French conservative values group Promouvoir has won another victory in its crusade against sex and violence on French screens. Lars von Trier’s 2009 drama, Antichrist, which scooped the best actress prize for Charlotte Gainsbourg in Cannes, has seen its operating visa revoked by the Administrative Court of Paris. The court cited “scenes of great violence” and “non-simulated sex” in its Wednesday decision, per multiple reports. The move comes at a time when the industry is seeking reform of the ratings system to keep it out of court and weaken Promouvoir which has spearheaded — and won — campaigns against several major titles in recent months, mostly over sexual content. It’s also particularly disconcerting in a country that so highly values its freedom of expression, and which saw it so devastatingly attacked in 2015, Deadline said.

French film body ARP came out swinging in response, saying that it was “once again stunned” that judges have challenged a decision made by the culture minister and the Classification Commission, and that a “repressive and extremist association” such as Promouvoir, “should decide what we can and cannot see in France.”

This is the third time that Antichrist — which did its fair share to scandalize the Croisette when it originally debuted — has seen its rating challenged. It was previously banned by the State Council in 2009 and 2012 before being reinstated by the culture ministry with a -16 certificate. On February 3, judges yanked its certificate again. An appeal is possible, Deadline has learnt.

Promouvoir has previously gone after the ratings classifications of Gaspar Noé’s Love, Virginie Despentes’ Baise-Moi, Universal’s Fifty Shades Of Grey and von Trier’s own Nymphomaniac films. In December, it succeeded in stripping 2013 Palme d’Or winner Blue Is The Warmest Color of its visa. That decision was also subject to appeal by the culture minister.

ARP, together with the Directors’ Guild (SRF) said, “It is astounding that so many films, which have been widely acclaimed in major festivals, and offended the sensibilities of no one — except for the promoters of a new obscurantism — can be barred from the public.”

The groups again implored Culture Minister Fleur Pellerin to take urgent measures to modernize the system and give “meaning and weight” back to the Classification Commission.