The read
Critics rate it 32 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 2h 39m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 32 points higher than audiences do.
126 audience votes
Key crew
- Abdellatif KechicheDirector
- Abdellatif KechicheScreenplay
- Ghalya LacroixScreenplay
- Slaheddine KechicheOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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
Stills
Themes
london, englandfranceparis, francebrothelsouth africapneumoniadomestic liferacismpovertyprostitutionhumiliationexhibition