Searching for answers, waiting for miracles – these seem to be the themes of many of the best films so far to play here at the Cannes Film Festival. And Lars von Trier's "Melancholia" is certainly one of the best.
You still won’t find any answers to life’s biggest questions here: This is a film about the end of the world, or it’s a film about the end of a family, a marriage, stability or sanity. Interpret it as you will.
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The plot is broken down in two distinct sections.