Cinematique: Melancholia
Date: Mon, February 6th 2012 - Wed, February 8th 2012Additional Time Info: 7:30pm
External Link: Event Website
Location: Thalian Hall
In this beautiful movie about the end of the world, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her 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… Melancholia is a psychological disaster film from director Lars von Trier. Nominated for numerous awards, Kirsten Dunst has already won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival.
“A masterwork of grandeur, millennial angst and high romantic style, Melancholia takes themes that have marked the best films of 2011 and spins them into a blast of cosmic sparkle. - The Washington Post
Rated R. 2 hrs. 15 mins.