LA VÉNUS À LA FOURRURE
(VENUS IN FUR)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 charact
Year of production: 2013
Country: France
Duration: 96 minutes
Credits
- Roman POLANSKI Director
- David IVES Screenplay
- Pawel EDELMAN Cinematography
- Jean RABASSE Production Design
- Alexandre DESPLAT Music
- Hervé DE LUZE Editing
- Margot MEYNIER Editing
Casting
- Emmanuelle SEIGNER Vanda
- Mathieu AMALRIC Thomas
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Contacts
Production
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R.P. PRODUCTIONS
102, avenue des Champs Elysées 75008 Paris
Secondary Production
- MONOLITH FILMS Poland
French Press
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JEAN-PIERRE VINCENT
T: 33 (0)1 42 25 23 80
Distribution
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MARS DISTRIBUTION
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International sales
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LIONSGATE
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