Forget about love. Lars von Trier‘s Nymphomaniac reportedly wasn’t ready for this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which is a shame, but the film’s German distributor isn’t going to pretend it doesn’t still exist as they have released the first poster for the film and it pretty much gets straight to the point, while remaining something a child could see.
The film is described as a wild and poetic story of a woman’s erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg). On a cold winter’s evening the old, charming bachelor, Seligman (Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd), finds Joe beaten up in an alley. He brings her home to his flat where he cares for her wounds while asking her about her life. He listens intently as Joe over the next 8 chapters recounts the lushly branched-out and multi faceted story of her life, rich in associations and interjecting incidents.
Nymphomaniac co-stars Stacy Martin (as young Joe), Shia Labeouf, Jamie Bell, Connie Nielsen, Mia Goth, Jens Albinus, Severin von Hoensbroech, Peter Gilberg Cotton, Nicolas Bro, Tabea Tarbiat, Janine Romanowski, Jesper Christensen, Tania Carlin, Felicity Gilbert and Shanti Roney.
Check out the poster below and, if you’re interested, the official website has also recently gone online telling us to come back May 16, which just so happens to be the first day of the Cannes Film Festival. Trailer launch anyone?
