Venus (2017 film)

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	October 9, 2017 (2017-10-09)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Venus is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Eisha Marjara and released in 2017. ^[1] 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. ^[2]

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. ^[3]

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

1. "Review: Venus is an insightful drama with a big heart". The Globe and Mail , May 17, 2018.
2. "Venus tackles a transgender story from an immigrant lens" Archived 2019-02-12 at the Wayback Machine . Now , May 17, 2018.
3. "Eisha Marjara forgoes the drama in transgender tale Venus". Montreal Gazette , March 2, 2018.

External links

• Venus at IMDb