A film by
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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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Cast
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
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Image format |
2.39 (DCP Scope)
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Sound |
5.1 - DCP
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Running time |
159 min.
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Language(s) |
French |