Melancholia

Oh cheer up for Gods sake would you!

People don’t like depressed people or being around them , they make us uneasy and nervous as there is no quick fix to recovery. Kiefer Sutherland takes on this role perfectly as the only “sane” person having to put up with Charlotte Gainsbourg’s colourful family. We have the mother (Charlotte Rampling) who detests marriage with all its pomp and ceremony and is hell bent on letting everyone know this at her daughter’s wedding, the father (John Hurt) who is having a very late mid life crisis parading around with two much younger women by the name of Betty, while Charlotte herself suffers from anxiety attacks. The star of the show however is Charlotte’s sister Kirsten Dunst who gives us a brilliant insight into what it must be like trying to trudge through the mire of depression. Read More