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Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

2013 · 118 min

A cold, clinical, and provocative confession that is intellectually stimulating but emotionally draining, demanding patience and fortitude.

Tagline: Forget about love.
Overview: 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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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
identity
addiction
sexuality
isolation
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	1
Horror	3
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	9
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Written by: Lars von Trier
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Connie Nielsen
Cinematography: Manuel Alberto Claro
Runtime: 118 min
Country: Germany, Belgium, Denmark, France, Sweden
Languages: English

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