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Black Venus is a belge film of genre Drama directed by Abdellatif Kechiche released in france in DVD on 9 march 2011 with Olivier Gourmet

Black Venus (2010)

Vénus noire

Black Venus
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Release in DVD in france 9 march 2011
Length 2h39
OriginBelgique
Genres Drama,    Historical
Rating67% 3.3957453.3957453.3957453.3957453.395745

Black Venus (French: Vénus noire) is a 2010 French drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. It is based on the life of Sarah Baartman, a Khoikhoi woman who in the early 19th century was exhibited in Europe under the name "Hottentot Venus". The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Equal Opportunity Award.

Synopsis

Paris 1817, the Royal Academy of Medicine. "I have never seen a human head so similar to that of an ape’s". Standing by a molded cast of Saartjie Baartman’s body, anatomist Georges Cuvier’s verdict is categorical. Seven years earlier, Saartjie left her native South Africa with her master, Caezar, to expose her caged body to the audiences of London’s freak shows. Free and enslaved all at the same time, the "Hottentot Venus" became an icon in the slums, destined to be sacrificed in the pursuit of a shimmering vision of prosperity.

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