I have no reason why I selected Diary of a Nymphomanic other than it is free on
Amazon Prime. It is a movie in Spanish and French and takes place in Barcelona. It stars Belén Fabra, Leonardo Sbaraglia, and Llum Barrera. The title, Diary of a Nymphomaniac tells you a lot about the plot of this movie because it follow Valére and her diary.
Valére is upfront about the fact that she enjoys sex more than anything else, and has since her first time at the age of 14. Twenty-eight now, she exhausts frequent sex partner Alex (David Vert), and eagerly anticipates the occasional visit to Barcelona from Hassan (Pedro Gutiérrez), who is on her wavelength about their trysts being about nothing but mutual pleasure. A search for a new job leads her to Jaime (Leonardo Sbaraglia), a handsome, somewhat older gentleman who inspires love as well as lust. Will this bring her a new level of satisfaction?
Well, no. Jaime eventually shows himself to be far from the ideal mate, and at times this seems to be a bit of a cheat; if the movie is supposed to be about Valére and her attitudes toward sex, should so much of it be driven by some supporting character's personality defect. In hindsight, yes, it should; Valére, for all her knowledge of physical intimacy, has no idea of how to deal with a broken heart, and her reaction to having her heart broken is a believable way to set up the movie's final third.
This movie is one of those movies that is not bad but it is also not good. I do not recommend this movie.