HistoryDrama
Black Venus
User Score117 votes
66%6.6/10
Release2010→
Runtime2H 39M
LanguageAfrikaans
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
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
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Abdellatif Kechiche
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Keywords
london, englandfranceparis, francebrothelsouth africapneumoniadomestic liferacismpovertyprostitutionhumiliationexhibitionaristocratcolonialismanatomistafrican womansexually transmitted disease
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Countries:FranceBelgium
Production:MK2 FilmsFrance 2 CinémaArtémis Productions