Vénus noire

The story of Saartjes Baartman, a Black domestic who, in 1808, left Southern Africa, then ruled by Dutch settlers, for Europe, following her boss Hendrick Caesar , hoping to find fame and fortune there. Once in London her master turned manager does nothing but exhibit her as a freak in a phony and humiliating carnival show. After a series of troubles caused by their act, Caesar, Saartje and their new friend, bear-tamer Réaux, head for Paris where once again, and against her will, she has to mimic savagery and expose her body, first in carnivals, then in the aristocratic salons of Paris, later on among the libertines and finally in brothels where she ends up being a prostitute. In the meantime, French anatomists will have taken an interest in her unusual anatomy (enormous buttocks and labia) only to declare her the missing link from ape to man. In 1815, aged only 27, she dies alone, of a combination of pneumonia and venereal disease. Written by Guy Bellinger Vénus noire is a 2010 French-language Drama History movie starring Yahima Torres, Olivier Gourmet, Andre Jacobs, Elina Löwensohn, François Marthouret, Michel Gionti and Diana Stewart. MK2 was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Charles Gillibert, Nathana L Karmitz and Marin Karmitz. Vénus noire is written by Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalya Laroix and it is directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. MK2 acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Vénus noire was released on 27th October 2010 in French,English and Afrikaans languages and takes a screen time of 166 minutes. Cinematography was done by Lubomir Bakchev.
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