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.
After the screening production designer
Jette Lehmann will be in conversation with production designer
Gemma Jackson.
Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany 2011 Dir Lars von Trier 135 min
In collaboration with, and organised by EUNIC London and the Goethe-Institut London.
In association with the London Film School. Supported by the Embassy of Denmark in London.
Jette Lehmann Biography
Starting her career in the 1990s with TV productions such as Lars von Trier’s The Kingdom, Jette Lehmann has become one of Denmark’s most sought-after production designers and art directors.
While continuing her work in TV, including on series such The Killing or Follow the Money, she has regularly provided designs for cinema productions, collaborating with director such as Lone Scherfig, Thomas Vinterberg, or Bille August. Her production design for Melancholia was awarded with the European Film Award for Best Production Design in 2011.
Gemma Jackson Biography
Gemma Jackson has been designing for film and television for many years, receiving several ADG (Art Directors Guild) awards. Being the original designer and creator for Game of Thrones she designed the first three seasons, winning a Primetime Emmy for Season 2. Her most recently seen design is the disquieting environment for the Sky Atlantic series Fortitude for which she has recently been awarded a BAFTA nomination. Another project of hers is the highly acclaimed HBO mini series John Adams, for which she won an Emmy. Gemma Jackson has also designed many movies including Bridget Jones Diary, Iris, The Borrowers, State and Main, The other Man, Paperhouse and Finding Neverland, gaining her nominations for both an Academy award and a BAFTA. She has recently wrapped on a huge new interpretation of King Arthur for Guy Ritchie at Warner Brothers. Gemma also has several ADG awards.
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