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Based on the title alone, this film will definitely create huge controversy in the Philippines. Based on its poster too, the MTRCB manongs and manangs will be fuming like hell. I think Antichrist won't be given a chance to be shown here publicly. It is very arguable. It is not for public exhibition I guess. It is one of the most disturbing films I've ever seen. This film will make you cringe. It will make you feel bad terribly. Antichrist is a beautiful film yet misunderstood. Surprisingly, one of the best films this year. Tenebrous but true.

FILM PREMISE: A couple (Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg) lose their young son when he falls out of the window while they have sex in another room. The mother's grief consigns her to hospital, but her therapist husband brings her home intent on treating her depression himself. To deliberately confront her fears, he takes her to their remote cabin in the woods, Eden, where she had spent the previous summer - researching her dark obsession.





Antichrist is a slow kinda boring film with lazy conversations on its first hour. The story is divided into four parts and it also includes a prologue and an epilogue. That prologue alone is already a short film. It is in slow mo but the effect of that tragic scene is quiet dicey to someone who is suffering from hypertension. Why the film is so controversial? It is full of graphic sex ! It is complete with pumping scenes and the shocking part is that perspicuous coitus. That makes the movie interesting from getting boring because these shtupping scenes are exploding from out of nowhere. And there's a baffling talking fox too. Like what the fuck is that? Basically, the story is about mental therapy of the wife who suffers anxiety to be done by his husband She is so guilty that her son died because they were having sex with her husband. The film depicts too much pain and sorrow that leads to the controversial scene: genital mutilation. I don't see any scenes here that may insult the church either. The film is plainly lustful. That's all.





Lars Von Trier's art is palpable here. He is a weird auteur but he is fascinating really. Antichrist contains some beautiful imagery, much of it using a slow motion technology. These are very gorgeous scenes thanks to the melancholic cinematography. Lars has crafted the passion of violent sex by the way. The truth is that these graphic sex scenes won't make you horny. It is terrifying actually. What do you feel when you're having sex but you're devastated emotionally and mentally ? You can feel the sadness from the woman here particularly on her masturbation scene under the old rotten tree then their scary fuck follows next .It is a well done scene with perplexing hidden image. Lars is truly a virtuoso when it comes to visual poetry I must warn you that some scenes are really harrowing to watch. Can you endure watching this part: She hits His testicles with a wooden plank so hard that it is understood they are broken. While He is knocked out, She masturbates him until he ejaculates semen with blood. She then drills a hole through his shin to bolt him onto a grindstone. Aaarrggghh!!!! That disturbing part makes me weak frankly for hours! How about this notorious scene: She cuts off her own clitoris with a pair of rusty scissors. What??? Yikes!!!! Can you feel the pain now?





There are only two actors here: Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Both are daring and bold!!! Hats off to both of them for bravely showing their private parts. Again, frontal nudity is prohibited here in our conservative land so don't expect to see “theirs” on the big screen soon. I wish I could see that old tree scene on IMAX. Ha ha ha! Just kidding. Gainsbourg already won in Cannes as Best Actress and I quiet agree. Her role is really challenging. Dafoe is also good but to gander his ass most of the time and his erect prick is quiet perturbing.



I know it is inappropriate to make a movie review about Antichrist and Christmas is just around the corner. I'm a pious (quiet only) person but there's nothing wrong watching this provocative film. Be open minded that this is just a serious film. If a person interprets this as a misogyny film then so be it. I won't argue anymore. I'm not really recommending Antichrist because clearly it is not for everyone. It is arduous to heart this horror film. This is only for brave, open-minded and wild people.