A grieving couple retreat to 'Eden,' their isolated cabin in the woods, where they hope to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg (winner of the Best Actress Award at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival) give brave, outstanding performances in the new provocation from writer/director Lars von Trier (Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville). Antichrist is a totally uncompromising psychological horror film conceived and made while the director was experiencing emotional challenges in his own life. Reviewing the intense and controversial film at its Cannes premiere, Roger Ebert called it "powerfully made" and continued: "The performances by Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg are heroic and fearless Von Trier's visual command is striking And if you can think beyond what he shows to what he implies, its depths are frightening Von Trier has reached me and shaken me." Official Web Site
Lars von Trier
Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
NR (No One Under 18 Admitted)
1hr 49mins
2009
Denmark/Germany/France/Sweden/Italy/Poland