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Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
2013
· Movie
· 118 min
C
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2421
- IMDb #2388
- Rotten Tomatoes #2194
- Metacritic #1960
- Letterboxd #2233
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2242
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2676
- Metacritic Critics #2013
- Metacritic Audience #1896
- Kinopoisk #2426
- AlloCiné #2623
- Trakt #3209
Every rating
64–77
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 77.
See the most agreed on films →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.
Details
- Director
- Lars von Trier
- Writer
- Lars von Trier
- Studio
- Zentropa Entertainments, Zentropa International Köln, Slot Machine, Zentropa International France
- Released
- 25 December 2013
- Country
- Germany, Belgium, Denmark, France, Sweden
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $2.4M
- Box office
- $13.5M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 21 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 30 →9 wins from 30 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| 2015 Gopo Awards 2015 | Best European Film | Lars von Trier | Nominee |
| 2015 Jupiter Awards 2015 | Best International Actress | Uma Thurman | Nominee |
| 2015 Polish Film Awards 2015 | Best European Film | Lars von Trier | Nominee |
| 2014 Nordic Council 2014 | Nordic Council Film Prize | Lars von Trier | Nominee |
| 27th European Film Awards 2013 | Best Actress | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Nominee |
| 27th European Film Awards 2013 | Audience Award for Best Film | Lars von Trier | Nominee |
| 27th European Film Awards 2013 | Best Film | Lars von Trier | Nominee |
| 27th European Film Awards 2013 | Best Actor | Stellan Skarsgård | Nominee |
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32nd Robert Awards
16 nominations, 8 won
| Best Cinematography | Manuel Alberto Claro | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Manon Rasmussen | Winner |
| Best Danish Film | Lars von Trier | Winner |
| Best Director | Lars von Trier | Winner |
| Best Editing | Molly Malene Stensgaard and Morten Højbjerg | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Lars von Trier | Winner |
| Best Sound Design | Kristian Eidnes Andersen | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Peter Hjorth | Winner |
| Audience Award | Louise Vesth and Lars von Trier | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Stellan Skarsgård | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Nominee |
| Best Makeup | Dennis Knudsen, Morten Jacobsen and Thomas Foldberg | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Simone Grau Roney | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jamie Bell | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Stacy Martin | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Uma Thurman | Nominee |
67th Bodil Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Winner |
| Best Actor | Stellan Skarsgård | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Stacy Martin | Nominee |
| Best Danish Film | Lars von Trier | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jamie Bell | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Uma Thurman | Nominee |
27th European Film Awards
4 nominations
| Audience Award for Best Film | Lars von Trier | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Stellan Skarsgård | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Nominee |
| Best Film | Lars von Trier | Nominee |
2014 Nordic Council
1 nomination
| Nordic Council Film Prize | Lars von Trier | Nominee |
2015 Gopo Awards
1 nomination
| Best European Film | Lars von Trier | Nominee |
2015 Jupiter Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Actress | Uma Thurman | Nominee |
2015 Polish Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best European Film | Lars von Trier | Nominee |