Black Venus
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159 min.

Paris, 1817, within the Académie Royale de Médecine. "I've never seen a human head that so closely resembles a monkey's." Anatomist Georges Cuvier is categorical when looking at the cast made of Saartjie Baartman's body. A panel of distinguished colleagues applauds the demonstration. Seven years earlier, Saartjie left South Africa with her master Caezar and was exhibited to the London public in carnival freakshows. A free and fettered woman, she was the icon of the lower depths, the "Hottentot Venus" promised the mirage of a glittering rise in the world...

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Directors
Cast
Yahima Torres
Yahima Torres
Saartjie  
André Jacobs
André Jacobs
Hendrick Caezar  
Elina Lowensohn
Elina Lowensohn
Jeanne  
François Marthouret
François Marthouret
Georges Cuvier  
Scriptwriter Abdellatif Kechiche
Scriptwriter Ghalya Lacroix
Director of photography Lubomir Bakchev
Production designer Florian Sanson
Sound recordist Nicolas Wasckowski
Costume designer Fabio Perrone
Picture editor Camille Toubkis
Composer Slaheddine Kechiche
Sound mixer Jean-Paul Hurier
Color
Color
Image format
2.39 (DCP Scope)
Sound
5.1 - DCP
Running time
159 min.
Language(s)

French