Lars von Trier, director of ‘Antichrist’ and ‘Nymphomaniac’, Parkinson’s disease was diagnosed. This was announced in a statement by Louise Vesth of Zentropa, the production company that von Trier founded in 1992 with Peter Aalbæk Jensen. The text ensures that the Danish director is “in a good mood” and in the treatment of symptoms (for now there is no cure for the disease) and continues to work on the third season of “The Kingdom”, “The Kingdom Exodus”, a series that began in 1994 and will end in 2022.
Von Trier is Denmark’s most acclaimed (and even controversial) director and contemporary cinema cannot be understood without him. Together with Thomas Vinterberg, he established the rules of the avant-garde motion picture Dogma 95 manifesto and was nominated for an Oscar and winner of the Palme d’Or for ‘Dancer in the Dark’. In addition to being a director, Lars von Trier is also the author of the most controversial statements in Cannes, where, and during the presentation of ‘Melancolía’, he claimed to understand Hitler and that he himself was “a Nazi” because his family was German, which he gave him “sure pleasure”: “I understand Hitler”he said then, “But I think he did some bad things, yeah totally, but I can picture him sitting in his bunker at the end … I understand man, he wasn’t what we would call a good guy, but I’m cute I understand him a lot and sympathize a little ‘with him. But I’m not with the Second World War, and I’m not against the Jews. No, not even against Susanne Bier. ” For these words he was banned from the Festival for almost 10 years and declared persona non grata. In 2017, Icelandic singer Björk implicitly accused him of sexual harassment, charges she denied, although she admitted there were incidents between them during filming. Other titles from his varied filmography include “Jack’s House”, “The Boss of It All”, “Manderlay”, “Dogville” and “Breaking the Waves”.
The door to the Kingdom reopens
‘The Kingdom’, ‘Riget’ in Danish, is filmed in dogma style and takes place in the neurology department of Copenhagen’s Rigshospitalet, where patients and medical staff experience a range of supernatural phenomena. The first season had four episodes and the cast reunited again to shoot four more for a second season in 1997. Many mysteries remained unsolved this season, but the team decided not to return for a third after the death of many. of its protagonists such as Ernst-Hugo Järegård and Kirsten Rolffes. Now, nearly 20 years later, The final closure will come, where Karen sleepwalking seeks answers and saves the hospital from perdition. The new cast includes Mikael Persbrandt, Lars Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Tuva Novotny, as well as Alexander Skarsgård and David Dencik as guest stars.
According to Vesth, von Trier will limit his press encounters to promote the ending of “The Kingdom”, but he will certainly participate. The series will be launched for the first time at the Venice Film Festival and then Mubi will distribute it in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland, Latin America, Turkey and India.
Source: E Cartelera
