The Orgasm Diaries (2010)

A photographer and a taxidermist have a summer relationship.

Director:

Ashley Horner

Writer:

Sean Conway

Stars:

Nancy Trotter Landry, Liam Browne, Jack Dawson

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nancy Trotter Landry	...	Noon
Liam Browne	...	Manchester / Old Man Chester
Jack Dawson	...	Boy 1
Jessica Appleby	...	Girl 1
Stephen Beardsley	...	Jake
Mike Elliot	...	Comedian (as Mike Elliott)
Michael Hodgson	...	Franny
Arabella Arnott	...	Leah
Stephen Bent	...	Noon's Dad
John McMahon	...	Security Guard
Wendy Newman	...	Body Builder
Tony Danks	...	Proud Car Washer
Cliff Burnett	...	Sreve
Brian Hutchinson	...	Man in Pub
Brian Rush	...	Man in Pub

Storyline

A poetic love story that follows Manchester and Noon as they enjoy a long, hot, summer romance. Noon is our narrator, a shy taxidermist who keeps a silent menagerie in the freezer alongside Manchester's ice pops. Manchester documents their affair, creating wonderfully charged images with just a couple of cheap, instamatic cameras. When a wealthy gentleman called Franny discovers Manchester and launches his photography on the art world, the success destroys the beauty of their once idyllic life.

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | male full frontal nudity | full frontal nudity | oral sex | breast suckling | 

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Taglines:

Manchester and Noon live on a garage in a wasteland

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Quotes

Noon: I feel like a severed limb, like an open sore that will not heal.

User Reviews

Hansel and Gretel in the Garden of Eros

"The Orgasm Diaries" (originally "BrilliantLove" - a far better title) is an unusual British Indie film combining explicit eroticism with a fairy tale narrative. Manchester and Noon are a young couple deliriously in love and ravenous for each others' bodies. Supposedly he is some kind of slacker freelance photographer and she a taxidermist, but neither appear to have any employment. They live in a scruffy shed located in a field, where they roll around in lubricious, carnal couplings most of the day and into the night. Manchester habitually records their love-making with his Instamatic camera - until one fateful evening when he forgets his newly printed photos in a pub where they are discovered by a trader in erotica. This businessman tracks down the lustful photographer in order to tempt him with gallery exhibits and worldly success - which subsequently leads to a schism between the lovers when Manchester inexplicably fails to inform Noon that their intimate moments are destined to become merchandise to tickle the fancy of art connoisseurs.

The film is somewhat flawed by the way director Ashley Horner chooses to tell his story. He gives it the flavor of a stylized fable, and makes little effort to convince his audience of its reality. Manchester and Noon are portrayed as naive children of nature, and the art world as a zone of sinister decadence. Such stark contrasts undermine belief in the lovers' desolation at their estrangement - which is a great pity since Liam Browne and Nancy Trotter Landry give intense, uninhibited performances as the besotted pair. In particular, Landry's portrayal of Noon is an authentic and sensitive depiction of an earthy young woman made radiantly beautiful by sexual desire. The film has many sophisticated and original passages, but the casual oversights in plotting and character result in the impression that the director missed an opportunity to produce something truly extraordinary.

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 November 2010 (UK)

Also Known As:

The Orgasm Diaries

Box Office

Budget:

$650,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pinball Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1