Antichrist
film by von Trier [2009]
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discussed in biography
- In Lars von Trier
Later films included Antichrist (2009), which agitated audiences with its graphic depiction of sexual violence within a grieving couple’s relationship, and the haunting Melancholia (2011), in which a chaotic wedding and attendant familial discord are set against a planet’s impending collision with Earth. His next film, Nymphomaniac, was…
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role of Dafoe
- In Willem Dafoe
…starred in von Trier’s controversial Antichrist, which centres on a couple who struggle to cope with the death of a child. Later that year he provided the voice of a rat in Fantastic Mr. Fox, Anderson’s animated film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s book, and he appeared as a vampire…
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