Lars Von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac' Will Be A 'Pornographic Drama' Starring Charlotte Gainsbourg

Third time's a charm! If by charm you mean porno. Which we sort of do, in this case.

Charlotte Gainsbourg has officially signed on to Lars Von Trier's upcoming pornographic drama, "Nymphomaniac," along with other Von Trier mainstay, Stellan Skarsgard.

This will mark the third time in a row that Gainsbourg has served as the controversial Von Trier's muse, the first being 2009's "Antichrist," which involved some pretty intense sexual imagery, including graphic masturbation and genital mutilation. Gainsbourg picked up the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for that role. Then last year she co-starred in the director's "Melancholia," along with Kirsten Dunst.

"Nymphomaniac" will, according to press notes, tell "the light and poetic story of a woman’s erotic journey from birth to the age of 50," and The Hollywood Reporter added that Von Trier plans to release a hardcore and softcore version of the film. The hardcore version, HR states, will include "graphic depictions of penetration."

There is no word yet on how much Gainsbourg is willing to participate in the "penetration" portion of the upcoming film. Multiple reports suggested that she used a "stand-in organ" for certain scenes during "Antichrist," (belonging to a "German porn star named Horst," it seems) but only time will tell.

Von Trier is no stranger to controversy in his life and work. He was banned from the Cannes Film Festival last year after joking at a press conference that he was a Nazi sympathizer. In October of 2011, he said he would never be speaking to the press again.

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[lacy161]

05:27 PM on 05/11/2012

Looks fascinating

[Highball]

10:05 PM on 04/29/2012

Yeah, well, after "Anti-Christ," this will step on the sunny side of the road, no matter what it's like.

She is an excellent and very brave actress. I look forward to this, but then I'm a fan of Charlotte and a huge LVT fan.

[george martini]

09:45 PM on 04/27/2012

She has a nice nose.

[Popopnano]

06:22 PM on 04/26/2012

I wish I can work along side her. Under her would be even better. Or over her, that's good too. Whatever she wants.

[MHB48]

04:20 PM on 04/26/2012

I'll watch any of her movies if I get the chance. I like strange, edgy sort of stuff like that. I think she looks good too.

[GeeBee]

05:54 PM on 04/25/2012

The "stand-in organ" belonging to Horst was for Willem Dafoe, not Charlotte Gainsbourg. The fact Horst is a man's name might have been your first clue.

[scholasticus]

09:03 AM on 04/25/2012

I wonder if anyone will notice, or care. This woman is 42 years old with three children, and the bloom of youth has faded badly. Perhaps Von Trier will have a young actress portray the character in her youth, and not Charlotte Gainsbourg.

[mazaza]

06:05 PM on 04/25/2012

Hope you look like her at age 42 with three children. If, on top of it, you had her culture and artistry, that would be all good for you.

[LangstonA]

11:35 PM on 04/25/2012

Well, since the movie will be about "a woman’s erotic journey from birth to the age of 50" I would say it is completely appropriate that the star is 42.

But what are you saying? Audiences have no interest in erotic material unless the people portraying the erotic scenes are in the "bloom of youth?" . That might be true about straight up pornographic films where the point is masterxxxxtory fantasy. But this film is being touted as a pornographic drama.

[MrsHughes]

12:14 AM on 04/25/2012

She will ruin Anthony Hopkins hope in her career unless she plays this character as a real dreadful pawn in the Chess game of life...and if not, she will demateri-alize all hope of my one and only true blue love of all time regardless of age or career choice.

[oldwolf49]

11:40 PM on 04/24/2012

Looking forward to it.

[hhl482]

07:22 PM on 04/24/2012

Wow! A virgin comment board - let me be the 1st to gratuitously penetrate it...ohhh yeah!!!