La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)

	Also Known As: Venus in fur, Venus im Pelz
	Year of first release: 2013
	Director: Roman Polanski
	Actors: Emmanuele Seigner, Mathieu Amalric
	Country: F, PL
	Genre: Thriller
	Conditions of visioning: 23.05.2015, Bluray, German version and French version
Synopsis: An actress called Wanda (Seigner) attempts to convince a director (Amalric) how she's perfect for a role in his upcoming production.
Review: I had this movie to watch and some German friends wanted to watch it but not in French. I had to put my chauvinism under the carpet and I accepted it.  The story is really good, full of surprises that make me build up many different connections so that at the end the story keeps open. It is not clear why it ends as it does. There are many solutions, like in the movies of David Lynch. And this makes it very interesting and exciting. Then the topics itself, the masochism. It is brought up in a sneaky way that presents subtly and crescendo the neurosis. The crescendo was enhanced by the few contacts with the external world (phone calls) as the reaction in front of this external world drifts crazy. Even if we do not feel the same, at least it makes this understandable.  The cinematography is good as well as the choregraphy of both actors, their directing. The slight change of voice in German is not easy to track to me. When I saw the movie in French, it felt much easier and the tone much more authentic and credible. For the German friends, the German version sounded very credible as well. A few scenes are a bit arty and could have been removed from my point of view.
Rating: 7 /10