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Venus in Fur
MEANRANK
72/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 58, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 88.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A playwright, exhausted after a long day of auditions, is about to leave his theater when a desperate actress bursts in. She convinces him to let her read for the lead role in his adaptation of the sadomasochistic classic. As the audition progresses, the line between reality and performance blurs disturbingly.
Details
- Director
- Roman Polanski
- Writers
- David Ives, Roman Polanski
- Based on
- Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
- Released
- 28 May 2013
- Country
- France, Poland, Belgium
- Language
- French, German
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- NR
- Box office
- $342.2K
- Awards
- 1 win, 8 nominations
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Cast
Awards & nominations
See all 9 →1 major award won · 1 win from 9 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| César Award 2014 | Best Director | Roman Polanski | Winner |
| 39th César Awards 2014 | Best Actress | Emmanuelle Seigner | Nominee |
| César Award 2014 | Best Film | Nominee | |
| César Award 2014 | Best Music Written for a Film | Nominee | |
| César Award 2014 | Best Sound | Nominee | |
| César Award 2014 | Best Actor | Nominee | |
| César Award 2014 | Best Adaptation | Nominee | |
| Polish Academy Award 2014 | Best Film Score | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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9 awards — Venus in Fur
×| Best Director | Roman Polanski | Winner |
| Best Actor | Nominee | |
| Best Adaptation | Nominee | |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Music Written for a Film | Nominee | |
| Best Sound | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Emmanuelle Seigner | Nominee |
| Best Film Score | Nominee |
| Best European Film | Nominee |