Vénus noire (2010) - film review

Drama / History

Summary

Paris, 1817. When confronted with a cast of the body of Saartjie Baartman, Georges Cuvier, a specialist in anatomy at the Royal Academy of Medicine, remarks that he has never seen a human head so similar to that of an ape. Seven years previously, Saartjie left South Africa with her master Caezar and became one of London’s most notorious freak show exhibits...

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Credits

Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Script: Abdellatif Kechiche
Photo: Lubomir Bakchev
Cast: Yahima Torres (Saartjie ’Sarah’ Baartman), Andre Jacobs (Hendrick Caezar), Olivier Gourmet (Réaux, le forain), Elina Löwensohn (Jeanne), François Marthouret (Georges Cuvier), Michel Gionti (Jean-Baptiste Berré), Jean-Christophe Bouvet (Mercailler), Jonathan Pienaar (Alexander Dunlop), Rémi Martin (1er client bordel), Jean-Jacques Moreau (Henri De Blainville), Cyril Favre (Aide Naturaliste #1), Dominique Ratonnat (Aide Naturaliste #2), Didier Bourguignon (Aide naturaliste #3), Ralph Amoussou (Harry), Alix Serman (Matthew), Patrick Albenque (Zachary Macaulay), Christian Erickson (Lord Ellenborough), Nigel Hollidge (Maître Gazely), Paul Bandey (Le procureur général), Philip Schurer (Peter Van Wageninge), Robert Dauney (Thomas Gisborne Babington), Paul Ryan (Justice Le Blanc), Natania van Heerden (Leslie Stanzler), Yvonnick Muller (Le traducteur tribunal), Geoffrey Carey (Le prêtre)
Country: France / Italy / Belgium
Language: French / Afrikaans / English
Runtime: 162 min
Aka: Black Venus

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