Diary of a Nymphomaniac

Diary of a Nymphomaniac

Spanish poster
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
Release dates
  • October 17, 2008 (2008-10-17)
Running time
 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

Cast notes

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

  1. ↑ Diary of a Nymphomaniac at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ↑ Variety magazine referred to the book as being part of a "posh porn" publishing trend
  3. ↑ Le journal intime d'une nymphomane in the Internet Movie Database
  4. ↑ Amazon USA release
  5. ↑ Amazon UK release
  6. ↑ From the description of the book at Amazon USA
  7. ↑ "Diary of a Nymphomaniac", www.efilmcritic.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013
  8. ↑ Nathan Southern
  9. ↑ Review in TV Guide
  10. ↑ Jonathan Henderson Review at Cinelogue.com

External links

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