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

Charlotte Gainsbourg said that the worst scenes to do were the masochistic scenes. She said that "those were embarrassing and, yes, a little humiliating".

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Goofs

The train carriage where the two girls pick up strangers is German, but the ticket collector is wearing a British Railways uniform from the 1970s.

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Quotes

Mrs. H: [to her sons] Boys, now is the time to be alert and ask all the questions your hears desire. Because I hope that you shall never have to encounter such people or be in such a situation ever again.
[boys remain silent]
Mrs. H: Well? Hm? You don't have any questions? No? Well I'll start, shall I?
[referring to Joe]
Mrs. H: Approximately how many lives do you think she has time to destroy in one day? Five? Fifty? Or several hundreds? I admit the latter sounds improbable but where there's a will, there's a way!

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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 Ília (2014)

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Soundtracks

Carnival of the Animals: The Swan (Le Cygne)
Performed by Symfonický orchester Slovenského rozhlasu
Written by Camille Saint-Saëns

User Reviews

An extraordinary film

''Nymphomaniac'' is a film made with huge technical, intellectual and artistic precision and that's the element that differentiates it from Porn films: is not an exercise of pleasure but a vehicle to analyze the role and influence of obsession in human relationships. To watch this film spectators must have knowledge of Von Trier's work and go to the cinema without prejudices about what cinema is and what is not. By the way, I find very interesting sociologically that those IMDb users from the United States who have wrote up a review on the film all of them have been so negative. This is the main difference between European and the American (US) public: Hollywood has always been obvious. It gives to the public all the answers. To have a good time when they come back from work. Are films as a leisure, not films to think about.

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