
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.





















13 June 1951, Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

1977, Birmingham, England, UK

29 April 1970, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

15 December 1965, Boston, Massachusetts, USA


16 May 1948, Copenhagen, Denmark

15 October 1974, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany

16 March 1972, Copenhagen, Denmark

1974, Göteborg, Sweden



1969, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK


9 February 1986, Halle an der Saale, Germany

1 July 1984, Denmark

3 January 1965, Bogense, Denmark

August1961, Paddington, London, England, UK

25 May 1968, Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA


1949, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

14 February 1991, Camden, London, England, UK

21 July 1971, London, England, UK

1 January 1991, Paris, France

3 July 1965, Elling, Frederikshavn, Denmark




February 08, 2015
It is difficult to find adequate words to describe Charlotte Gainsbourg's unabashed, gritty and magnificently 'cold' performance as Joe
April 03, 2014
Without an explanation for the protagonist's physical and emotional injuries, it's a head-scratcher. As with Joe's sexual compulsion, scratching can't cure the itch.
June 18, 2016
Less a disciplined, focused motion picture than an all-you-can-eat buffet where the director overloads his plate, and encourages his audience to do the same.
December 11, 2014
Overall, the sexually graphic pic is more boring than not.
June 06, 2016
Yes, Lars von Trier could've been f*cking with us this whole time, but he's never done so without reasonable purpose.
April 04, 2014
"Nymphomaniac: Vol I" is crazy. It's funny, it's lewd, it's disturbing, it's odd, it's extremely graphic, it's brutal. And if you can handle all that, it's pretty good.
March 26, 2014
Lars von Trier is funny. Who knew? That's certainly the most startling revelation to come from Nymphomaniac: Vol. 1 .
April 12, 2016
I can no longer tolerate Lars von Trier.
March 23, 2014
The most shocking thing about the film is that it often prompts laughs.
December 09, 2014
This review is of both volumes, 1 and 2. As an art film, I don't buy it, but viewed as a trashy, soap opera and absurdest black comedy with pornographic overtones, it is entertaining in its own way.
March 24, 2014
A pornographic work of art-obsessive, repetitive, at times remarkably eccentric, but never simple-minded or dull.