In an alley near his home, ageing bachelor Seligman finds an unconscious woman covered in blood. Her name is Joe and she is a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac. While recovering in the kind stranger’s apartment, Joe begins to recount a history of her sexual life from her childhood to young adulthood.

Von Trier shocked the world once more with his monumental two-part study of sexual obsession. With a stellar ensemble cast including regular collaborator Charlotte Gainsbourg, Uma Thurman and Shia LaBeouf, Lars leaves few taboos unturned, prowling the line between comedy, psychodrama… and porn?