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- Directed by Lars Von Trier
- Written by Lars Von Trier
- Starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Kirsten Dunst
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Kirsten Dunst plays a bride whose lavish wedding descends into chaos as a new planet called Melancholia gets dangerously close to Earth. Kiefer Sutherland, Alexander Skarsgard and John Hurt also star.
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Won: Best Actress (Dunst), 2011 Cannes Film Festival
Nominated: Palme d'Or, 2011 Cannes Film Festival; Best International Film, 2012 Independent Spirit Awards
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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 dust.
-- Ann Hornaday, WASHINGTON POST