Film
Black Venus
France · Belgium- Age rating
- 12
- Director
- Abdellatif Kechiche
- Year
- 2010
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.
Top cast
Yahima Torres
Saartjie Baartman
André Jacobs
Hendrick Caezar
Olivier Gourmet
Réaux
Elina Löwensohn
Jeanne
François Marthouret
Georges Cuvier
Michel Gionti
Jean Baptiste-Berré
Jean-Christophe Bouvet
Charles Mercailler
Jonathan Pienaar
Alexander Dunlop
Rémi Martin
First brothel's customer
Jean-Jacques Moreau
Henri de Blainville
Cyril Favre
Senior Naturalist Assistant
Dominique Ratonnat
Senior Naturalist Assistant
Didier Bourguignon
Senior Naturalist Assistant
Ralph Amoussou
Harry, first servant
Alix Serman
Matthew, second servant
Patrick Albenque
Zachary Macaulay
Christian Erickson
Lord Ellenborough
Nigel Hollidge
Maître Gazely
Directed by
Abdellatif Kechiche
Written by
Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalya Lacroix
Produced by
Marin Karmitz, Nathanaël Karmitz, Charles Gillibert
