Black Venus

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.

• Abdellatif KechicheDirector
• Abdellatif KechicheScreenplay
• Ghalya LacroixScreenplay
• Slaheddine KechicheOriginal Music Composer

• Yahima TorresSaartjie Baartman
• André JacobsHendrick Caezar
• Olivier GourmetRéaux
• Elina LöwensohnJeanne
• François MarthouretGeorges Cuvier
• Michel GiontiJean Baptiste-Berré
• Jean-Christophe BouvetCharles Mercailler
• Jonathan PienaarAlexander Dunlop
• Rémi MartinFirst brothel's customer
• Jean-Jacques MoreauHenri de Blainville
• Cyril FavreSenior Naturalist Assistant
• Dominique RatonnatSenior Naturalist Assistant