| Venus | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Eisha Marjara |
| Written by | Eisha Marjara |
| Produced by | Joe Balass |
| Starring | Debargo Sanyal Jamie Mayers Zena Darawalla Pierre-Yves Cardinal Gordon Warnecke |
| Cinematography | Mark Ellam |
| Edited by | Mathieu Bouchard-Malo |
| Music by | Patrice Dubuc Gaëtan Gravel |
| Production company | Compass Productions |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Venus is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Eisha Marjara and released in 2017. The film stars Debargo Sanyal as Sid, an Indo-Canadian who is just beginning to come out as a transgender woman when she unexpectedly discovers that she has a teenage son (Jamie Mayers) with a former high school girlfriend.
The cast also includes Zena Darawalla, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Amber Goldfarb and Gordon Warnecke.
The film premiered on the film festival circuit in 2017, before going into general theatrical release in 2018.
Awards and nominations
The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Makeup (Tammy-Lou Pate) at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.
References
- "Review: Venus is an insightful drama with a big heart". The Globe and Mail, May 17, 2018.
- "Venus tackles a transgender story from an immigrant lens" Archived 2019-02-12 at the Wayback Machine. Now, May 17, 2018.
- "Eisha Marjara forgoes the drama in transgender tale Venus". Montreal Gazette, March 2, 2018.
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