From then on out, sex and agony become the focal points of the story, as the wife becomes severely depressed and stricken with grief. While this tragedy happens, the husband and wife are ignorant of what is unfolding as they are busy having sex.

The first five minutes are shot in slow-motion and black-and-white and show their son falling out of a window to his death, after walking out of his crib to get a stuffed animal. Their son, who is named Nic, is only present in the first five minutes and briefly throughout, and is played by a child who seems to be around five years old, Storm Sahlstrom. Willem Dafoe plays the husband who is billed as “He” and Charlotte Gainsbourg as his wife, “She”. More than a month and one extra viewing later, I still do not know the director’s intent for making this film, but I have began to appreciate Antichrist as a work of art.ĭirected by Lars Von Trier, this shadowy, disturbing combination between horror, thriller, romance, and art-house movie tells the seemingly simple story of a husband and wife, who go unnamed throughout the movie. This film just seemed to pile on one confusing and deeply symbolic scene after the other, and as someone who loves movies that make you think, the meaning of this film seemed to be out of my grasp.

I thought it was a good movie, but far from my understanding.

When I first watched Antichrist in November, I literally sat for five minutes after the end credits began to roll just to think about what I had just seen.

Antichrist 2009 movie scene