How does one explain such a strange movie? I suppose you start with the title.
The word "melancholia" is defined in the dictionary as "a mental condition and especially a manic-depressive condition characterized by extreme depression, bodily complaints, and often hallucinations and delusions."
In the movie Melancholia, the word is used in two separate contexts. First, it describes the state of depression described above by Merriam-Webster. :It is also the name of a planet on a collision course with Earth, threatening to obliterate the world and every living thing on it.
Yes, you read that correctly.
