Plot
A couple lose their young son when he falls out of a window while they are having 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 confront her fears they go to stay at their remote cabin in the woods, "Eden", where something untold happened the previous summer. Told in four chapters with a prologue and epilogue, the film details acts of lustful cruelty as the man and woman unfold the darker side of nature outside and within.
Written by
Lars von Trier
Directed by
Lars von Trier
Crew
Production Countries
Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden
Production Companies
Zentropa Entertainments, DR, Trollhättan Film, Memfis Film, Lucky Red, ZDF, Slot Machine, Zentropa International Köln, Zentropa International Poland, ZDF/Arte, Liberator Productions, PISF, Svenska Filminstitutet, ARTE France Cinéma, ARTE, Film i Väst, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, CNC, SVT, Canal+
Languages
English
Awards
21 wins & 33 nominations total