Antichrist

Following the accidental death of their son, a grieving couple retreats to a cabin in the woods, seeking to heal their pain and their marriage. Nature soon becomes a threatening force, and pain and desire drive their relationship into an abyss of madness. Lars von Trier portrays grief as a state of physical and psychological disintegration, in a radical hybrid of psychodrama, horror and allegory.

Duration: 104‘
Production year: 2009
Country: DK, DE, FR, SE, IT
Language: EN Subtitles: PT

Upcoming sessions

21:00

São Jorge Cinema

Manoel de Oliveira Room

Cannes Film Festival 2009 — Best Actress (Charlotte Gainsbourg)
TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival 2009

Lars von Trier

Born in 1956, Lars von Trier has established himself as the most ambitious and visually distinctive Danish filmmaker on the contemporary scene. He made his feature film debut with The Element of Crime (1984), which earned him international recognition, and solidified his reputation with Europa (1991), Breaking the Waves (1996) and The Idiots (1998). In 1995, he co-founded the Dogme 95 movement, which advocated a more austere and naturalistic approach to filmmaking. His work is characterised by formal experimentation, the subversion of cinematic conventions, and an exploration of the limits of representation. Dancer in the Dark (2000), winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, marked one of the most acclaimed moments of his career. Subsequent films such as Dogville (2003), Manderlay (2005), Melancholia (2011), Nymphomaniac: Vol. I and Vol. II (2013), and The House That Jack Built (2018) further confirmed the diversity and radical nature of his trajectory within European and international cinema.