Black Venus (2010)
Original Title: Vénus noire
Drama
History
6.6 (115 votes)
2h 39m
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.
Details
- Director
- Abdellatif Kechiche
- Writer
- Ghalya Lacroix
- Original Language
- French
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
André Jacobs
Calypso Baquey
Elina Löwensohn
François Marthouret
Karen Smit
Laetitia Vitteau
Mirabelle Kirkland
Myriam Vanhove
Olivier Gourmet
Yahima Torres
Keywords
african woman
anatomist
aristocrat
brothel
colonialism
domestic life
exhibition
france
humiliation
london
england
paris
france
pneumonia
poverty
prostitution
racism
sexually transmitted disease
south africa
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