<strong> Cannes, May 24: </strong> The controversial gothic thriller ‘AntiChrist’ has triggered a controversy at the Cannes Film Festival since its first screening allegedly for the message it sends out to the world that women should be burnt to the save the humanity.

The jury gives awards to the films that spread the message of human and spiritual values. No wonder, the film has been awarded an ‘anti-prize’ by the jury.

The head of an international jury and a French filmmaker, Radu Mihaileanu, stated, “We cannot be silent after what that movie does,” adding that the movie happens to be “the most misogynist movie from the self-proclaimed biggest director in the world.”

Mihaileanu further alleged that the director of ‘AntiChrist’ seemed to suggest through his film that “woman should be burnt at the stake so that man can finally stand up.”

The film contains a number of violent scenes and has a plot which conveys that witch-burnings during the medieval times were justified. Nearly four people had fainted after watching the preview of the film.

However, Thierry Fremaux, director of Cannes Film Festival, sounded furious and reportedly denounced the ‘anti-prize’ stating the move as a “ridiculous decision that borders on a call for censorship, (it is) scandalous coming from an 'ecumenical' jury which what is more is headed by a film-maker,”