Lars von Trier’s
follow-up to his critically acclaimed films
Melancholia, Antichrist, Dogville, Dancer in the Dark
and
Breaking the Waves.
As widely reported, the Nymphomaniac films contain graphic depictions
of sexuality to a degree unprecedented in a mainstream feature film.
Nymphomaniac Volume I
is the story of Joe
(Charlotte Gainsbourg),
a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac who is discovered badly beaten in an alley by an older bachelor, Seligman
(Stellan Skarsgård)
,
who takes her into his home. As he tends to her wounds, she recounts
the erotic story of her adolescence and young-adulthood (portrayed in
flashback by newcomer
Stacy Martin
).
Volume I
also stars
Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Connie Nielsen and Udo Kier.
Nymphomaniac Volume I
opens 3/28, and
Volume II
opens on 4/18.