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Venus in Fur

Original title: La Vénus à la fourrure
  • 20132013
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 36m
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7.1/10
19K
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La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)
An actress attempts to convince a director how she's perfect for a role in his upcoming production.
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An actress attempts to convince a director how she's perfect for a role in his upcoming production.An actress attempts to convince a director how she's perfect for a role in his upcoming production.An actress attempts to convince a director how she's perfect for a role in his upcoming production.

IMDb RATING
7.1/10
19K
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  • Director
    • Roman Polanski
  • Writers
    • David Ives(play)
    • Roman Polanski(screenplay)
    • Leopold von Sacher-Masoch(novel)
  • Stars
    • Emmanuelle Seigner
    • Mathieu Amalric
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  • Director
    • Roman Polanski
  • Writers
    • David Ives(play)
    • Roman Polanski(screenplay)
    • Leopold von Sacher-Masoch(novel)
  • Stars
    • Emmanuelle Seigner
    • Mathieu Amalric
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    • 55User reviews
    • 209Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 18 nominations

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    Mathieu Amalric in La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)
    Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Seigner in La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)
    Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Seigner in La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)
    Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Seigner in La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)
    Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Seigner in La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)
    Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Seigner in La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)
    Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Seigner in La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)
    Emmanuelle Seigner in La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)
    Emmanuelle Seigner in La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)
    Roman Polanski in La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)
    Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Seigner in La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)
    Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Seigner in La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)

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    Emmanuelle Seigner
    Emmanuelle Seigner
    • Vandaas Vanda
    Mathieu Amalric
    Mathieu Amalric
    • Thomasas Thomas
    • Director
      • Roman Polanski
    • Writers
      • David Ives(play) (screenplay)
      • Roman Polanski(screenplay)
      • Leopold von Sacher-Masoch(novel)
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    Storyline

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    An actress attempts to convince a director how she's perfect for a role in his upcoming production.
    • psychological manipulation
    • femdom
    • von sacher masoch
    • submissive man
    • cross dressing
    • 39 more
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    • Genre
      • Drama
    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
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    • Trivia
      The movie is based on the play "Venus in Fur" by David Ives. In the play, both Vanda Jordan and the character Wanda von Dunayev are 24 years old. The lines referencing the characters age were cut from the film. Emmanuelle Seigner was in her late 40s during filming.
    • Quotes

      Thomas: She taught me the most valuable thing in the world.

      Vanda: And what did she teach you?

      Thomas: That nothing is more sensual than pain. That nothing is more exciting than degradation.

    • Crazy credits
      Behind the credits are images of classical artworks depicting Venus. Titles, in French as per the credits, are as follows - Titian: Vénus a sa toilette (1555) (National Gallery of Art, Washington) Ferdinand Bol: Vénus et Adonis (1658) (Rijksmuseum) Titian: Vénus a sa toilette (1555) Rubens: Vénus au miroir (1616) Rubens: La Toilette de Vénus (1608) Diego Velasquez: Venus au miroir (1651) Hans Memling: La vanité (1485) École de Fontainebleu: : La Toilette de Vénus (around 1550) Sandro Biotticelli: La naissance de Vénus (1485) Alexandre Cabanel: La naissance de Vénus (1863) Emil Jacobs: Vénus allongé et Cupidon (1839) Nicolas Poussin: Vénus dormant avec l'Amour (1628) Titian: Danae (1546) Rembrandt: Danae (1636) Joseph Helmz l'ancien: Vénus endormie (around 1600) Alessandro Allon: Vénus et Cupidon (16th century) Titian: Danae (1544) Lambert Sustris: Vénus et l'Amour (1515) Domenico Zampieri: Vénus (17th century) Jacopo Palma: Vénus allongée (1520) (Bridgeman Art Library) The final image is of the "Venus De Milo".
    • Connections
      References Stagecoach (1939)

    User reviews55

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    Polanski's analysis of how we interpret art
    Venus in Fur is the new film from famed French director Roman Polanski. The film tells the story of Thomas, (played by Mathieu Almalric) a playwright who has decided to try directing because as he says, "other directors always get it wrong." He choose to adapt the novel Venus in Fur, written by Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch, (the founder of machoism) but is struggling with finding an actress to play Vanda, the lead female character. Just as he's about to leave, one final actress, whose name happens to be Vanda, (played by Emmanuelle Seigner) shows up to audition for the part. Very quickly Thomas decides that Vanda is perfect for the role, and they start to go through the play acting scenes out, discussing the play, discovering things about each other and the lines between reality and fiction begin to blur.

    Venus in Fur is adapted from a play, which makes it Polanski's second play-to-film adaptation in a row. (The previous being Carnage.) If you told me I was going to be watching a Polanski film about machoism, this is not what I'd expect. I mean this is the guy who brought us Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby. But instead of being a dark twisted psychological horror film, Venus in Fur is instead a subtle subdued film that studies the relationship between author and subject matter, and how art imitates life and life imitates art. A concept that was, unfortunately for Venus in Fur, explored much better in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman a film released only a year after Venus in Fur. That's not stay that Venus in Fur does a bad job, the film raises several interesting questions about how much of themselves authors put in their work, and how the audience interprets that work.

    If you somehow knew that the two leads in Venus in Fur also play the two leads in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly just by reading their names and recognizing that they were both in it, then good job because that is some serious name recognition skill. Both actors, like in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, do great work in Venus in Fur. The characters conflict with each other perfectly, I don't mean that they completely disagree on everything, I mean that they disagree on a certain number of things and they agree on a certain number of things for their characters to have great chemistry. The entire film relies on these two characters being good and the actors being good, and luckily both of these things are true. Venus in Fur is at heart a teleplay and while it's no 12 Angry Men, it's still pretty good. Venus in Fur can be a little dull and tedious at parts, but never for to long, and the ending is far from satisfying. Besides these two things, I don't really have any other issues with the film.

    Venus in Fur is not the best Polanski film, and if you haven't ever seen another Polanski film before in your life I would recommend checking out Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, or Chinatown before watching Venus in Fur. I'd like to end by saying that the film feels like one that you would put on a rainy Sunday afternoon, a very calm slow film that lets you soak in the atmosphere and style while never forcing any dark heavy stuff at you, Very comfy.

    6.8/10
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    • Apr 26, 2016

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 8, 2013 (Poland)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Poland
    • Official sites
      • Mars Distribution (France)
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • French
      • German
    • Also known as
      • La piel de Venus
    • Filming locations
      • Théâtre Hébertot - 78 bis Boulevard des Batignolles, Paris 17, Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • R.P. Productions
      • A.S. Films
      • Monolith Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $373,605
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $24,761
      • Jun 22, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,350,026
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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