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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.
Dec 1, 1989 · Venus Peter: Directed by Ian Sellar. With Ray McAnally, David Hayman, Sinéad Cusack, Gordon R. Strachan. Peter, a young boy living in the fishing village of St Monans, Scotland during 1940s, learns about life and the beauty of imagination from his grandfather and female teacher in this touching semi-autobiographical story about childhood.
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- Drama
- Ian Sellar
- 1989-12-01
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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 ...
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.
1989. 1 hr 34 min. 5.8 (122) Voted one of the top 20 Scottish movies of all time, Venus Peter tells the story of Peter who is baptized with salt water and becomes the sea child of ancient legend.
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