Serenity now for Kirsten Dunst in the first poster for Lars von Trier’s Melancholia

If you’re a Von Trier fan then you’ll be glad to know that the word on MELANCHOLIA, the Danish auteur’s latest examination of how f*cked up we are as humans (with the slight addition of a planet that’s on course to kill everyone), is that it’s pretty great. Movie boner: rising.

And apparently, Kirsten Dunst – pictured below in the film’s new one sheet – gives an excellent performance! Will this help lessen the somewhat odd antagonism that’s so often been directed towards her amongst movie nerds these past, what, 10 years? I don’t know, but she also gets her boobs out which might help.

MELANCHOLIA – starring Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgard, Kiefer Sutherland, Stellan Skarsgard, John Hurt, Charlotte Rampling, Udo Kier, and Brady Corbet – destroys us all November 11th.

Synopsis: In this beautiful movie about the end of the world, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgard) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and brother-in-law John (Kiefer Sutherland). Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth…