Venus Peter (1989)
1h 34m
Running Time
March 5, 1989Release Date
Venus Peter (1989)
1h 34m
Running Time
March 5, 1989Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
Produced for Scottish television, Venus Peter was financed by the Orkney Islands Council. The title character is transformed into a "sea child" when he is baptized with salt water. Though his family tries hard to accustom him to life on land, Peter (Gordon R. Strachan) yearns to go to sea -- or, at the very least, to escape his cloistered community. He finds a kindred spirit in Princess Paloma (Juliet Cadzow), the village "looney," who, alas, is eventually carted away to an institution. Briefly fascinated by poetry and music, thanks to his lovely teacher Miss Balsibie (Sinead Cusack), Peter is disillusioned when he finds his teacher in the arms of her lover (and out of her clothing). The final blow to Peter's idealism comes when his grandfather's ship is repossessed. Despite the bleakness of his surroundings and his seemingly dead-end existence, however, Peter never completely lets go of his dreams, and the film ends on a positive note.
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Cast & Crew.

George Anton
Billy

Ray McAnally
Grandpa

Sinéad Cusack
Miss Balsilbie

Gordon R Strachan
Peter

Louise Breslin
Leebie

David Hayman
Kinnear

Juliet Cadzow
Princess Paloma

Caroline Paterson
Mother

Peter Caffrey
Father

Emma Dingwall
Jenny

Ken Drury
Gowens

Sheila Keith
Epp

Mary MacLeod
Miss Sangster

Christopher Fairbank
Blind Man

Alex McAvoy
Beadle

Julia McCarthy
Agnes

Cecil Garson
Gollie

Scott Heddle
Peem

Priscilla John
CastingDirector

Sam Hayman
Baby Peter

Ray Jeffries
Bank Manager

Andy Harris
ProductionDesigner

Robin McCaffrey
Georgina

Alan Tall
McCreevie

Cameron Stout
Bystander

Lorraine Buchan
Bystander

Justin Kimmett
Little Boy

Ian Sellar
Director / Writer

Gabriel Beristain
Cinematography

Christopher Rush
Novel

Christopher Young
Producer

Jonathan Dove
Music
Details.
Wiki.
Venus Peter is a 1989 Scottish 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. It was filmed in Orkney, 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.
Japanese rock band Venus Peter are named after the film.
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