Diary of a Nymphomaniac
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| Directed by | Christian Molina |
| Produced by | Mariví de Villanueva Carlos Fernández Julio Fernández |
| Written by | Cuca Canals Valérie Tasso |
| Starring | Belén Fabra Leonardo Sbaraglia |
| Music by | Roque Baños Mariano Marín |
| Cinematography | Javier Salmones |
| Edited by | Luis de la Madrid |
| Distributed by | Megavision |
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95 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Diario de una Ninfómana (Diary of a Nymphomaniac) is a 2008 Spanish erotic drama directed by Christian Molina and starring Belén Fabra and Leonardo Sbaraglia.[1] It is based on Insatiable - The Sexual Adventures of a French Girl in Spain, the best-selling memoir of French author Valérie Tasso.[2] It is unrelated to the French erotic drama Le journal intime d'une nymphomane ("The intimate diary of a nymphomaniac").[3] In the United States and the United Kingdom the film was released under the title Insatiable – Diary of a Sex Addict.[4][5]
Plot
Val, a young, middle-class woman with a strong desire for sex, finds herself destitute after an abusive boyfriend runs off with all her money and begins to earn a living as a high-class call girl but finds herself enjoying this life more than she could have hoped – or feared.[6]
Cast
- Belén Fabra as Val
- Leonardo Sbaraglia as Jaime
- Ángela Molina as Cristina
- Llum Barrera as Sonia
- Antonio Garrido
- Geraldine Chaplin as Abuela (Grandmother)
- Cast notes
- Actress Ángela Molina is not a relation of director Christian Molina.
Reception
The movie received mixed reviews. Jay Seaver of eFilmCritic.com wrote: "...while I still think it hangs around those [art-porn] stereotypes enough to be somewhat hurt by them, I did find the film improving in my mind as I reflected on it".[7]
Nathan Southern wrote for TV Guide: "Though competently acted, well scored, and lushly photographed...Christian Molina’s...erotic drama...represents an ugly and pretentious blight on the face of its chosen subgenre".[8][9]
Jonathan Henderson of Cinelogue stated: "[T]he film...in its heavy-handed crudeness...plays out like a typical, manipulative melodrama. ...Another element that plagues the film is its unrealistic depictions of misogynistic men. [It] is marked by an overtly formulaic script, which too neatly follows the three-act structure with a pattern of introduction, elation, conflict, descent and recovery. The film’s pacing problems are exacerbated by a profusion of abbreviated, deficient scenes which interrupt the flow of the narrative. [Belén] Fabra’s performance during [her] emotional scenes is nearly strong enough to make me forget about the manipulative mawkishness behind them".[10]
See also
References
- ↑ Diary of a Nymphomaniac at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Variety magazine referred to the book as being part of a "posh porn" publishing trend
- ↑ Le journal intime d'une nymphomane in the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Amazon USA release
- ↑ Amazon UK release
- ↑ From the description of the book at Amazon USA
- ↑ "Diary of a Nymphomaniac", www.efilmcritic.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013
- ↑ Nathan Southern
- ↑ Review in TV Guide
- ↑ Jonathan Henderson Review at Cinelogue.com
