Venus & the Sun (2011)

5.0/10 23 min Fantasy

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.

Cast

Keeley Hazell

Keeley

Ukweli Roach

Adam

Will Smith

Simon

Lucy Cudden

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Matt McCooey

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Amanda Morgan

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