''Venus'' is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Eisha Marjara and released in 2017. The film stars Debargo Sanyal as Sid, an

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who is just beginning to come out as a

transgender woman A trans woman or a transgender woman is a woman who was assigned male at birth. Trans women have a female gender identity, may experience gender dysphoria, and may transition; this process commonly includes hormone replacement therapy and som ...

when she unexpectedly discovers that she has a teenage son (Jamie Mayers) with a former high school girlfriend. The cast also includes Zena Darawalla,

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, Amber Goldfarb and

Gordon Warnecke Gordon Warnecke (born 24 August 1962 in London) is a British actor of Indo-Guyanese and German descent. He may be best known for his role as Omar in the 1985 film ''My Beautiful Laundrette'', co-starring as the lover of Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis ...

. The film premiered on the film festival circuit in 2017, before going into general theatrical release in 2018."Eisha Marjara forgoes the drama in transgender tale Venus"
''

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'', March 2, 2018.

Awards and nominations

The film received a

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nomination for Best Makeup (Tammy-Lou Pate) at the

7th Canadian Screen Awards The 7th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 31, 2019, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2018.

in 2019.

References

External links

* 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-Canada-film-stub