Melancholia is a 2011 science fiction drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier and starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Kiefer Sutherland, with Alexander Skarsgård, Brady Corbet, Cameron Spurr, Charlotte Rampling, Jesper Christensen, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgård, and Udo Kier in supporting roles. The film's story revolves around two sisters, one of whom marries just before a rogue planet is about to collide with Earth. Melancholia is the second film in von Trier's unofficially titled Depression Trilogy. It was preceded in 2009 by Antichrist and followed by Nymphomaniac in 2013.
Tjolöholm Castle in Halland, Sweden, where exterior scenes were filmed, viewed from above.
Image: Kirsten Dunst Cannes 2011
Image: Charlotte Gainsbourg Cannes 2011
Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter.
Trier at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, 2014
Dogme 95 Certificate for Susanne Bier's film Open Hearts