Black Venus
Overview
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.
Cast
(40)
Yahima Torres
Saartjie Baartman
André Jacobs
Hendrick Caezar
Olivier Gourmet
Réaux
Elina Löwensohn
Jeanne
François Marthouret
Georges Cuvier
Michel Gionti
Jean Baptiste-Berré
Jean-Christophe Bouvet
Charles Mercailler
Jonathan Pienaar
Alexander Dunlop
Rémi Martin
First brothel's customer
Jean-Jacques Moreau
Henri de Blainville
Cyril Favre
Senior Naturalist Assistant
Dominique Ratonnat
Senior Naturalist Assistant
Didier Bourguignon
Senior Naturalist Assistant
Ralph Amoussou
Harry, first servant
Alix Serman
Matthew, second servant
Patrick Albenque
Zachary Macaulay
Christian Erickson
Lord Ellenborough
Nigel Hollidge
Maître Gazely
Paul Bandey
Attorney General
Philip Schurer
Peter van Wageninge
Robert Dauney
Thomas Gisborne Babington
Paul Ryan
Judge Le Blanc
Natania van Heerden
Leslie Stanzler
Yvo Muller
Court Interpreter
Geoffrey Carey
Priest
Richard Hadley
Bailiff
Richard Temple
English Bailiff
Christopher King
Court Reporter
Jean-Louis Dupont
First Scientist
Gaël Thiebaut
Second Scientist
Cathy Darietto
Ms. Campanile
Christian Prat
Mr. Campanile
Monique Brun
Brothel Owner
Jean-Marc Guisti
Brothel Doctor
Violaine Gillibert
Géraldine Rivière
Olivier Loustau
Hussar
Jeanne Corporon
Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering
Violaine de Carne
Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering
Maria Beloso-Hall
Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering
François Genty
Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering
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