Two years after saying that he was affected by Parkinson’s illness, Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, is to direct a brand new movie.
His challenge, titled “After”, has been granted 1.3 million Danish kroner ($192,000), by the Danish Film Institute (DFI), in accordance with a list printed by the DFI.
Von Trier, 68, can be listed because the screenwriter of the function movie — which is produced by Zentropa.
No additional particulars concerning the challenge are identified.
In July, Sweden’s Stellan Skarsgard, who has acted in a number of of his movies, instructed on-line media Taxidrivers that von Trier was engaged on his new movie “from home”.
“After” is ready to be von Trier’s fifteenth function movie since he graduated the Copenhagen Film School in 1982.
The Copenhagen-born director wrote in a now-deleted Instagram publish final yr that “with any luck I should still have a few decent movies left in me”.
The father of 4 has by no means shied away from controversy.
In 2011, von Trier triggered a storm when he stated he “understood” Hitler in the course of the presentation of his movie “Melancholia” on the Cannes Film Festival.
He was instantly banned, however his movie remained in competitors and its star Kirsten Dunst gained an award for Best Actress. He later apologized for the remark.
One of the largest stars of Danish cinema, von Trier has directed greater than 14 function movies, typically disturbing and violent.
Von Trier gained the Palme d’Or on the Cannes Film Festival in 2000 for “Dancer in the Dark”.
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