine has strength at the end because when you're depressed, you're numb and you're fearless to major tragedy," explains Dunst. Melancholia premiered at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, where Dunst received the festival's award for Best Actress. "I couldn't have had a more lovely experience," she says. Early Career. ANTICHRIST DE LARS VON TRIER | INTERVIEW. Lars Von Trier: "I Understand Hitler" Lars von Trier.