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Antichrist
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Antichrist is a 2009 drama, horror, and erotic thriller film directed by Lars von Trier, who also wrote the screenplay. The movie stars Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg. It was produced by Zentropa and other companies including Slot Machine and Memfis Film. The film was released in 2009 and distributed by Nordisk Film. It is available via video on demand.
The narrative is set in Washington, while filming took place in Cologne and Wuppertal. The original language is English. The production involved director of photography Anthony Dod Mantle, composer Kristian Eidnes Andersen, and editor Anders Refn. The runtime is listed as 104 or 108 minutes. The tagline is "Chaos reigns." Keywords associated with the work include depression, suffering, therapist, symbolism, and marriage.
The film received the Nordic Council Film Prize and the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer. It was nominated for European Film Awards for Best Actress, Best Cinematographer, and Best Director. It appeared at the 22nd European Film Awards. Review scores include a 5.6/10 rating, a 53% rating, and a 49/100 score. The IMDb rating is 6.5.
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Film · TMDB
6.6A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Cast
- Willem Dafoe as He
- Charlotte Gainsbourg as She
- Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm as Nic
Themes
- depression
- suffering
- therapist
- symbolism
- marriage
- masochism
- controversy
- woods
- god
- cabin
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
143,904 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
53%
Metacritic
49/100
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 21 wins & 33 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Lars von Trier
- Written by
- Lars von Trier
- Produced by
- Meta Louise Foldager
- Starring
- Willem Dafoe Charlotte Gainsbourg
- Cinematography
- Anthony Dod Mantle
- Edited by
- Anders Refn Åsa Mossberg
- Music by
- Kristian Eidnes Andersen
- Production companies
- Zentropa Entertainments Arte France Cinéma Canal+ Danmarks Radio Film i Väst Svenska Filminstitutet Sveriges Television ZDF
- Distributed by
- Nordisk Film Distribution (Denmark/Sweden), Les Films du Losange (France) , MFA+ Film Distribution (Germany) , Gutek Film (Poland)
- Release dates
- 18 May 2009 ( 2009-05-18 ) ( Cannes ) 20 May 2009 ( 2009-05-20 ) (Denmark) 10 September 2009 ( 2009-09-10 ) (Germany)
- Running time
- 108 minutes
- Countries
- Denmark France Germany Poland Sweden
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $5 million
- Box office
- $7.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- Antichrist
- Participant in
- 22nd European Film Awards
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country of origin
- Poland
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Lars von Trier
- Screenwriter
- Lars von Trier
- Cast member
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
- Composer
- Kristian Eidnes Andersen
- Production company
- Zentropa
- Cinematographer
- Anthony Dod Mantle
- Narrative location
- Washington
- Filming location
- Wuppertal
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 917722
- Dedicated to
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- Official website
- www.antichristthemovie.com
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- publication date
- 2009-09-10
- title
- Antichrist
- film editor
- Anders Refn
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Director
- different from
- Antichrist
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 49/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Antichrist (stylized as ANTICHRIS♀) is a 2009 art horror film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It stars Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg as a married couple who experience the accidental death of their infant son, after which they retreat to a cabin in the woods to grieve, where the man experiences strange visions and the woman manifests increasingly violent sexual behavior and sadomasochism. The narrative is divided into a prologue, four chapters, and an epilogue.
Written in 2006 while Trier was hospitalized due to a significant episode of clinical depression, the film was largely influenced by his own struggles with depression and anxiety. Filming took place primarily in Germany during the late summer of 2008, and was a Danish production co-produced by companies from France, Germany, Poland, and Sweden.
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