Chuck Montgomery, Damian Young, Dave Simonds

Isabelle is a former nun trying to make a living writing pornography, who claims to be a nymphomaniac, although she has never had sex. She falls in love with Thomas, who is handsome, sensitive, but un...( read more  read more... )fortunately, suffering from amnesia. They soon realize Thomas's past is linked to Sofia, a once notorious porno star who is now seeking revenge. The offbeat cast of characters also includes Edward, a pornographer-turned-accountant who becomes a wild-haired psychotic after being electrocuted by a pair of cellular phone-obsessed hitman, a pair of spacey squatters, and finally, officer Patsy Melville, a hyper-sensitive policewoman who gets misty-eyed over every hard luck case that passes her desk.

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DVD Release Date: November 11, 2003

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  • February 4, 2009
    Martin Donovan is amazing, and the movie is surprisingly good and intense.Worth watching
  • January 17, 2008
    I loved this very much. Well done.
  • December 29, 2007
    This movie was really slow and very boring but Elina Löwensohn was amazing. Everytime she came on screen I was engaged and intigued. The story should have just followed her the whole time.
  • October 25, 2007
    Again, a great film from Hal Hartley, with Martin Donovan!
  • August 21, 2007
    A movie perfectly crafted for Isabelle Huppert
  • July 15, 2007
    Don't let the synopsis deter you from seeing one of Hartley's best.
  • January 11, 2007
    My favoiurite Hal Hartley movie.
  • January 2, 2007
    Hartley at his best, with a marvelous cast of people- mostly actors of the sort that you get happy when anyone uses them in anything, but this material good enough to deserve their presences. The most hilarious shooting in film history is in this movie.

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