| 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. [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
- ^ "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.
External links
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- 2017 films
- 2017 LGBT-related films
- 2017 comedy-drama films
- Canadian comedy-drama films
- Canadian LGBT-related films
- LGBT-related comedy-drama films
- Films about trans women
- English-language Canadian films
- Films directed by Eisha Marjara
- 2010s English-language films
- 2010s Canadian films
- 2010s Canadian film stubs
| 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 |
|
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
- ^ "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.
External links
|
| This article related to a Canadian film of the 2010s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 2017 films
- 2017 LGBT-related films
- 2017 comedy-drama films
- Canadian comedy-drama films
- Canadian LGBT-related films
- LGBT-related comedy-drama films
- Films about trans women
- English-language Canadian films
- Films directed by Eisha Marjara
- 2010s English-language films
- 2010s Canadian films
- 2010s Canadian film stubs