Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

"Forget about love."

2013 1h 58m EN

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SOLID

★6.8TMDB · 3,772

Drama

Synopsis

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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.

“Forget about love.”

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Cast

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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lars von Trier
Writers: Lars von Trier, Vinca Wiedemann, Jenle Hallund
Languages: English
Countries: Germany, Belgium, Denmark, France, Sweden

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.4M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.8× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 5 countries: Germany, Belgium, Denmark, France, Sweden.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Nymphomaniac Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Lars von Trier, shot by Manuel Alberto Claro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Morten Højbjerg shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Charlotte Gainsbourg and Stellan Skarsgård and Stacy Martin carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Lars von Trier directs. Manuel Alberto Claro behind the camera. Morten Højbjerg cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Germany, Belgium, Denmark, France, Sweden. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $2.4M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 5.8× over at the box office.
3Released 13 years ago.
4International production across 5 countries: Germany, Belgium, Denmark, France, Sweden.
5Part of the "Nymphomaniac Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Lars von Trier, shot by Manuel Alberto Claro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Editor Morten Højbjerg shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Charlotte Gainsbourg and Stellan Skarsgård and Stacy Martin carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Forget about love.".
10IMDB entry: tt1937390 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 16 themes, including "uniform", "virgin", "sexual obsession", "fly fishing".
12Released under 47 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Manuel Alberto Claro
Editing: Morten Højbjerg
Production design: Simone Grau Roney
Makeup / hair: Dennis Knudsen
VFX supervisor: Peter Hjorth
Sound: Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Stunt coordinator: Ernst Reimann
Runtime: 118 min · 1h 58m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $2,350,000
Box office: $13,545,832
Return: 576% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)

Part of

Nymphomaniac Collection

Nymphomaniac is a sexually explicit drama about a woman's erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe. On a cold winter's evening, the old, charming bachelor Seligman finds Joe beaten up in an alleyway. He brings her home to his flat where he tends to her wounds while asking her about her life. He listens intently as Joe, over the next eight chapters, recounts the lustful story of her highly erotic life. Seligman reads a lot of books, from which he has acquired various general knowledge. He connects the stories told with what he has read about. The story is divided in two volumes and eight chapters; Volume I follows young Joe as portrayed by Stacy Martin, and Volume II follows the older Joe in later life and Seligman's apartment as portrayed by Charlotte Gainsbourg.