

Black Venus
Visit website6.6/10 • 115
2010-10-27 • 2h 39m
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.
- Directors
- Abdellatif Kechiche
- Writters
- Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalya Lacroix
- Editors
- Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalya Lacroix, Laurent Rouan

Black Venus
Visit website2010-10-27 • 2h 39m
6.6/10 • 115
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.
- Directors
- Abdellatif Kechiche
- Writters
- Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalya Lacroix
- Editors
- Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalya Lacroix, Laurent Rouan
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsYahima Torres
Saartjie Baartman
André Jacobs
Hendrick Caezar
Elina Löwensohn
Jeanne
Olivier Gourmet
Réaux
François Marthouret
Georges Cuvier
Mirabelle Kirkland
The first prostitute of the tavern
Karen Smit
The second prostitute in the tavern
Myriam Vanhove
The third prostitute of the brothel
Laetitia Vitteau
The fourth prostitute in the brothel
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- French
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- Keywords
- london, englandfranceparis, francebrothelsouth africapneumoniadomestic liferacismpovertyprostitutionhumiliationexhibitionaristocratcolonialismanatomistafrican womansexually transmitted disease