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Black Venus

2010-10-272h 39mHistory / Drama6.5/10TMDB · 126 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.

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Directed byAbdellatif Kechiche

Original languageFrench

Original release2010-10-27

ProductionFrance, Belgium

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Yahima TorresSaartjie Baartman

André JacobsHendrick Caezar

Olivier GourmetRéaux

Elina LöwensohnJeanne

François MarthouretGeorges Cuvier

Michel GiontiJean Baptiste-Berré

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Jean-Christophe BouvetCharles Mercailler Jonathan PienaarAlexander Dunlop Rémi MartinFirst brothel's customer Jean-Jacques MoreauHenri de Blainville Cyril FavreSenior Naturalist Assistant Dominique RatonnatSenior Naturalist Assistant Didier BourguignonSenior Naturalist Assistant Ralph AmoussouHarry, first servant Alix SermanMatthew, second servant Patrick AlbenqueZachary Macaulay Christian EricksonLord Ellenborough Nigel HollidgeMaître Gazely Paul BandeyAttorney General Philip SchurerPeter van Wageninge Robert DauneyThomas Gisborne Babington Paul RyanJudge Le Blanc Natania van HeerdenLeslie Stanzler Yvo MullerCourt Interpreter Geoffrey CareyPriest Richard HadleyBailiff Richard TempleEnglish Bailiff Christopher KingCourt Reporter Jean-Louis DupontFirst Scientist Gaël ThiebautSecond Scientist Cathy DariettoMs. Campanile Christian PratMr. Campanile Monique BrunBrothel Owner Jean-Marc GuistiBrothel Doctor Violaine GillibertGéraldine Rivière Olivier LoustauHussar Jeanne CorporonGuest at the Bourgeois Gathering Violaine de CarneGuest at the Bourgeois Gathering Maria Beloso-HallGuest at the Bourgeois Gathering François GentyGuest at the Bourgeois Gathering Rosalie SymonGuest at the Bourgeois Gathering Nicholas MeadGuest at the Bourgeois Gathering Mélodie RichardGuest at the Bourgeois Gathering Maïe DegoveGuest at the Bourgeois Gathering Alain NaronAlain Naron Christopher CraigScottish Singer Mirabelle KirklandFirst Prostitute of the Tavern Karen SmitSecond Prostitute in the Tavern Joe SheridanFirst Recruiter / Bearded Woman Jonathan HayesSecond Recruiter Barnaby AppsThird Recruiter Guillaume VerdierFirst Client Mario CanigliaSecond Client Leila D'IssernioFirst Prostitute at the Brothel Bouraouïa MarzoukA Woman Myriam VanhoveThird Prostitute at the Brothel Laetitia VitteauFourth Prostitute at the Brothel Calypso BaqueyFifth Prostitute at the Brothel Claire-Lise PinetSixth Prostitute at the Brothel Emma GametSeventh Prostitute at the Brothel Duangnapa GiontiEighth Prostitute at the Brothel Réjane CousinNinth Prostitute at the Brothel Nicolas AbrahamSaartjie's Second-to-Last Customer Walter ShnorkellSaartjie's Last Customer Xandra Van WeldenHat Saleswoman Darinka DuthilleulGuest at the Swingers' Party Jean-Georges BrunetGuest at the Swingers' Party Claudette WalkerGuest at the Swingers' Party Christina CorreiaGuest at the Swingers' Party Yves Michon-MalavalGuest at the Swingers' Party Krystyna KolosaGuest at the Swingers' Party Léon KolasaGuest at the Swingers' Party Jeanne Danielle SerieisGuest at the Swingers' Party Patrick BlancTavern Musician Ezzadine BouzidTavern Musician Pierre CezaroniTavern Musician François MeignantTavern Musician Jean-Bernard MondoliniTavern Musician Ségolène BrutinMusician in the Bourgeois Salon Pierre CharlesMusician in the Bourgeois Salon Emmanuel GalliotMusician in the Bourgeois Salon Gionata SgambaroMusician in the Bourgeois Salon Sonia JoubertAcrobat Elise Cribier-DelandeWoman in the Crowd Pascal DuthuinValet Mark SimpsonTheatregoer Albanna EnlilExtra (courtroom scene) (uncredited)Catherine Badet-CorniouProstitute (uncredited)Gilles MatheronThéobald de Méry (uncredited)Eric MoreauSpectator at the Carnival Booth (uncredited)Yann SortonCabaret Costumer (uncredited)Diana StewartLady with Parasol (uncredited)Roger-Gérard SchwartzenbergSelf, Minister of Research (archive footage) (uncredited)Thabo MbekiSelf, President of South Africa (archive footage) (uncredited)

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