Venus Peter
Directed byIan Sellar
Written byIan Sellar
Christopher Rush
Produced byChristopher Young
StarringGordon R. Strachan
Ray McAnally
David Hayman
Sinéad Cusack
Caroline Paterson
CinematographyGabriel Beristain
Edited byDavid Spiers
Music byJonathan Dove
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£1,310,000[1]
Box office£14,229 (UK)[1]

Venus Peter is a 1989 British 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.[2] 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.

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.[3]

Japanese rock band Venus Peter are named after the film.

Plot

The film is set on a western isle of Scotland in the 1950s and follows young Peter and his relationship in the mainly adult world of the fishing village and his relationship with the sea and fishing boats (foremost of which is Kirkcaldy-registered KY199). The most important relationship is between Peter and his fisherman grandfather.

Cast

References

  1. ^ a b "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 30.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Venus Peter". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
  3. ^ Richard Mowe, Top 20 Scottish films of the 20th Century, iofilm Scotland, August 1999

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