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    Black Venus

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    Vénus noire
    France/Italy/Belgium
    2010     History-based drama    
    2h 39min
    Original lang: French
    13+

    Paris, 1817: inside the Royal Academy of Medicine. "I have never seen a human head more similar to that of an ape's." Standing in front of a cast made of Saartjie Baartman's body, anatomist Georges Cuvier is categorical. A group of his distinguished colleagues cheers. Seven years earlier, Saartjie had left South Africa with her master Caezar and abandoned her body to the audiences of London's freak shows. Both free and a slave, she was the icon of the slums, the "Hottentot Venus" who was sacrificed to the mirage of golden success.

    Directed byAbdellatif Kechiche
    Written byAbdellatif Kechiche, Ghalya Laroix
    CompanyMétropole FilmsMétropole FilmsMétropole Films

    Starring

    Yahima Torres
    Andre Jacobs
    Olivier Gourmet
    Elina Löwensohn
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