Black Venus (2010)
27/10/2010
History, Drama
2h 39m
- 66% (115 votes)
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Overview
The true story of Saartje Baartman, a black South African worker who moves to London with her master in the early 19th century. Although she dreams of being an artist, once in Europe she is exploited as a sideshow attraction due to her large buttocks and genitalia.
- Abdellatif KechicheDirector, Screenplay
- Ghalya LacroixScreenplay
Original Title
Vénus noire
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Keywords
- london, england
- france
- paris, france
- brothel
- south africa
- pneumonia
- domestic life
- racism
- poverty
- prostitution
- humiliation
- exhibition
- aristocrat
- colonialism
- anatomist
- african woman
- sexually transmitted disease
Top Billed Cast
Yahima Torres
Saartjie Baartman
André Jacobs
Hendrick Caezar
Elina Löwensohn
Jeanne
Olivier Gourmet
Réaux
François Marthouret
Georges Cuvier
Mirabelle Kirkland
The first prostitute of the tavern
Karen Smit
The second prostitute in the tavern
Myriam Vanhove
The third prostitute of the brothel
Laetitia Vitteau
The fourth prostitute in the brothel
Calypso Baquey
The fifth prostitute of the brothel
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