Title: Antichrist
Directed by: Lars Van Trier
Year: 2009
Studio: Centre National de la cinematographie
Paradigmatic conventions:
Setting: Apartment/ woods (Eden)
Character: Middle aged couple (former parents)
Villain: Herself
Props: Psychological - The research of Genocide sends her insane.
Evokes fear: Psychological insanity; Reoccurring dreams; Satan and Nature; Women wooven between branches; noises; uncertainty; demonic/unseen and Darkness.
Evokes fear: Psychological insanity; Reoccurring dreams; Satan and Nature; Women wooven between branches; noises; uncertainty; demonic/unseen and Darkness.
Plot synopsis: Woman writes a thesis about Genocide (women killed by men because they feel they are evil) i.e. witches. By doing so she takes the role herself, i.e. planning her own son’s death. As she goes into her madness she attempts to kill her own husband forcing him to kill her in attempt to save himself.
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