40 Days and 40 Nights


40 Days andNights is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Michael Lehmann, written by Rob Perez and starring Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon and Paulo Costanzo. The film depicts Matt Sullivan during a period of abstinence from any sexual contact for the duration of Lent.

Matt meets Erica Shannyn Sossamon, a cyber nanny, and they begin to date. They face many challenges in their relationship, including her discovery of his celibacy vow and Matts continuing feelings for Nicole. Matts coworkers make many unsuccessful attempts to persuade him to have sex in order to win the pool, and as the days pass Matts obsession with sex grows. At one point he angrily grabs a pornographic magazine from an office desk and begins to march towards a toilet stall in order to masturbate, but his coworkers stop him and convince him to maintain his pledge.Despite the range of increasingly powerful cultural incentives to sex and orgasm surrounding Mattscantilydressed women, billboards, et ceteraMatts commitment holds, and begins to frustrate a lot of the people around him who had fully expected him to break it long before he could get close to his goal. In the meantime, Erica and Matt are falling in love, and they plan a special encounter for the 40th night to celebrate his successfully completing his vow. On the 40th day, a newly single Nicole learns of the betting pool, makes a large bet and then rapes Matt while he is asleep. ........

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