Cannes Film Festival 2011 - BEST ACTRESS * Kirsten Dunst, "Melancholia"

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Lars Von Trier is back with his new film, officially premiered in Cannes 2011.
Described as "A beautiful movie about the end of the world"

Coming to theatres on May 2011
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgård, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt

Melancholia (2011 film)

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Plot

The film begins with the destruction of Earth and then jumps back in time. The story will be about two sisters, Justine and Claire (Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg), who are becoming increasingly distant from each other. There will be a wedding during the first part of the film between Justine and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård). Soon after the wedding Justine becomes melancholic, which makes her stay calm when Earth is threatened by a collision with another planet that has recently emerged from behind the sun, while Claire, on the other hand, becomes fearful of what is to come. Trier has said that he considers all of his previous films to end happily, and that this will be the first with an unhappy ending.
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PALME D'OR * "The Tree of Life" Terrence Malick
GRAND PRIX * "The Kid with the Bike" Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
BEST DIRECTOR * Nicolas Winding Refn "Drive"
BEST ACTOR * Jean Dujardin "The Artist"
BEST ACTRESS * Kirsten Dunst "Melancholia"
SCREENWRITING * Joseph Cedar "Footnote"
JURY PRIZE * "Polisse" Maiwenn Le Besco