One cold winter's evening, a badly beaten woman is discovered in an alleyway
by a middle-aged man named Seligman. The latter, a diehard bachelor,
takes pity on the woman and takes her back to his home so that he can tend
to her injuries. The woman introduces herself as Joe and feels she
must unburden the story of her life. She reveals to her attentive listener
that from an early age she has always been obsessed with sex. In fact,
she describes herself as a nymphomaniac. She recounts her early sexual
experiences in graphic detail, and explains how these set her on her tragic
course to where she is now, worn down but still at the mercy of an all-consuming
addiction to lust that knows no bounds...
Cast:Charlotte Gainsbourg (Joe),
Stellan Skarsgård (Seligman),
Stacy Martin (Young Joe),
Shia LaBeouf (Jerôme),
Christian Slater (Joe's Father),
Uma Thurman (Mrs. H),
Mia Goth (P),
Sophie Kennedy Clark (B Girl),
Hugo Speer (Mr. H),
James Northcote (Young Lad),
Christine Urspruch (Little My),
Clayton Nemrow (Married Man on Train),
Tomas Spencer (Conductor),
Markus Tomczyk (Young man in hospital),
Jonas Baeck (Man Having Sex with Joe),
Sami Loris (Doc),
Tabea Tarbiat (Valeria),
Lawrence Sheldon (Man 1),
Tania Carlin (Renée),
Christoph Jöde (Man in Window with Joe)
Country: Denmark / Germany / France / Belgium / UK
Language: English
Support: Color
Runtime: 110 min
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