 Based on a true story, VENUS IN FURS is the twisted love story of famous Austrian author, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (who is known for having lent his name to the term "masochism"), and his beautiful wife, Wanda, a former washerwoman. Constantly desiring domination and humiliation from the love of his life, Leopold forces his eccentricities upon his wife, claiming she is the muse of his writing. Hoping to preserve her marriage, Wanda performs his requests until she finds herself at a breaking point between the reality she desires and the fantasy-life she must live.