Venus in Fur
2013 · Movie · NR · 96 min · ★ 7.2 · 79% critics
In an empty theater during a stormy night, a playwright-director is ready to end auditions for his provocative adaptation when a late, unpredictable actress insists on reading. As they run scenes and debate the material, the audition turns into a tense, funny power game where performance and reality start to blur.
Based on Venus in Furs, Venus in Fur
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Details
- Original title
- La Vénus à la fourrure
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-05-28
- Language
- French
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 79/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (752 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like intimate, dialogue-driven psychological sparring and shifting power dynamics in a single setting; Not for you if you need action, clear answers, or dislike sexual talk and bad language.
Pros: sharp, witty dialogue; intense two-person duel; provocative themes | Cons: talky, single-location feel; uneven pacing for some; ambiguous, odd ending
Themes
- eroticism
- feminism
- seduction
- masochism
- theater play
- machismo
- audition
- bdsm
- burlesque
- taunting
- ambiguous
Awards & recognition
- César Award — Best Director · 2014
- César Award — Best Director · 2014 · nominated
- César Award — Best Actress · 2014 · nominated
- César Award — Best Film · 2014 · nominated
- César Award — Best Music Written for a Film · 2014 · nominated
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- César Award — Best Sound · 2014 · nominated
- César Award — Best Actor · 2014 · nominated
- César Award — Best Adaptation · 2014 · nominated
- David di Donatello — Best European Film · 2014 · nominated
- Polish Academy Award — Best Film Score · 2014 · nominated
Cast & crew
Emmanuelle Seigner
as Vanda
Mathieu Amalric
as Thomas
Directed by Roman Polanski