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Antichrist

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 48m
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6.5/10
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Antichrist (2009)
Antichrist Final Trailer - A grieving couple retreats to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse
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A grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage, but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.A grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage, but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.A grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage, but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

  • Director
    • Lars von Trier
  • Writer
    • Lars von Trier
  • Stars
    • Willem Dafoe
    • Charlotte Gainsbourg
    • Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    131K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,211
    154
    • Director
      • Lars von Trier
    • Writer
      • Lars von Trier
    • Stars
      • Willem Dafoe
      • Charlotte Gainsbourg
      • Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
    • 553User reviews
    • 389Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 21 wins & 33 nominations

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    Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist (2009)
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      • Lars von Trier
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      • Lars von Trier
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The Sound Engineer actually swallowed a microphone and recorded the inner audio of his body in order to achieve certain similar sounds for the film.
    • Goofs
      In the end titles, George Frideric Handel's piece "Lascia ch'io pianga" is wrongly listed as "Laschia ch'io pianga".
    • Quotes

      Fox: Chaos reigns.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2009 (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      'Lascia ch'io pianga' from 'Rinaldo'
      Composed by George Frideric Handel (as Georg Friedrich Händel)

      Performed by Tuva Semmingsen and Barokksolistene

    User reviews553

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    10/10
    Antichrist
    This movie drained me...

    Without a doubt the most unpleasant and despairing movie I've ever watched. It's not just the graphic imagery that got to me, but the overall tone of the movie was incredibly dreadful and you could almost feel a presence of some sort of "evil".

    This is a hard movie to review. It crosses all barriers when it comes to movie making...ALL. It makes you question yourself about what art is and if there's anything as going "too far"?

    But don't dismiss this. It's certainly much more than just being graphic for the sake of it. First off, the cinematography is absolutely flawless. The opening scene had me in absolute awe. Beautiful... And my deepest respect to Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsburg. I could only imagine how much this would drain the actors both mentally and physically. They are amazing and deserve Oscars.

    I have to mention the violence too, since it's a critical aspect. This isn't "torture porn" of any kind. It's natural (it's looks almost too realistic), physical sexual violence. That's why it works so effective on the audience. You can almost feel their pain. Never before have I watched a movie where I felt the urge to look away. You would think that, in the end, all this violence and self molestation is just a shock tactic, but I assure you it's not. There is actually a plot and a sensible progression of the movie. I of course won't say too much. People need to see it.

    I can understand why some people wouldn't like it, and that's okay. This is most definitely not for everyone.

    It may not be a movie that made me feel good, but it made feel something and had an effect on me. It's beautiful, sad, poetic, horrific and in the end, oddly uplifting. A genre masterpiece.

    A must see.

    10/10.
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    • theisbj
    • May 22, 2009

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    • Release date
      • May 20, 2009 (Denmark)
    • Countries of origin
      • Denmark
      • Germany
      • France
      • Sweden
      • Italy
      • Poland
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Антихрист
    • Filming locations
      • Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Zentropa Entertainments
      • Zentropa International Köln
      • Slot Machine
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    • Budget
      • $11,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $404,122
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $71,397
      • Oct 25, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,413,863
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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