Venus Peter

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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.[1] 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.[2]

Japanese rock band Venus Peter are named after the film.

Plot

The film is set on a northen isle of Scotland in the 1940s 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

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  2. Richard Mowe, Top 20 Scottish films of the 20th Century, iofilm Scotland, August 1999

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