Venus

Synopsis: Feature film. Maurice Russell (O’Toole) is a fading, ailing, not very famous actor who meets his friend’s grandniece, Jessie (Whittaker), a surly girl in her early twenties. They form a friendship which touches on love. In one scene O’Toole recites ‘Is this a dagger I see before me’ (perhaps a reference to O’Toole’s notorious performance as Macbeth at the Old Vic Theatre in 1980) and later recites Sonnet 18 ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day’ as Jessie bathes.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain; United States
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2006
Duration: 94 mins; 8,510 feet