Festival Predictions

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Roman Polanski’s Venus In Fur

Published on April 14, 2013

#13. Roman Polanski’s Venus In Fur

Gist: Polanski’s wife Emmanuelle Seigner stars in this off-Broadway play adaptation about an actress trying to convince a director that she is perfect for a part in an upcoming production. Mathieu Amalric co-stars as the director.

Prediction: Polanski has been on the Croisette on a handful of occasions dating back to Macbeth in ’72, he of course won the 2002 Palme d’Or for The Pianist, and was actually at the fest last year with 79’s Tess as a Cannes Classics selected Director. This is poised for a Out of Comp or Special Screening slot.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).