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Nymphomaniac star Charlotte Gainsbourg: 'The sex wasn't hard. The masochistic scenes were embarrassing' - video interview

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Charlotte Gainsbourg, the star of Lars von Trier's new film Nymphomaniac, tells Xan Brooks about her experience of playing a sex addict in the director's epic and sexually explicit drama. Her co-star Stacy Martin says all the characters are a reflection of Von Trier himself. Nymphomaniac, Volumes I and II are released in the UK on Saturday

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