Overview
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.
Von Trier wanted to make this a 5 hour long movie, but had to split it. Such a commitment to the topic of nymphomania. But what he got is rather a poetic tale about two different humans. Not exactly the thing you’d like to see in this movie, heh. There are enough of sex scenes and I see the effort to make it look shocking and a drive for the movie, but it isn’t. The best part is cinematography and strong character study.
Not sure if I agree with people saying the second part is worse. It continues the story in the same fashion and has a great ending.