VENUS IN FUR 

| 2014  –  95′  –  COMEDY / DRAMA
Written by: Roman Polanski, David Ives.
Based on the Play by: David Ives.
Directed by: Roman Polanski.
Starring: Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric. 
North American Premiere COLCOA 2014.
A IFC FIlms release. |

Alone on a dark stage still dressed for a previous production of Stagecoach, Thomas is on the phone, frustrated that he hasn’t found the right actress for his new play, an adaptation of a Sacher-Masoch novel about a man who signs a contract to be the love slave of the Victorian dominatrix he adores. Thomas is dubious when a vulgar, rather common woman shows up late for the auditions, bedecked in leather and studs. He refuses to hear her audition, but when she claims her name is Vanda, the very name of the character in his play, he relents. As Vanda reads, a transformation takes place, one that arouses much more in Thomas than his curiosity. Based on the play that took Broadway by storm, you will have no choice but to submit to this engrossing psychosexual pas-de-duel, in which there is no give and take, but only take and take back.