DVD D DIARY OF A NYMPHOMANIAC

DIARY OF A NYMPHOMANIAC

Written by TroyAnderson Jul 13th 2010 Hits: 183 Favorites

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THE PLOT THUS FAR

The film that scandalized Europe now comes to America uncut and uncensored: Belén Fabra delivers a fearless performance as Val, an intelligent and attractive young executive who copes with a bad breakup by embracing her own insatiable pleasure. And the more she explores, the further she is willing to go. In a kinky journey that takes her from trysts with strangers to professional prostitution, when does a modern woman addicted to sexual adventure reach the point of no return? Leonardo Sbaraglia (INTACTO), Ángela Molina (Almodovar s LIVE FLESH and BROKEN EMBRACES) and the legendary Geraldine Chaplin (DOCTOR ZHIVAGO) co-star in this tale of female empowerment and sexual liberation from director Christian Molina and based on the notorious best-selling novel by Valérie Tasso.

WHAT WE THOUGHT

In Barcelona, the Spanish Valére (Belén Fabra) is very attached to her French grandmother Marie Tasso (Geraldine Chaplin) and likes to stay with her. While discussing sex with Val, Marie advises her that it would be important to jot her life experience and Val decides to write a diary. Val recalls her promiscuous love life and her lovers since her first sexual experience when she was fifteen year-old. When Val loses her job in a downsizing, she is simultaneously informed that Marie had had a heart attack and she visits her granny that sooner dies. Val seeks a job position and when she is interviewed by the executive Jaime (Leonardo Sbaraglia), she falls in love for the first time with Jaime that is not good in bed and does not give pleasure to Val.

They move together to a magnificent apartment and Val believes she has found the man of her life. Val gets a job with the gay Italian Harry (Xavi Corominas) in a fashion house but Jaime becomes jealous and changes his behavior. Val decides to leave Jaime when she gets pregnant and he does not recognize the baby as of his own. When Val recovers from the abortion, she decides to work as a prostitute in a high-class brothel to satisfy her sex drive; but after a period, she realizes that she had not found any difference between marriage and prostitution.

Valére (Belén Fabra) has a very interesting and complicated personality that develops during the movie based on what she hears and experiences and it should be very difficult to portray it but Belén Fabra reveals her self as a splendid actor in a role that suits her perfectly. This movie makes one think about his life, about making decisions and about those who influence them but above all, this movie teaches that it is very important to enjoy life.

The DVD comes with a trailer and a featurette about the production. The A/V Quality is pretty strong for an erotic drama from another country. It's just that the A/V Quality is plagued with problems ranging from edge enhancement to rather flat audio. A little remastering would've went a long way to transform a muddy film into one that brilliantly shines in your home theater. Still, I'd recommend a rental.

RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW!