Antychryst (2003)

Four boys act out games in a nearly barren landscape near a mining excavation where blasting is going on. The oldest, Szafran, is their leader. When he gets into a frenzy, so do the others:... See full summary »

Director:

Adam Guzinski

Writers:

André De Toth (story), Adam Guzinski

Stars:

Dariusz Maciuk, Marcin Zaluski, Tomasz Szczesniak

6 wins.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Dariusz Maciuk	...	Kacper
Marcin Zaluski	...	Szafran
Tomasz Szczesniak	...	Usza
Adam Witkowski	...	Koko
Wlodzimierz Przadkiewicz	...	Worker
Tomasz Przadkiewicz	...	Worker

Storyline

Four boys act out games in a nearly barren landscape near a mining excavation where blasting is going on. The oldest, Szafran, is their leader. When he gets into a frenzy, so do the others: running barefoot through thistles, rubbing dirt in their hair, catching fish barehanded. Szafran says he is the Antichrist and gives orders. Are these games or something else?

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Plot Keywords:

antichrist | boy | devil | dangerous game | good versus evil

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Genres:

Drama | Short

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Details

Country:

Poland

Language:

Polish

Release Date:

21 July 2006 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zespol Filmowy "Indeks"

Technical Specs

Runtime:

27 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Part of the omnibus survey of international shorts, "The World According to Shorts"

User Reviews

Hopelessly Pretentious

A thoroughly unlikeable and unpleasant "short" that drags on for almost a half hour. The plot (or what is submitted as a plot) deserves about three or four minutes and the rest is tedium.

If you can not figure out where this is going in the first three minutes you have no imagination. The four characters are completely superficially portrayed but behave as if theta were quoting Shakespeare. I kept watching (for what seemed like hours) thinking there must be some redeeming surprise ending. (Don't hold your breath)

Do yourself a favor and don't waste your time on this exercise in the banal.