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Venus in Fur is a drama film based on the play by David Ives. The story revolves around a playwright-director who is searching for an actress to play the lead role in his adaptation of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's novel Venus in Furs. As he auditions actresses, he becomes intrigued by a mysterious and seductive woman who seems to embody the character perfectly. The audition quickly turns into a power game of seduction and dominance, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy.

Aurora Rumelin is happy because the noble writer Leopold Sacher-Masoch has asked for her hand. Little by little the marriage goes into crisis mainly because Leopold asks his wife to beat him before sexual relations and to treat him like a slave. Both spouses have lovers and, in the end, the marriage ends in divorce.