Melancholia (suite) – Les deux Scènes- Scène nationale de Besanço, Besançon

About this event

Melancholia is a 2011 science-fiction drama by Lars von Trier, shown at Les 2 Scènes (Besançon) as part of the 2026 Mycéliades Festival. The festival’s fourth edition explores science fiction across artistic forms in partnership with the Pierre Bayle media library, with screenings at the Petit Kursaal. The event page cites Samuel Douhaire (Télérama), who calls the film “poetic science fiction” and highlights the five-minute operatic opening set to Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde Prelude as a defining artistic choice. Kirsten Dunst won Best Actress at Cannes for her performance. In Besançon, the film screens alongside other science-fiction titles in the Mycéliades program, including Soylent Green, Take Shelter, and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

Cast & creative

• K

  Justine

  Kirsten Dunst
• C

  Claire

  Charlotte Gainsbourg
• A

  Michael

  Alexander Skarsgard
• L

  Stage director

  Lars Von Trier
• S

  Essay Author

  Samuel Douhaire
• R

  Composer

  Richard Wagner
• T

  Music Arranger

  Thomas Dorsch