Where to watch · Türkiye
Not on any service here yet.
Black Venus (2010)
Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
History, Drama · 2h 39m
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.
Cast
Yahima Torres
Saartjie Baartman
André Jacobs
Hendrick Caezar
Olivier Gourmet
Réaux
Elina Löwensohn
Jeanne
François Marthouret
Georges Cuvier
M
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
C
Cyril Favre
Senior Naturalist Assistant
D
Dominique Ratonnat
Senior Naturalist Assistant
Crew
- Director
- Abdellatif Kechiche
- Screenplay
- Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalya Lacroix
- Director of Photography
- Lubomir Bakchev, Sofian El Fani
- Original Music Composer
- Slaheddine Kechiche
- Editor
- Ghalya Lacroix, Camille Toubkis, Laurent Rouan, Albertine Lastera
- Producer
- Marin Karmitz, Nathanaël Karmitz, Charles Gillibert
Details
- Original title
- Vénus noire
- Release date
- 2010-10-27
- Runtime
- 2h 39m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- Afrikaans, French, English, Dutch
- Countries
- France, Belgium
- Production
- France 2 Cinéma, MK2 Productions, CinéCinéma