Lars von Trier (68 years, Lundtofte, Denmark), one of the most important names of contemporary author cinema, has been admitted to an assistance center after Diagnosis of Parkinson’s diagnosis in 2022. “Lars is currently associated with an assistance center that can provide the treatment and care that your condition requires, ”said Zentropa producer. “The circumstances is well given,” continues the message, written in Danish and signed by producer Louise High. In the text he also laments “the need to transmit this personal information”, something that has probably been forced to do after days of speculation in the Danish media about the health status of the director. A short statement in which it does not provide more information on how Lars von Trier’s disease evolves.
The filmmaker, when he was 66, also through a statement from his producer. In this, it was detailed that he suffered the disease and that he was receiving treatment. A short time after the announcement of, the director himself tried: “I tremble a little, I have to get used to it. But I am much better than when we film. I’m afraid that at some point you will have to suffer from my film, ”he joked in September 2022, in a meeting with four journalists to promote his film The Kingdom: Exodus.
In August 2023, – where he has 20.4 million followers – now eliminated, he wrote: “I don’t know very well what I am getting, so before making deceptive advertising let me clarify some things: I’m 67 years old, I have , obsessive-compulsive disorder [TOC] And, at the moment, a controlled alcoholism. ” In this video he also announced that he was looking for a girlfriend or a muse. “In summary, with some luck, I still have a couple of decent movies ahead. So all this pretends to be like an announcement of contacts of the old school, where I, knowing very little social networks, I look for a girlfriend/muse. ” —For the golden palm in Cannes, and Melancholia (2011) later insisted that “on a good day and with the right company” he could be a charming partner. Then he left an email address where the interested parties could send their requests. Some images where an obvious physical change was observed: it appeared much thinner, with slight tremors. Since his Parkinson’s announcement he has made few public appearances and, many of them, have been through conferences.
Admired and controversial in equal parts, Lars Von Trier launched in the mid -nineties the manifesto of the, with which he claimed author cinema and aroused international interest in the filmography of northern Europe. By then, his work had already managed to capture the attention of jurors at international festivals such as Cannes, where he debuted in 1984 and where he has periodically presented all his films, except Nynphomaniac (2013).
The director, beyond his 14 feature films, often disturbing and violent, is known for his controversial statements. At the 2011 Cannes Cannes Film Festival caused outrage and was declared a person non -grateful : “I understand Hitler. It can’t be said to be a great guy, but I fall nice. I am not in favor of World War II, and I am in favor of the Jews … although not too much, because Israel usually fucks us enough. ” Immediately after these statements, he was banned from the festival for a year. However, his film continued in the competition and its protagonist, Kirsten Dunst, won the Golden Palm for Best Actress. , although the damage was already done. “In my country he hardly had an echo, because they understood the context,” explained the filmmaker in Cannes in May 2018, the year he returned to the festival, before a group of European journalists ,. An interview in which he presented The house that Jack built “His last film to date,” and during which the journalists who talked to him could also appreciate symptoms of this disease at that time not yet diagnosed.
Lars Von Trier has spoken several times about his alcohol addiction, his frequent anxiety, his obsessive behavior, his degenerative disease, as well as his fleeting entry into a psychiatric. In recent years, despite his Parkinson’s diagnosis, the director has continued his work. Highlighting its next production entitled After which has received 1.3 million Danish crowns (184,000 euros) from the Danish Film Institute (DFI), according to a list published by the DFI in September 2024.
