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Oct 5, 2021 · Melancholia is a planet gone awry, slowly advancing toward a crash-landing on earth, destroying the world. The movie comes in two parts, the first half focusing on the extremely extravagant wedding of Justine (Dunst) and her betrothed Michael (Skarsgård) on a luxurious estate owned by Justine’s family.
Apr 6, 2024 · Lars von Trier’s 2011 psychological drama, Melancholia, is set against a backdrop of the apocalypse. We watch Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and the people in her orbit collapse into personal chaos as a rogue planet, the titular Melancholia, races toward the Earth. Justine first notices the effects of the rogue world when a certain star is no longer ...
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Melancholia initially flies past the Earth, seemingly vindicating John and the scientists. However, a gravitational interaction between the planets sends Melancholia across the Earth's orbit for a second time, now moving on a path towards it. On discovering this, John takes his life by overdosing on pills.
Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth threatening the very existence of humankind...
The camera pulls back through space to depict the planet Melancholia heading towards Earth. In Von Trier’s overt use of CGI for this effect he demonstrates that he is not mixing metaphors – a planet is indeed on its way towards Earth.
Nov 11, 2011 · Justine is the first to notice the speck in the sky that turns out to be the planet Melancholia, hurtling toward Earth on an apparent collision course. ... Justine's level-headed brother-in-law ...
Melancholia. "Melancholia" is a psychological disaster movie by director Lars von Trier. Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister and brother-in-law. Meanwhile, the planet called Melancholia is heading towards Earth. Duration: 2h 15m. Release date: 2011. Genre: DisasterDramaScience Fiction.
