Black Venus (2010)
27/10/2010
History, Drama
2h 39m
- 66% (116 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
Olivier Gourmet
Réaux
Elina Löwensohn
Jeanne
François Marthouret
Georges Cuvier
Michel Gionti
Jean Baptiste-Berré
Jean-Christophe Bouvet
Charles Mercailler
Jonathan Pienaar
Alexander Dunlop
Rémi Martin
First brothel's customer
Jean-Jacques Moreau
Henri de Blainville
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