Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)

A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.

Director:

Lars von Trier

Writer:

Lars von Trier

Stars:

Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin

14 wins & 30 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Charlotte Gainsbourg	...	Joe
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Seligman
Stacy Martin	...	Young Joe
Shia LaBeouf	...	Jerôme
Christian Slater	...	Joe's Father
Uma Thurman	...	Mrs. H
Sophie Kennedy Clark	...	B
Connie Nielsen	...	Joe's Mother
Ronja Rissmann	...	Joe - 2 Years
Maja Arsovic	...	Joe - 7 years
Sofie Kasten	...	B - 7 Years
Ananya Berg	...	Joe - 10 Years
Anders Hove	...	Odin
James Northcote	...	Young Lad 1 on Train
Charlie Hawkins	...	Young Lad 2 on Train

Storyline

A man named Seligman finds a fainted wounded woman in an alley and he brings her home. She tells him that her name is Joe and that she is nymphomaniac. Joe tells her life and sexual experiences with hundreds of men since she was a young teenager while Seligman tells about his hobbies, such as fly fishing, reading about Fibonacci numbers or listening to organ music.

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Plot Keywords:

unsimulated sex | anal sex | cunnilingus | sex scene | female nudity | 

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Taglines:

Forget About Love

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Stacy Martin stated that shooting the sex scenes was a bit boring due to their technical nature.

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Goofs

Even though the film does not indicate the year, the mise en scène places the story in the early 1970s.

Some cars that weren't in the production until the mid-1980s were visible in the parallel parking scene: Rover 800 (production started in 1986), third-generation Audi 100 (1982-1991), Volvo 245 (updated tail lamps from 1981 onward), and second-generation Volkswagen Jetta (1984-1992).

The type of external rear-view mirrors and bumpers on Jaguar XJ driven by Jerôme (Shia LeBeouf) indicates a Series III (1979-1992) while the period-correct Jaguar XJ (Series I or II) should have chrome mirrors and bumpers.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Young Joe, B, Joe's Girlfriend - 18 Years, Joe's Girlfriend - 18 Years, Joe's Girlfriend - 18 Years: Mea Vulva, Mea Maxima Vulva!

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Crazy Credits

Near the very end of the credits there is this disclaimer: "None of the professional actors had penetrative sexual intercourse and all such scenes where [sic] performed by body doubles."

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Alternate Versions

The director's cut adds roughly 28 minutes of footage, expanding some of the subplots.

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Connections

Referenced in Evening Urgant: Alexey Chadov/Agnia Ditkovskite (2014)

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Soundtracks

The Little Organ Book: Ich Ruf Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ
Performed by Mads Hock
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Arranged by Kristian Eidnes Andersen (as Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen)

User Reviews

A need to complain

This is actually the first time I'm writing a review online and it's because I do feel the need to evacuate that horrid impression the movie left on me. (well the part one, because I haven't seen all of the second yet, and I don't think I will; I HATE Joe's and Seligman's dialogue too much!)

Dialogue movies are often my favorite, when it's clever and funny and human. When it truly touches you. But this.... WOW, how BAD is it?!?!?!! It's seriously so annoying and boring and even frustrating, because you have to endure those pretentious interruptions all the freaking time, it is SO painful!

If we could have only seen the explorations of Joe by itself, with only Joe's character talking, it could have been a lot better. Not necessarily a great movie, but it would have been a lot more interesting and better put together. It's mostly their dialogue that is so hard to listen to, it is so bad, I literally don't have any words to depict how amateurish and just plain boring it is. I feel like Lars Von Trier, whom I will nevertheless forever love for Dogville, has attempted to somehow pastiche Tarantino, but has failed dramatically.

I don't feel the movie was a complete waste of time, I did enjoy the beginning on the train ride, and I did think at first that I was going to love the movie. But the constant back and forth from Seligman and Joe, and the images shown as they were speaking, were just too much to handle to make the movie enjoyable, even watchable.... It's really hard on me not to watch a movie until the end, but I feel like I've just seen wayyyyy enough of this one.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Denmark Germany Belgium UK France Sweden USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 March 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

Filming Locations:

Hilden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$158,369, 23 March 2014

Gross USA:

$785,896

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$13,545,832

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zentropa Entertainments, Zentropa International Köln, Heimatfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min 148 min (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Color:

Color Black and White (chapter 4 sequence)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1