

Nymphomaniac is the last film of the modern era that attempted this, and it absolutely blew me away. Not since the early 70's has pornographic films experimented telling actual stories instead of just getting straight to business. But there's a story, and that's what could be interesting about this film.

Long, drawn out sequences of sex throughout. Reviewed by aciessi 2 / 10 Sex doesn't always sell

For the rest of this day, he recalls his past two years with Electra in a series of fragmented, nonlinear flashbacks how they first met in Paris, their quick hookup, and their lives over the next two years which is filled with drug abuse, rough sex and tender moments. In one morning, Electra's mother, Nora, phones him to ask if he's heard from Electra, because she hasn't heard from her for three months, and given her daughter's suicidal tendencies. This unplanned pregnancy ended the relationship between Murphy and Electra on a horrible note, and it forced Murphy to marry Omi. But later, he had sex with her behind Electra's back, as a result of which Omi became pregnant. One day, they met and had a no-strings-attached threesome with another woman, a young blonde Danish teenager named Omi, as a way to add some excitement to their love life. He had a French girlfriend, called Electra, whom he dated for two years. Murphy is an American cinema school student, living in Paris.
