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The Craft of Film: Melancholia + ScreenTalk with Jette Lehmann at the Barbican

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Time 17:45
Date 26/02/17
Price £13.5
  • Produced by Barbican
  • Price £13.50 standard tickets, £10.80 for members
  • Get ready to hear from award winning production designer Jette Lehmann
  • Bring along budding filmmakers for this new Barbican season
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Lars von Trier’s striking Melancholia is explored as part of the Barbican’s Craft of Film season, with production designer Jette Lehmann joining the audience for a talk at the end of the screening.

It is meant to be the happiest day of Justine’s (Kirsten Dunst) life, but during the course of the lavish society wedding that her well-organised sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg) has staged for her, Justine increasingly succumbs to inexplicable sadness and anxiety leading her to sabotage her sister’s grand scenario.

When the universe stages an even grander spectacle, the sisters’ roles are slowly reversed. Von Trier’s highly stylised take on modern day depression owes much of its beauty and romantic flair to Jette Lehmann’s opulent production design.

This screening forms part of The Craft of Film season at the Barbican, examining outstanding European feature films and masterclasses by leading filmmakers.

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