Melancholia

Resource Information

The work Melancholia represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Alpha Park Public Library District. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Melancholia

Statement of responsibility

written and directed by Lars von Trier ; presented by Zentropa Entertainments27 ApS, Film i Väst ; produced by Meta Louise Foldager, Louise Vesth ; co-produced by Memfis Film International AB, Zentropa International Sweden AB, Slot Machine SARL, Liberator Productions SARL, Zentropa Internal Köln GmbH ; also co-produced with Film i Väst, Arte France Cinéma with the participation of SVT, Canal+, Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée, Cinécinéma, Edition Video, Nordisk Film Cinema Distribution

Creator

• Melancholia (Motion picture)

Contributor

• France télévisions distribution
• Dunst, Kirsten, 1982-
• Foldager, Meta Louise, 1974-
• Film i Väst (Firm)
• Gainsbourg, Charlotte, 1971-
• Cinécinéma (Firm)
• Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (France)
• Hurt, John, 1940-2017
• Arte France cinéma (Firm)
• Kier, Udo
• Lehmann, Jette
• Rampling, Charlotte, 1946-
• Rasmussen, Manon
• Roney, Simone Grau
• Skarsgård, Alexander
• Skarsgård, Stellan
• Spurr, Cameron
• Stensgaard, Molly Malene
• Studio Canal+
• Trier, Lars von, 1956-
• Vesth, Louise
• Sutherland, Kiefer, 1966-
• Slot Machine (Firm)
• Sveriges television
• Nordisk Film (Firm)
• Zentropa Entertainments (Firm)
• Memfis Film (Firm)
• Zentropa International (Firm)
• Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Christensen, Jesper, 1948-
• Claro, Manuel Alberto, 1970-
• Corbet, Brady, 1988-
• Liberator Productions

Actor

• Sutherland, Kiefer, 1966-
• Gainsbourg, Charlotte, 1971-
• Kier, Udo
• Hurt, John, 1940-2017
• Spurr, Cameron
• Skarsgård, Stellan
• Skarsgård, Alexander
• Corbet, Brady, 1988-
• Rampling, Charlotte, 1946-
• Dunst, Kirsten, 1982-
• Christensen, Jesper, 1948-

Art director

• Roney, Simone Grau

Costume designer

• Rasmussen, Manon

Director of photography

• Claro, Manuel Alberto, 1970-

Editor of moving image work

• Stensgaard, Molly Malene

Film director

• Trier, Lars von, 1956-

Film distributor

• Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm)

Film producer

• Foldager, Meta Louise, 1974-
• Vesth, Louise

Production company

• Studio Canal+
• Arte France cinéma (Firm)
• Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (France)
• Cinécinéma (Firm)
• Memfis Film (Firm)
• Zentropa International (Firm)
• Zentropa Entertainments (Firm)
• Nordisk Film (Firm)
• Slot Machine (Firm)
• Sveriges television
• Film i Väst (Firm)
• France télévisions distribution
• Liberator Productions

Production designer

• Lehmann, Jette

Screenwriter

• Trier, Lars von, 1956-

Subject

• Sisters
• Sisters -- Drama
• Spanish language materials
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Weddings
• Weddings -- Drama
• Science fiction films
• Collisions (Astrophysics)
• Collisions (Astrophysics) -- Drama
• DVD-Video discs
• Depression, Mental
• Depression, Mental -- Drama
• Desastres naturales -- Teatro
• Disaster films
• Disaster films
• Disaster films -- Denmark
• Drama
• End of the world
• End of the world -- Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films -- Denmark
• Feature films -- Sweden
• Foreign films
• Interpersonal relations
• Interpersonal relations -- Drama
• Melodramas (Motion pictures)
• Melodramas (Motion pictures) -- Denmark
• Motion pictures -- Denmark
• Natural disasters
• Natural disasters -- Drama
• Planetas -- Teatro
• Planets
• Planets -- Drama
• Science fiction films
• Science fiction films
• Science fiction films
• Science fiction films -- Denmark

Genre

• Foreign films
• Science fiction films
• Feature films
• Drama
• Teatro
• Disaster films
• Motion pictures
• Melodramas (Motion pictures)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• DVD-Video discs

Language

• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

"Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) celebrate their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of Justine's sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and brother-in-law John (Kiefer Sutherland). 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"--Container

Awards note

National Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Film Award, Best Actress Award ; Festival De Cannes, Best Actress Award (Kirsten Dunst).

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Manuel Alberto Claro ; editor, Molly Malene Stensgaard ; production designer, Jette Lehmann ; art director, Simone Grau Roney ; costume designer, Manon Rasmussen

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for some graphic nudity, sexual content and language

Language note

In English with optional Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.M455 2012

PerformerNote

Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgård, Brady Corbet, Cameron Spurr, Charlotte Rampling, Jesper Christensen, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, Kiefer Sutherland

Runtime

135

Technique

live action