Nymphomaniac: 'Contains sex in abundance, but is often rigorously unsexy' - video review

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Xan Brooks stumbles out of Lars von Trier's four-hour explicit sex drama feeling bruised, haunted and ready to see it all again. Nymphomaniac, which has its premiere in Copenhagen on Christmas day, stars Charlotte Gainsbourg and newcomer Stacy Martin as Joe, a woman recounting her struggle with sex addiction to an older male confidant

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