Black Venus
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Production year2010
French release27/10/2010
Runtime2 h 39 min
Synopsis
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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Director (1)
Actors (12)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : mk2 films
- Co-production : France 2 Cinéma
- Film exports/foreign sales : mk2 films
- French distribution : mk2 films
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producers : Marin Karmitz, Nathanaël Karmitz, Charles Gillibert
- Screenwriter : Abdellatif Kechiche
- Directors of Photography : Lubomir Bakchev, Sofian El Fani
- Editors : Camille Toubkis, Ghalya Lacroix, Laurent Rouan
- Sound recordists : Nicolas Waschkowski, Jean-Paul Hurier
- Costume designer : Fabio Perrone
- Executive Producer : Claire Dornoy
- Press Attachés (film) : Monica Donati, Anne-Charlotte Gilard
- Assistant editor : Mathilde Cousin
- Production Designers : Florian Sanson, Mathieu Menut
- Casting : Anne Frémiot, Monya Galbi
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French, English, Afrikaans, Dutch
- Coproducer countries : France, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Yes
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International releases
| Country | Distributor | Buyer | Release date | Titre local |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Belgium | 05/11/2010 | |||
 Brazil | 17/06/2011 | |||
 Czech Republic | 03/11/2011 | |||
 French-speaking Switzerland | 01/12/2010 | |||
| German-speaking Switzerland | 01/08/2013 |
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