Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell, Willem Dafoe Runtime: Approx. 2 hours 4 minutes (standard cut) (0.5.18)
The central tragedy of Vol. II is Joe’s increasing desperation (0.5.5). Having lost the ability to feel anything at all, she turns to more extreme measures—including graphic S&M and self-destructive behavior—just to spark a flicker of the "enormity of feeling" she once knew (0.5.15, 0.5.16). It is a descent into a "torture dungeon" of pain (0.5.1) that replaces the joyous sexual discovery of her youth. Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
If Vol. I was a playful, albeit graphic, romp through the curiosity of youth, is the cold, sobering morning after. Lars von Trier (0.5.7) takes us from the "innocent" discovery of sexuality into a brutal, unflinching depiction of addiction (0.5.1). The Story Continues Having lost the ability to feel anything at