Danish director Lars von Trier has Parkinson’s disease, his production company Zentropa said in a statement on Monday. He ‘is in good shape and is being treated for his symptoms,’ she added.
On the initiative of ‘Dogme’ which advocates a cinema in direct contact with reality, the 66-year-old Dane is expected for ‘The Kingdom Exodus’, the third opus in his series ‘The hospital and its ghosts’, whose release is planned by the end of the year in the Scandinavian kingdom.
The production company clarified that it would end this new season ‘as planned’.
Heavyweight of Danish cinema, Lars von Trier is a controversial personality known for provocative films and sometimes unbearable violence. He has notably directed ‘Melancholia’, ‘Nymphomaniac’ and ‘The House that Jack Built’. He received the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2000 for his film ‘Dancer in the Dark’.
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