Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
- Awards
- 35 wins & 95 nominations
Katrine A. Sahlstrøm
- Girl with Guitar
- (as Katrine Acheche Sahlstrøm)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe image of Justine floating down the stream with her bouquet was inspired by John Everett Millais' 1852 painting "Ophelia."
- GoofsOne cannot view the same constellation (Scorpius) at the same location in the celestial sky from late evening to early morning due to the Earth's rotation.
- Alternate versionsThere are two versions available: the theatrical cut, with a runtime of "2h 15m (135 min)" and a slightly edited one, with a runtime of "2h 10m (130 min)".
- ConnectionsEdited from Journey in Classic Era (2021)
- SoundtracksExcerpts from Tristan und Isolde
Music by Richard Wagner
Orchestra by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (as The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra)
Conducted by Richard Hein
Recorded by Jan Holzner
Cello solo by Henrik Dam Thomsen
Arrangements by Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Featured review
This is not an easy movie to watch. It's tough from the very beginning - a prologue prequel with music by Wagner and an apocalyptic perspective. Any movie in which dead birds fall from the sky in the first three minutes is not going to be light and fluffy.
But this movie, about deep melancholia experienced by Justine (Kirstin Dunst), the principal character, and the melancholia of the potential end of life itself, is an artistic triumph. Great acting, great cinematography, great music. Even the sometimes puzzling plot - the post-prologue movie comes in two halves - is engrossing and pregnant with underlying meaning. The three principal characters all represent a point on the compass of human feelings: Depression, anxiety, and something resembling nice normalcy. How each deals with the apocalypse is a well-threaded effort.
While the movie is dark, it is by no means humorless. The wedding that occupies the first half of the movie has a great deal of fun alongside the depression.
Not a movie for everyone, and a bit too long, but if you watch it, stick with it. You may not want to see it twice but you could be glad you saw it once.
But this movie, about deep melancholia experienced by Justine (Kirstin Dunst), the principal character, and the melancholia of the potential end of life itself, is an artistic triumph. Great acting, great cinematography, great music. Even the sometimes puzzling plot - the post-prologue movie comes in two halves - is engrossing and pregnant with underlying meaning. The three principal characters all represent a point on the compass of human feelings: Depression, anxiety, and something resembling nice normalcy. How each deals with the apocalypse is a well-threaded effort.
While the movie is dark, it is by no means humorless. The wedding that occupies the first half of the movie has a great deal of fun alongside the depression.
Not a movie for everyone, and a bit too long, but if you watch it, stick with it. You may not want to see it twice but you could be glad you saw it once.
- richard-1967
- Oct 15, 2011
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Melancolía
- Filming locations
- Tjolöholm Castle, Fjärås, Sweden(Castle exteriors)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $7,400,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,030,848
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $257,174
- Nov 13, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $17,628,683
- Runtime2 hours 15 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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