In the title card and much of the promotional art, the РІР‚СљtРІР‚Сњ in РІР‚СљantichristРІР‚Сњ is suggested by a figure combining the Christian cross and the symbol for РІР‚Сљwoman.РІР‚Сњ.Von Trier was still depressed at the time of screening and sometimes had to excuse himself from the set. Von Trier says that he was suffering from extreme depression when he made Antichrist and that working on the script and the film was a form of self-therapy.When He discovers the root of SheРІР‚в„ўs anxiety and irrational fears centers around a woodland retreat they call Eden, He forces her to go there to face her fears but when they arrive, nature itself seems determined to drive them both mad. She falls into inconsolable grief, and He, a therapist, unwisely decides to take her under his personal care.

PLOT: He and She (the characters are nameless) are making love when their child tumbles to his death out of a window. РІР‚СљIf Ingmar Bergman had committed suicide, gone to hell, and come back to earth to direct an exploitation/art film for drive-ins, is the movie he would have made.РІР‚СњРІР‚вЂњ John Waters, РІР‚СљArtforum MagazineРІР‚СњР”Р‡EATURING: William Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg 366 Weird Movies may earn commissions from purchases made through product links.

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