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Nymphomaniac. Part 2

Nymphomaniac - Volume II / Nymphomaniac (2)

2013

Lars von Trier

Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Shia LaBeouf, Willem Dafoe ...

6.6

16,192

Drama "Nymphomaniac" is the wild and poetic story of a woman’s erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg). On a cold winter’s evening the old, charming bachelor Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård) 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 ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"You could watch these films for four hours, then spend 14 arguing about them - about whether sex, for von Trier, is an eternal human mystery, or a cosmic joke at our expense. (... Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"
		Mark Adams Screendaily	"Yes it is provocative, funny, smart, wry and challenging (though never sexy) but it is also a remarkable project brimming with bold and often thoughtful performances."
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"The film doesn't strain for meaning but instead treats all of its intellectualizing as a lark that can be taken seriously but doesn't need to be."
		Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Volume two gets down in ways the first half doesn't, although anything resembling real sensuality remains MIA."

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