Lars von Trier has premiered his latest film Melancholia at the Cannes Film Festival.
The controversial Danish director's science fiction drama centres on two sisters - Kirsten Dunst's Justine and Charlotte Gainsbourg's Claire - who find their relationship falling apart as a giant planet called Melancholia moves towards Earth.
Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgård, Stellan Skarsgård, Brady Corbet and Udo Kier co-star in the movie, which opens in the UK on September 30.
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Published Thursday, May 19 2011, 8:03pm EST | By Simon Reynolds | Add comment
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