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The story of Saartjes Baartman, a Black domestic who, in 1808, left Southern Africa, then ruled by Dutch settlers, for Europe, following her boss Hendrick Caesar , hoping to find fame and fortune there. Once in London her master turned manager does nothing but exhibit her as a freak in a phony and humiliating carnival show. After a series of troubles caused by their act, Caesar, Saartje and their new friend, bear-tamer Réaux, head for Paris where once again, and against her will, she has to mimic savagery and expose her body, first in carnivals, then in the aristocratic salons of Paris, later on among the libertines and finally in brothels where she ends up being a prostitute. In the meantime, French anatomists will have taken an interest in her unusual anatomy (enormous buttocks and labia) only to declare her the missing link from ape to man. In 1815, aged only 27, she dies alone, of a combination of pneumonia and venereal disease.
Yahima Torres
Saartjie 'Sarah' Baartman
Andre Jacobs
Hendrick Caezar
Olivier Gourmet
Réaux
Elina Löwensohn
Jeanne
François Marthouret
Georges Cuvier
Michel Gionti
Jean-Baptiste Berré
Jean-Christophe Bouvet
Charles Mercailler, le journaliste
Jonathan Pienaar
Alexander Dunlop
Rémi Martin
Le premier client du bordel
Jean-Jacques Moreau
Henri de Blainville
Cyril Favre
Le premier aide naturaliste
Dominique Ratonnat
Le 2e aide naturaliste
Didier Bourguignon
Le 3e aide naturaliste
Ralph Amoussou
Harry, le premier domestique
Alix Serman
Matthew, le deuxième domestique
Patrick Albenque
Zachary Macaulay
Christian Erickson
Lord Ellenborough
Nigel Hollidge
Maître Gazely
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