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Diary of a Nymphomaniac 
Italian posterDirected by Christian Molina Written by Cuca Canals
Valerie TassoStarring Belen Fabra Distributed by Megavision Release date(s) 2008 Running time 1 hour 35 minutes Country Spain Language Spanish Budget $ 1,000,000 Diario de una Ninfómana ("Diary of a Nymphomaniac") is a Spanish erotic drama directed by Christian Molina and starring Belen Fabra[1] and released in 2008[1].
Contents
Title
In the United States[2] and Britain[3], the film was released under the title Insatiable - Diary of a Sex Addict.
It is unrelated to the French erotic drama Le journal intime d'une nymphomane ("The intimate diary of a nymphomaniac")[4] and the porn movie Insatiable[5].
Screenplay
The film's script was based on Insatiable - The Sexual Adventures of a French Girl in Spain, the best-selling memoir of French author Valérie Tasso[6].
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.[7]
Main cast
- Belén Fabra as Val
- Leonardo Sbaraglia as Jaime
- Ángela Molina (no relation) as Cristina
- Llum Barrera as Sonia
- Antonio Garrido
- Geraldine Chaplin as Abuela
What critics said
- "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." --Nathan Southern, TV Guide [8]
- "[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. [Belen] Fabra’s performance during [her] emotional scenes is nearly strong enough to make me forget about the manipulative mawkishness behind them." --Jonathan Henderson, Cinelogue[9]
See also
- Unsimulated sex in film
References
- ^ a b Diary of a Nymphomaniac at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Amazon USA release
- ^ Amazon UK release
- ^ Le journal intime d'une nymphomane in the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Insatiable at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Variety magazine referred to the book as being part of a "posh porn" publishing trend.
- ^ From the description of the book at Amazon USA
- ^ Review in TV Guide
- ^ Review at Cinelogue.com
External links
- Valérie Tasso personal website
Categories:- Spanish films
- Films shot in Barcelona
- Films shot in Madrid
- Erotic films
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