Black Venus (2010 film)
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| Directed by | Abdellatif Kechiche |
| Produced by | Charles Gillibert Nathanaël Karmitz Marin Karmitz |
| Written by | Abdellatif Kechiche Ghalya Laroix |
| Starring | Yahima Torres Olivier Gourmet |
| Cinematography | Lubomir Bakchev |
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| Distributed by | MK2 |
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166 minutes |
| Country | France Belgium Tunisia |
| Language | French English Afrikaans |
Black Venus (French: Vénus noire) is a 2010 French drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. It is based on the life of Sarah Baartman, a Khoikhoi woman who in the early 19th century was exhibited in Europe under the name "Hottentot Venus".[1] The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival,[2] where it was awarded the Equal Opportunity Award.[3]
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Plot
Paris 1817, the Royal Academy of Medicine. "I have never seen a human head so similar to that of an ape’s". Standing by a molded cast of Saartjie Baartman’s body, anatomist Georges Cuvier’s verdict is categorical. Seven years earlier, Saartjie left her native South Africa with her master, Caezar, to expose her caged body to the audiences of London’s freak shows. Free and enslaved all at the same time, the "Hottentot Venus" became an icon in the slums, destined to be sacrificed in the pursuit of a shimmering vision of prosperity.
Cast
- Yahima Torres as Sarah Baartman
- Olivier Gourmet as Réaux, le forain
- Jean-Christophe Bouvet as Mercailler
- Jonathan Pienaar as Alexander Dunlop
- Andre Jacobs as Caezar
- Olivier Loustau as Le Capitaine de Hussards
- Diana Stewart as Lady with Parasol
- Eric Moreau as Un spectateur de baraque de foire
- Ralph Amoussou as Harry
- Violaine de Carne as Diane de Méry
- Yann Sorton as Client du cabaret
- Jeanne Corporon as Une invitée
- Gilles Matheron as Théobald de Méry
- Philip Schurer as Peter Van Wageninge
- Violaine Gillibert as Géraldine Rivière
- Christian Prat as Monsieur Campanile
- Albanna Enlil as Peuple - scène du tribunal
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Black Venus at IMDb
- Black Venus at Rotten Tomatoes
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