Melancholia
Enjoy it while it lasts
Production
Genre
Budget
$7 400 000
Box office
$15 946 321
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Meta Louise Foldager, Louise Vesth, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Peter Garde
Camera operator
Manuel Alberto Claro
Composer
Artist
Jette Lehmann
Audition
Des Hamilton
Editing
Molly Malene Stensgaard
Whole Team (67)
Whole Team (67)
Short description
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
What's left behind the scenes
- The idea for the film originated with Lars von Trier during a psychotherapy session while being treated for depression.
- The role of Justine was originally intended for Penélope Cruz. However, she withdrew from the process due to her involvement in the filming of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'.
- The idea for the film originated with Lars von Trier during a psychotherapy session while treating depression.
- Penelope Cruz was originally slated to play the role of Justine. However, she dropped out of the process due to her involvement in filming “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”.
- When Melancholia flies closest to Earth and is just rising above the horizon, the characters look through a telescope aimed much higher than necessary.
- Before the film's premiere in Cannes, another scandal involving Lars von Trier occurred during a press conference. The director succumbed to a provocation from a journalist who hinted at the maestro's German origins; von Trier lost his composure and made inappropriate remarks about Jews and Hitler, later issuing an official apology.
- The name of Kirsten Dunst's character was given by Trier in honor of the Marquis de Sade's work 'Justine'.
- Prior to the film's premiere in Cannes, another scandal involving Lars von Trier occurred at a press conference. The director succumbed to a provocation from a journalist who hinted at the maestro's German origins, to which von Trier reacted inappropriately, making an incorrect remark about Jews and Hitler, and later issued an official apology.
- “Melancholia” is the second film in the “depression trilogy,” which also includes “Antichrist” (2009), and “Nymphomaniac: Part 1 and Nymphomaniac: Part 2” (2013).
- The heroine Kirsten Dunst was named by von Trier after the work of Marquis de Sade, "Justine".
- Much of Justine's personality was based on the personality of Trier himself.
- Much of Justine's personality was based on Trier's own personality.
- The film was shot in Trollhättan, Sweden.
- 'Melancholia' is the second film in the 'depression trilogy,' which also includes 'Antichrist' (2009), 'Nymphomaniac: Vol. 1', and 'Nymphomaniac: Vol. 2' (2013).
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