Antichrist
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Denmark/Germany | 104 minutes | Unrated
Screening | Friday, August 24, 2012, 7pm - 9pm |
Screening | Saturday, August 25, 2012, 7pm - 9pm |
A married couple retreat to a cabin in the forest in an attempt to overcome the grief of losing their toddler. The two soon come face to face with their own darkest demons, as well as the terrors of their surroundings.
Lars von Trier shook up the film world when he premiered
Antichrist at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In this graphic psychodrama, a grief-stricken man and woman - a searing Willem Dafoe and Cannes winner Charlotte Gainsbourg - retreat to their cabin deep in the woods after the accidental death of their infant son, only to find terror and violence at the hands of nature and, ultimately, each other. But this most confrontational work yet from one of contemporary cinema's most controversial artists is no mere provocation. It is a visually sublime, emotionally ravaging journey to the darkest corners of the possessed human mind; a disturbing battle of the sexes that pits rational psychology against age-old superstition; and a profoundly effective horror film.
Criterion
Nominated, Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival 2009