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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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    Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist (2009)
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    • Director
      • Lars von Trier
    • Writer
      • 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
      During the prologue, there is shot of a foot knock over a bottle from the far end of the bed. In a later shot, the same bottle is rolling on the bedside as He and She have sex.
    • 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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    8/10
    Grotesque but with purpose
    This movie is violent and very sexually graphic, bordering at times on artistic but hardcore pornography; but it isn't lurid for the sole purpose of scandal. "Gory" appropriately describes some sections of this film but the word by no means encapsulates it.

    If one is willing to stomach the periodic revulsion of watching this movie from beginning to end with a thoughtful and mature perspective they will find that it is full of symbolism, foreshadowing, and the kind of characterization that brings great success to novels. Few movies, in fact, possess the level of depth that Antichrist does. The movie isn't packed with moral insight but that doesn't preclude it from being intellectually engaging and, as a consequence, genuinely entertaining. One will also realize that the violent and sexual content is never pure excess. The gory scenes, though sickening, are always important in some way to the main themes of the movie.

    At several points during the course of this film I couldn't help but rewind it to watch a scene again, discuss it in greater depth with my friends, attempt to extricate the finer details that are present in abundance both at the surface and underneath.

    To anybody that tries to berate this movie as the deranged product of excessively liberal foreigners I must point you to movies like Saw, which drew American crowds young and old for numerous sequels that were basically just series' of elaborate and gruesome torture scenes, sometimes clever but never much more than that.

    There is more to Antichrist than meets the eye, and I highly recommend it to anybody looking for a horror/suspense film that engages more than just the reptilian parts of the brain.
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    Details

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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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