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Famed Director Admitted to Care Center Amid Health Battle

The award-winning filmmaker publicly announced his Parkinson’s diagnosis a couple of years ago.

Danish director Lars von Trier, who revealed in 2022 that he has Parkinson’s disease, has been admitted into a care center according to his production company on Wednesday, The Guardian reported. Von Trier, 68, is a notable figure in contemporary auteur cinema and can be credited with directing over 14 feature films, including Dancer in the Dark which won the 2000 Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. “Lars is currently associated with a care center that can provide him with the treatment and care his condition requires,” Zentropa producer Louise Vesth posted on Instagram. “It’s a complement to his own private accommodation. Lars is doing well under the circumstances,” she added, lamenting the “need to pass on very personal information” following speculation in the Danish media. The director infamously claimed that he understood Adolf Hitler and sympathized “with him a little bit,” in reference to his film Melancholia during a press conference at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. He apologized later, but at the time, he was banned. His film still competed and won its star Kirsten Dunst an award for best actress.