Black Venus (2010 film)
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Initial DVD release March 9, 2011 (France) Duration | 6.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama, History Music director Slaheddine Kechiche Country FranceBelgiumTunisia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language FrenchEnglishAfrikaans Writer Abdellatif Kechiche (original scenario), Abdellatif Kechiche (adaptation), Ghalia Lacroix (adaptation) Cast Yahima Torres (Saartjie Baartman), André Jacobs (Hendrick Caezar), (Jeanne), (Réaux)Similar movies Mission: Impossible , Invictus , Desire , National Treasure: Book of Secrets , A View to a Kill , Young & Beautiful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Black Venus (French: Vénus noire) is a 2010 French drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. It is based on the life of Sarah Baartman, a Khoikhoi woman who in the early 19th century was exhibited in Europe under the name "Hottentot Venus". The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Equal Opportunity Award.
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Plot
Paris 1817, the Royal Academy of Medicine. "I have never seen a human head so similar to that of an ape’s". Standing by a molded cast of Saartjie Baartman’s body, anatomist Georges Cuvier’s verdict is categorical. Seven years earlier, Saartjie left her native South Africa with her master, Caezar, to expose her caged body to the audiences of London’s freak shows. Free and enslaved all at the same time, the "Hottentot Venus" became an icon in the slums, destined to be sacrificed in the pursuit of a shimmering vision of prosperity.
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Reception
Black Venus was universally praised. The film holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on five reviews.
References
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