Venus & the Sun (2011)

  • NR
  • 03/10/2011 (GB)
  • Fantasy
  • 23m

Being a goddess can be such a boar

Overview

Model and Page 3 favourite Keeley Hazell thinks she's solved all her problems by taking up an unexpectedly high-brow hobby: translating Latin. The language has given her magical powers, enabling her to ward-off the frenzied attention of her adoring fans, and the British Library offers an ideal refuge from the hordes. But when she meets Adam, the one Sun-reader in the country she hadn't bargained for, Keeley is given a lesson in not judging books by their covers. Her journey of discovery will reveal just how far she's come to rely on the advantages of fame. A warped retelling of Ovid's most famous myth, Venus and Adonis, and a comic study of society's obsession with the image.

Adam Randall

Director

Reuben Grove

Writer

Cast

Keeley Hazell's headshot

Keeley Hazell

Keeley
Ukweli Roach's headshot

Ukweli Roach

Adam
Will Smith's headshot

Will Smith

Simon
Sam Blackmore's headshot

Sam Blackmore

Jakey the Builder
Lucy Cudden's headshot

Lucy Cudden

Phone messages
Jot Davies's headshot

Jot Davies

Phone messages
Melody Grove's headshot

Melody Grove

Narrator
Marina Hayter's headshot

Marina Hayter

Suzanne the Librarian

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