Black and white/HD, 450 mins

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Synopsis

Three people engage in a strange therapy to get away from their agonies.

 

Cast and Crew

 

Award

Best Feature film, Orizzonti, Venice Film Festival 2008

 

 

 

 

Reviews

Oggs Cruz, “Melancholia (2008)”, Lessons from the School of Inattention, October 19, 2008

Lukas Foerster, Lav Diaz: mini-dossier, The canine condition

Srikanth Srinivasan, “The Films Of Lav Diaz”, The Seventh Art Blog

Rita Andreeti, “Melancholia (2008)”, mymovies.it

Jason Anderson, “Mourning and Melancholia”, Art Forum, March 24, 2009

Noli Manaig, “Melancholia (Lav Diaz, 2008)”, Closely Watched Frames, May 24, 2013

Noel Vera, “Lav Diaz’s Melancholia and Maguindanao”, Critic After Dark

Gertjan Zhuillof, IFFR Programmer notes

Ira Lastrilla, “Sadness and Madness”, Everything Matters blog

Lito Zulueta, “Melancholia: Philippine Cinema as Meditation and Metaphysics” Manunuri website

Allan Fish, “Melancholia No 2”, Wonders in the Dark, July 18, 2010

Jesus Cortes, “Toda la Tristeza del Mundo”, Cine Transit, March 29, 2010

Dennis Calvan, “Isang Maikling Reaksyon sa Isang Mahabang Pelikula ni Lav Diaz”, Sarong Banwa, October 27, 2008

Epoy Deyto, “Melancholia (2008)”, kawtskamote.blogspot.com

Francesco Cazzin, “Melancholia”, The emergence of the possible blog, June 18, 2013

Marco Grosoli, “Melancholia and Mourning (an abstract)”, Panic and Mourning

Andrea Picard, Programmer’s note for Images Festival

Rolando Tolentino, ” Melancholia sa Melancholia”, Post-literature cinema

Michele Faggi, “Melancholia of Lav Diaz”, Venice-65, published September 8, 2008

Schneehland, “Melancholia (Lav Diaz, Philippines, 2008)”

Raffaele Meale, “Melancholia”, August 31, 2008

Anja Ivekovic, “MELANKOLIČNI OPTIMIST“

Angel Villar, “Melancholia, de Lav Díaz: poesía de mastodóntica duración”, CinemaSioner, May 16, 2011

Username: Shaky, Criterion Forum, August 7, 2013