British distributors Artificial Eye will release on Blu-ray an extended Director's Cut of Danish director Lars von Trier's controversial film
Nymphomaniac (2013), starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, and Connie Nielsen. The two-disc set will be available for purchase on May 11.
The Director's Cut of
Nymphomaniac has been passed completely uncut by the BBFC.
Synopsis: When the well-read and knowledgeable bachelor Seligman (Skarsgård) finds a beaten and bruised young woman in an alleyway, he takes her home to his flat to tend to her injuries. The woman introduces herself as Joe (Gainsbourg), a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, whose carefree and hedonistic lifestyle has led to her situation. Seligman presses Joe to tell her story and she proceeds to recount her experiences, from her childhood up to the present, where sex has been the most important thing in her life. The supporting cast includes Shia La Beouf, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman and Willem Dafoe.
Nymphomaniac Volume I and II are already out on Blu-ray. You can see our listings and reviews of these releases
here and
here.