Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
2013 · Movie · NR · 118 min · ★ 6.9 · 71% critics
After a stranger finds a battered woman in an alley and offers her shelter, she begins recounting her life through a series of explicit, episodic stories about desire and compulsion. Their long night of conversation is punctuated by the man’s calm, intellectual digressions, turning her confessions into a strange mix of intimacy, debate, and self-examination.
Also known as Nymphomaniac: Volume I · Nymphomaniac: Volume 1
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Details
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-12-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (3,663 votes)
About
If you can handle very explicit sex and a talk-heavy, chaptered confession framed by philosophical asides, this may grip you; Not for you if you want fast pacing, subtlety, or anything like Dogville or Antichrist.
Pros: bold explicit storytelling; provocative themes; engaging two-person framing | Cons: very long and slow; forced philosophical detours; divisive, unsexy explicitness
Themes
- uniform
- virgin
- sexual obsession
- fly fishing
- sex addiction
- sin
- beating
- sexual promiscuity
- promiscuity
- softcore
- promiscuous woman
- addict
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Charlotte Gainsbourg
as Joe
Stellan Skarsgård
as Seligman
Stacy Martin
as Young Joe
Shia LaBeouf
as Jerôme
Christian Slater
as Joe's Father
Uma Thurman
as Mrs. H
Sophie Kennedy Clark
as B
Connie Nielsen
as Joe's Mother
Ananya Berg
as Joe - 10 Years
Jens Albinus
as S
Directed by Lars von Trier