Venus Peter

Venus Peter is a 1989 British drama film directed by Ian Sellar and produced by Christopher Young for Young films. The film is an adaptation of the novel A Twelvemonth and a Day by Christopher Rush. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It was filmed on the Orkney Islands, in the North of Scotland. The film crew paid members of the Orkney community to act as extras in the film.

Venus Peter
Directed byIan Sellar
Produced byChristopher Young
Written byIan Sellar
Christopher Rush
StarringGordon R. Strachan
Ray McAnally
David Hayman
Sinéad Cusack
Caroline Paterson
Music byJonathan Dove
CinematographyGabriel Beristain
Edited byDavid Spiers
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£1,200,000

In 1999 Richard Mowe, curator of film at the National Museum of Scotland, chose the film as one of his top twenty Scottish films of the century.[2]

Japanese rock band Venus Peter are named after the film.

The duration of the film is 94 minutes.

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References
  1. "Festival de Cannes: Venus Peter". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
  2. Richard Mowe, Top 20 Scottish films of the 20th Century, iofilm Scotland, August 1999
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