Venus in Fur
Synopsis
Alone in a Paris theater after a long day of auditioning actresses for the lead role in his new play, writer-director Thomas complains on the phone about the poor caliber of talent he has seen. No actress has what it takes to play his lead female character - a woman who enters into an agreement with her male counterpart to dominate him as her slave. Thomas is about to leave the theater when actress Vanda bursts in, a whirlwind of erratic - and, it turns out, erotic - energy.
At first she seems to embody everything Thomas has been lamenting. She is pushy, foul-mouthed, desperate and ill-prepared - or so it seems. But when Thomas finally, reluctantly, agrees to let her try out for the part, he is stunned and captivated by her transformation. Not only is Vanda a perfect fit (even sharing the character’s name), but she apparently has researched the role exhaustively - down to buying props, reading source materials and learning every line by heart. The likeness proves to be much more than skin-deep. As the extended "audition" builds momentum, Thomas moves from attraction to obsession...
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Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : RP Productions
- Foreign production company : Monolith Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Lionsgate
- French distribution : Mars Films
Full credits (18)
- Executive Producers : Alain Sarde, Robert Benmussa
- Adaptation : David Ives, Roman Polanski
- Screenwriters : Roman Polanski, David Ives
- Director of Photography : Pawel Edelman
- Music Composer : Alexandre Desplat
- Assistant Director : Hubert Engammare
- Editors : Margot Meynier, Hervé De Luze
- Sound Recordist : Lucien Balibar
- Costume designer : Dinah Collin
- Authors of original work : Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch, David Ives
- Production Manager : Frédéric Blum
- Press Attaché (film) : Jean-Pierre Vincent
- Continuity supervisors : Sylvette Baudrot, Anna Zenowicz
- Production Designer : Jean Rabasse
- Visual effects : Frédéric Moreau
- Sound Mixer : Cyril Holtz
- Still Photographer : Guy Ferrandis
- Location Manager : Vincent Lefeuvre
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Poland
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Poland)
- Production year : 2012
- French release : 13/11/2013
- Runtime : 1 h 35 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 135.424
- Visa issue date : 23/10/2013
- Approval : Yes
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.40
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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News & awards
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Awards (1)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 2014
César Award for Best Director : Roman Polanski
