Black Venus
Black Venus
HistoryDrama

Black Venus

2010
159 min
6.6
66.0%
User Score
(119 votes)

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.

DIRECTED BY

Abdellatif Kechiche

STARRING

Yahima Torres, André Jacobs, Olivier Gourmet, Elina Löwensohn, François Marthouret

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Cast

Yahima Torres

Yahima Torres

Saartjie Baartman

André Jacobs

André Jacobs

Hendrick Caezar

Olivier Gourmet

Olivier Gourmet

Réaux

Elina Löwensohn

Elina Löwensohn

Jeanne

François Marthouret

François Marthouret

Georges Cuvier

Michel Gionti

Jean Baptiste-Berré

Jean-Christophe Bouvet

Jean-Christophe Bouvet

Charles Mercailler

Jonathan Pienaar

Jonathan Pienaar

Alexander Dunlop

Rémi Martin

Rémi Martin

First brothel's customer

Jean-Jacques Moreau

Jean-Jacques Moreau

Henri de Blainville

Cyril Favre

Senior Naturalist Assistant

Dominique Ratonnat

Senior Naturalist Assistant