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Melancholia
Sometimes you can't smile your way through your own wedding. Melancholia doesn't try to fix Justine. It just sees her. 🌍
Who it's for
Von Trier made Melancholia after his own experience of depression, and Justine's collapse is one of cinema's most unvarnished portraits of it: no uplift, no quick fix.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Melancholia is a 2011 film written and directed by Lars von Trier. In the first part, Justine marries Michael at a lavish estate owned by her brother-in-law John, but as her parents clash and her boss presses her about work, she grows increasingly withdrawn and the celebration unravels.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Suicide and severe depression.
Age: R (sexual content, graphic nudity, language; MPAA)
My sad thoughts tease me asking me their own names.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 216
