Delta of Venus (film)

Delta of Venus is a 1994[2][3] American erotic drama film directed by Zalman King and starring Audie England, Costas Mandylor, and Marek Vašut. It is inspired by the posthumously published 1977 short story collection Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin. NC-17 and R-rated versions of the film exist; the NC-17 rating is due to explicit sex.[4] The DVD release contains both versions of the film. The film was released in June 1995 in the United States.

Delta of Venus
Theatrical release poster
Directed byZalman King
Produced byEvzen Kolar
Written byElisa M. Rothstein
Patricia Louisianna Knop
Based on Delta of Venus
by Anaïs Nin
Starring
Music byGeorge S. Clinton
CinematographyEagle Egilsson
Edited byJames Gavin Bedford
Marc Grossman
Production
company
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release date
  • June 9, 1995 (1995-06-09)
Running time
99 minutes (102 minutes for NC-17 version)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$63,174[1]

Plot

Set in Paris, France, in 1940 in the early days of World War II before the German invasion and conquest of France, Elena Martin (Audie England) is a young American writer struggling to get by in Paris while searching for inspiration for her first novel. Elena meets and has a sordid affair with a fellow American expatriate named Lawrence Walters (Costas Mandylor). With some encouragement from her friends, her lover, and her publisher, Elena gets involved in nude modeling and progresses onward through many other forms of voyeuristic and participatory sexual adventures as she further researches for inspiration to write her book and become an author of erotic fiction.

Cast
  • Audie England as Elena Martin
  • Costas Mandylor as Lawrence Walters
  • Eric Da Silva as Marcel
  • Raven Snow as Leila
  • Rory Campbell as Miguel
  • Emma Louise Moore as Ariel
  • Bernard Zette as Donald (as Zette)
  • Marek Vasut as Luc
  • Markéta Hrubesová as Bijou
  • Daniel Leza as Pierre
  • Stephen Halbert as Harry
  • Dale Wyatt as Millicent
  • Jirí Ded as Priest
  • Valérie Zawadská as Landlady
  • James Donahower as Bandleader
  • Robert Davi as The Collector
  • Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as The Clairvoyant (as Wale)
  • Clive Revill as Radio Announcer (voice)
  • Roberta Hanley as Opium Den Proprietor

Background

The novel by Anaïs Nin on which the film is based is not autobiographical, nor does it have a frame narrative. The film imposes a frame-narrative about a "Nin-like" American who begins an affair with another expatriate American in pre–World War II Paris, and who writes erotic stories that represent her fantasies. Some of these stories/fantasies, based on those of Nin, are explored on-screen.

References
  1. "Delta of Venus (1995) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  2. "Delta of Venus Summary". All Movie. Archived from the original on April 11, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  3. "Delta of Venus". Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  4. "Delta of Venus (1994)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.


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