Controversial director Lars von Trier, 68, admitted to a care centre after Parkinson’s diagnosis
The director's diagnosis was made public in 2022.
Director Lars von Trier has been admitted to a care centre to receive treatment following Parkinson’s diagnosis.
The Dancer in the Dark filmmaker, 68, went public with his diagnosis in 2022.
In a new statement posted on the Instagram account of von Trier’s production company Zentropa, a producer said in Danish: ‘Lars is currently in a care centre that can provide him with the treatment and care his condition requires.
‘It’s a complement to his own private accommodation. Lars is doing well under the circumstances.’
Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that leads to shaking, stiffness, and difficulty with walking, balance, and coordination.
According to The Copenhagen Post, which first reported the news three years prior, the publication said that von Trier was ‘in good spirits’.
‘Lars is in good spirits and is being treated for his symptoms – and given treatment so he can complete Riget Exodus,’ the statement read.
‘The illness means that Lars will only take part in interviews to a limited extent until the premiere later in the year.’
The Oscar nominee has directed films including Melancholia, Nymphomaniac and Antichrist, all starring Charlotte Gainsbourg alongside a bevvy of Hollywood heavyweights such as Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, Christian Slater and Shia LaBoeuf.
Von Trier was notoriously banned from Cannes Film Festival for seven years in 2011 after saying that he could ‘sympathise’ with Hitler as he discussed discovering that he had a German family.
Von Trier on the set of Dogville in 2002, which starred Nicole Kidman and Lauren Bacall (Picture: Getty Images)He then returned in 2018 with gruesome thriller The House That Jack Built, which was branded ‘disgusting’ and sparked mass walkouts.
The film follows Dillon’s serial killer as he mutilates and strangles his victims, who are mostly women.
The extremely graphic movie also includes a scene which see Dillon’s character killing two small children by blowing their heads off with a hunting rifle.
Variety claimed that one woman who left the theatre mid-way through muttered ‘it’s disgusting’ while the balcony was mostly half-empty by the time the film had ended.
His other film credits include 2013’s Nymphomaniac, Melancholia, Antichrist, and Dogville in 2004.
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