Synopsis
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. On a cold winter’s evening the old,
charming bachelor, Seligman, finds Joe beaten up in an alley. He brings
her home to his flat where he cares for her wounds while asking her
about her life. He listens intently as Joe over the next 8 chapters
recounts the lushly branched-out and multi faceted story of her life,
rich in associations and interjecting incidents.
With NYMPHOMANIAC Lars von Trier wishes to transfer, in film,
previously unseen qualities from the world of literature. A monumental
film about the female erotic desire, with claims and counter-claims,
conflicting angles, and moral or perhaps precisely immoral observations.
Because through the help of the main story, the film allows for the
most strident arguments and wildest thesis, and exactly thereby it
creates space for the discussion of it all – the film itself, the human
beings, life!
Project Details
Script & Director: Lars von TrierD.o.P.: Manuel Alberto Claro
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell, Connie Nielson, among others
Producer: Louise Vesth, Bettina Brokemper, Marianne Slot & Bert Hamelinck
Distributor: www.concorde-film.de
World sales: www.trustnordisk.com
NYMPHOMANIAC was produced by Louise Vesth for Zentropa Entertainments
in co-production with Bettina Brokemper for Zentropa International Köln,
Marianne Slot for Slot Machine and Bert Hamelinck for Caviar and with
support from The Danish Film Institute, Filmstiftung
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Eurimages, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Nordic Film
& TV Fond, Belgian Tax Shelter and in cooperation with DR and Film i
Väst and with participation from Arte, Canal+ and The West Danish Film
Fund and with development support of the Media Programme. International
sales is handled by TrustNordisk.
