Venus in Fur
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Venus in Fur is a 2013 French erotic drama film directed by Roman Polanski, adapted from David Ives’ play, in which Mathieu Amalric stars as a director entangled in a charged audition with a mysterious actress.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Venus in Fur canonical | 5 |
| Venus in Fur (Broadway production) | 1 |
| Venus in Fur (Off-Broadway) | 1 |
| Venus in Fur (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10248409 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Venus in Fur Context triple: [Mathieu Amalric, notableWork, Venus in Fur]
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A.
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret is an intimate performance space associated with Barrington Stage Company, known for hosting cabaret-style music and theatrical events.
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B.
The Prima Donna
The Prima Donna is a 1908 comic opera by composer Victor Herbert, known for its lighthearted romantic plot and melodious, operetta-style score.
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C.
Venus in Furs
"Venus in Furs" is a dark, avant-garde rock song by The Velvet Underground, inspired by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s novel and known for its themes of sexual fetishism and its droning, experimental sound.
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D.
Belle de Jour
Belle de Jour is a 1967 French drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, renowned for its surreal exploration of a bourgeois housewife who secretly works as a high-class prostitute.
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E.
The Woman on the Stairs
The Woman on the Stairs is a novel by German author Bernhard Schlink that intertwines art, memory, and past relationships through a man’s encounter with a mysterious painting and the woman it depicts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Venus in Fur Target entity description: Venus in Fur is a 2013 French erotic drama film directed by Roman Polanski, adapted from David Ives’ play, in which Mathieu Amalric stars as a director entangled in a charged audition with a mysterious actress.
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A.
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret is an intimate performance space associated with Barrington Stage Company, known for hosting cabaret-style music and theatrical events.
-
B.
The Prima Donna
The Prima Donna is a 1908 comic opera by composer Victor Herbert, known for its lighthearted romantic plot and melodious, operetta-style score.
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C.
Venus in Furs
"Venus in Furs" is a dark, avant-garde rock song by The Velvet Underground, inspired by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s novel and known for its themes of sexual fetishism and its droning, experimental sound.
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D.
Belle de Jour
Belle de Jour is a 1967 French drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, renowned for its surreal exploration of a bourgeois housewife who secretly works as a high-class prostitute.
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E.
The Woman on the Stairs
The Woman on the Stairs is a novel by German author Bernhard Schlink that intertwines art, memory, and past relationships through a man’s encounter with a mysterious painting and the woman it depicts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| adaptationType | stage-to-film adaptation ⓘ |
| basedOn | Venus in Fur (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | David Ives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Pawel Edelman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dialogueLanguage | French ⓘ |
| director | Roman Polanski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | RP Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Margarita Mikulko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | two-hander ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
erotic film ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Emmanuelle Seigner as Vanda
ⓘ
Mathieu Amalric as Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter |
Thomas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vanda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacterOccupation | theatre director ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alexandre Desplat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
audition
ⓘ
power dynamics ⓘ sexual tension ⓘ |
| numberOfMainCharacters | 2 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | 2013 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Monolith Films
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
RP Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| screeningSection | Cannes Film Festival competition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
David Ives
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Polanski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | theatre ⓘ |
| starring |
Emmanuelle Seigner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mathieu Amalric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
gender roles
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performance and identity ⓘ sadomasochism ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | Venus in Furs (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Venus in Fur Description of subject: Venus in Fur is a 2013 French erotic drama film directed by Roman Polanski, adapted from David Ives’ play, in which Mathieu Amalric stars as a director entangled in a charged audition with a mysterious actress.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Venus in Fur (film)
this entity surface form:
Venus in Fur (Broadway production)
this entity surface form:
Venus in Fur (Off-Broadway)