` If I did n't follow my instinct , then I ca n't work . '' Pornographic sex and visceral violence in ` ` Antichrist '' shocked early audiences . Von Trier was accused of rape but claims to identify with the female character . ` ` ' '' stars Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe as a lesbian couple . Von Trier 's ` ` The Idiots '' ( 1998 ) was first mainstream film to show non - simulated sex .
Pornographic sex and visceral violence in ` ` Antichrist '' shocked early audiences . Von Trier was accused of rape but claims to identify with the female character . ` ` ' '' stars Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe as a lesbian couple . Von Trier 's ` ` The Idiots '' ( 1998 ) was first mainstream film to show non - simulated sex .