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Claudio C @Claudio666 4d Vénus noire / Black Venus (2010) Abused Even After Death (12,596 – 30 Jul 2026 – Claudio Carvalho) In the beginning of the 19th Century, the Afrikaner Hendrick Caezar (Andre Jacobs) brings the indigenous Saartjie 'Sarah' Baartman (Yahima Torres) from Cape Town to London to exhibit her in a freak show under the name "Hottentot Venus". After a problem in court, the pimp Réaux (Olivier Gourmet) and his prostitute Jeanne (Elina Löwensohn) convince Caezar to move to France, and Sarah is exposed to the high society. After an argument, Caezar sells Sarah to Réaux and ends in prostitution. "Vénus noire", a.k.a. "Black Venus" (2010), is a drama based on the true story of a woman abused even after death. The plot is unpleasant, but interesting. However, it is too long, with 159 min, running time, and repetitive. The credit shows the fate of the remains of Saartjie Baartman. My vote is six. Title (Brazil): "Venus Negra" ("Black Venus") See more 03/18/2019 It had a good message but it was difficult to watch, to the point where I had to distract myself from what was happening on screen. See more 05/30/2015 A descent into the hell of human exploitation. See more 04/05/2014 The best true story movie that I've seen. It has so many emotional scene bajar musica gratis mp3 See more 06/08/2013 At first I thought that this film was utterly racist. Mind you not racist as in openly saying that black people are inferior, on the contrary it tends to depict every single white character as a lustful, small-minded, violent vulgaroid. No, this film appears racist because it shows the lead character as purely the object of other people's plans and ambition. She seems devoid of any form of will for herself. She is never shown taking the initiative, not even to buy a single hat! She lets her life turn into a pathetic spectacle be it on stage or in the real life, like in that scene in the London court room where she is paraded in from of yet another audience. All along she is not more active than an old rag carried by the wind. But the film is not racist, it is simply misanthropic, it's not that the director despises the black character particularly, he apparently hates everybody equally. Yet the character is obviously a rather gifted person full of energy and curiosity. She's objectively admirable even. She can speak at least four languages, she volunteered for a trip that would take her on the far side of the world, she obviously must have had plans, things she wanted to do after her business venture. But no, for some reason, she's deprived of that personality. This form of complete alienation coupled with the utter vulgarity of the rest world makes for a gloomy philosophy barely worth of an adolescent going through a passive agressive teenage crisis. Around her the world is crumbling (the scenes in Paris are shot the very same month as the battle of Waterloo which brought about the collapse of Napoleon's empire), but she and the director are really not interested. I could see no love in the camera's eye, which is particularly sad considering that the cast in general was excellent. Andre Jacobs in particular is magnificent. To his credit, I have to say that the director is able to make the audience share completely his general hatred for the world around him. After almost three hours of being hammered with soft-core sadistic porn on repeat and seeing close ups of ugly faces and unappealing naked bodies, I too hate the whole of human kind, Afrikaans, French, Hottentot, English, all of that slimy, stinky, sweaty lot! At the end of the film, I felt nauseous even though I couldn't say if the cause was the constantly moving shoulder-held camera or the disgust inspired by Kechiche's cold outlook on life. See more 01/06/2013 Un biopic interessant et bien realise qui peche toutefois par sa longueur. Kechiche a visiblement souhaite que le spectateur vive, endure meme, les humiliations subies par la Vénus Hottentote. Mais l'effet voulu finit par s'inverser et l'empathie cede la place au soulagement quand Sarah finit par mourir.... on est presque content nous aussi d'en finir. See more Read all reviews

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