Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier has been admitted to a care heart to obtain remedy for Parkinson’s illness, his manufacturing firm Zentropa Leisure confirms.
In a press release posted to the official Zentropa Instagram, producer Louise Vesth wrote (roughly translated from Danish): “Lars is presently in a care heart that may present him with the remedy and care his situation requires. It’s a complement to his personal non-public lodging. Lars is doing properly below the circumstances.”
von Trier went public together with his analysis of Parkinson’s illness in August 2022. On the time, Zentropa mentioned he was being handled to finish Riget Exodus (which interprets to The Kingdom: Exodus), the third and last installment of his supernatural collection.
A provocative auteur, von Trier has additionally (deservedly) acquired backlash for a few of his public statements. In 2011, he was banned from Cannes for seven years after saying he “sympathized” with Hitler. Extra just lately, von Trier wrote on Instagram in August 2023 that “Russian lives matter additionally!” in a message to Presidents Zelenskyy and Putin.
Moreover that, Björk has accused von Trier of committing sexual assault through the making of his 2000 musical Dancer within the Darkish. Although he admitted to psychological abuse, he mentioned, “I didn’t contact her within the unsuitable locations.”