Nymphomaniac: Vol. I Page #5

Synopsis: A man named Seligman finds a fainted wounded woman in an alley and he brings her home. She tells him that her name is Joe and that she is nymphomaniac. Joe tells her life and sexual experiences with hundreds of men since she was a young teenager while Seligman tells about his hobbies, such as fly fishing, reading about Fibonacci numbers or listening to organ music.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Lars von Trier
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  14 wins & 28 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
NOT RATED
Year:
2013
117 min
$623,753
Website
7,733 Views


preferably red,

served immediately

in front of the fish.

The very best is one we call

the Finnish Weapon.

The so-called "Rappala."

I don't know if it's comparable,

but I decided in any case

to find out

why he hadn't taken the bait,

and to use my

psychological abilities,

which B, in my opinion,

didn't possess to the same degree.

You've bought a gift.

Yes.

It's for my wife.

- No gifts for the children?

- No.

We don't have any, actually.

Well, you seem rather well-to-do.

You travel first-class,

and you bought us our tickets.

Why then not buy a decent gift

for your wife?

I can see it comes

from the station.

Of course I should have...

bought her something...

something better, but...

Let's just say I was suddenly

in a hurry to get home.

Why would a man like you

with such an orderly life

suddenly have to hurry?

It has to do with family.

My wife and I have decided

that we...

we miss having children, after all.

And that if we are to have children,

it has to be now.

So my wife called yesterday

to say that she...

She started ovulating.

And all signs point to maximum

fertility precisely tonight.

You see?

That's why I bought her

a gift at the station.

I had to get a ticket home

as quickly as possible.

- Well, I understand now.

- What is it you understand?

Why you didn't have sex with us.

It wasn't because I didn't want to.

So you've been saving your sperm.

For weeks. I mean,

you and your wife are...

seem to be at an age

where every attempt

to become pregnant has to be

taken very seriously.

Right now, my...

My sperm quality

is at its peak, I'm told.

Please...

I'm begging you, please don't.

It's okay.

Please don't.

You've been as horny as hell.

But you wouldn't

give up your load.

Please don't.

Oh, f***.

Wow.

In your case, it wasn't

the taste of a Madeleine cake,

moistened with lime blossom tea,

but the combination

of chocolate and sperm.

What?

That was a piece of

culturally blasphemic digression.

It's a story about memory.

How the combination

of two flavors

set off a chain of memories.

So oral sex became,

in the eye of the angler,

your... your Finnish weapon.

Is that your only comment?

What else... What else

do you want me to say?

That I behaved reprehensibly.

That already my actions exemplify

that I'm a...

I'm a terrible human being.

That's not the way I see it.

On the contrary, I saw it as a...

A very pleasurable

and humorous story.

Not at all sad, or...

or weighed down by sin.

Like all that talk

about Pandora's Box.

I've consciously used

and hurt others...

for the sake of

my own satisfaction.

And what I've told you so far

only begins to suggest that.

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Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier (born Lars Trier; 30 April 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter with a prolific and controversial career spanning almost four decades. His work is known for its genre and technical innovation; confrontational examination of existential, social, and political issues; and his treatment of subjects such as mercy, sacrifice, and mental health.Among his more than 100 awards and 200 nominations at film festivals worldwide, von Trier has received: the Palme d'Or (for Dancer in the Dark), the Grand Prix (for Breaking the Waves), the Prix du Jury (for Europa), and the Technical Grand Prize (for The Element of Crime and Europa) at the Cannes Film Festival. In March 2017, he began filming The House That Jack Built, an English-language serial killer thriller.Von Trier is the founder and shareholder of the international film production company Zentropa Films, which has sold more than 350 million tickets and garnered seven Academy Award nominations over the past 25 years. more…

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