The 1990s and 2000s witnessed an upsurge in arthouse material that boldly and courageously probed eroticism, with glistening and often profound insights into the role that lovemaking plays in the psychological and emotional lives of individuals -- consider, for example, Louis Malle’s
Damage, Patrice Chereau’s
Intimacy, Catherine Breillat’s
Romance, or Michael Haneke’s
The Piano Teacher.
Christian Molina’s Spanish-language erotic drama Diary of a Nymphomaniac would desperately like to be included in that group, but it unfortunately represents an ugly and pretentious blight on the face of its chosen subgenre. It tells, simpl...
Released:
2008
Rated:
n/a
Length:
105 mins