# Venus Peter > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Venus_Peter > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Venus_Peter.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Peter > Source revision: 1339283827 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) ***Venus Peter*** is a 1989 Scottish film directed by Ian Sellar and produced by [Christopher Young](/source/Christopher_Young_(producer)) for Young films. The film is an adaptation of the novel *A Twelvemonth and a Day* by [Christopher Rush](/source/Christopher_Rush_(writer)). It was screened in the [Un Certain Regard](/source/Un_Certain_Regard) section at the [1989 Cannes Film Festival](/source/1989_Cannes_Film_Festival).[2] It was filmed in [Orkney](/source/Orkney), in the North of [Scotland](/source/Scotland). The film crew paid members of the Orkney community to act as extras in the film. In 1999 Richard Mowe, curator of film at the [National Museum of Scotland](/source/National_Museum_of_Scotland), chose the film as one of his top twenty Scottish films of the century.[3] Japanese rock band Venus Peter are named after the film. ## Plot The film is set on a northern isle of Scotland in the 1940s and follows young Peter and his relationship in the mainly adult world of the fishing village and his relationship with the sea and fishing boats (foremost of which is [Kirkcaldy](/source/Kirkcaldy)-registered KY199). The most important relationship is between Peter and his fisherman grandfather. ## Cast - George Anton as Billy - [Louise Breslin](/source/Louise_Breslin) as Leebie - [Juliet Cadzow](/source/Juliet_Cadzow) as Princess Paloma - [Peter Caffrey](/source/Peter_Caffrey) as Father - [Sinéad Cusack](/source/Sin%C3%A9ad_Cusack) as Miss Balsilbie - [Emma Dingwall](/source/Emma_Dingwall) as Jenny - [Ken Drury](/source/Ken_Drury) as Gowans - [Christopher Fairbank](/source/Christopher_Fairbank) as Blind man - [Cecil Garson](/source/Cecil_Garson) as Gollie - [David Hayman](/source/David_Hayman) as Kinnear - [Sam Hayman](/source/Sam_Hayman) as Baby Peter - [Scott Heddle](/source/Scott_Heddle) as Peem - [Ray Jeffries](/source/Ray_Jeffries) as Bank manager - [Sheila Keith](/source/Sheila_Keith) as Epp - [Mary MacLeod](/source/Mary_MacLeod_(actress)) as Miss Sangster - [Ray McAnally](/source/Ray_McAnally) as Grandpa - [Alex McAvoy](/source/Alex_McAvoy) as Beadle - [Robin McCaffrey](/source/Robin_McCaffrey) as Georgina - Julia McCarthy as Agnes - [Caroline Paterson](/source/Caroline_Paterson) as Mother - [Gordon R. Strachan](/source/Gordon_R._Strachan) as Peter - [Alan Tall](/source/Alan_Tall) as McCreevie - [Cameron Stout](/source/Cameron_Stout) as Bystander - [Lorraine Buchan](/source/Lorraine_Buchan) as Bystander - [Justin Kimmett](/source/Justin_Kimmett) as Little Boy - Martin Brown as child in class ## References 1. ["Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150912042419/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-back-to-the-future-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-in-the-1980s.pdf). *British Film Institute*. 2005. p. 30. Archived from [the original](https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-back-to-the-future-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-in-the-1980s.pdf) on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2020. 1. ["Festival de Cannes: Venus Peter"](http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/274/year/1989.html). *festival-cannes.com*. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 1. Richard Mowe, [Top 20 Scottish films of the 20th Century](http://www.iofilm.co.uk/eiff/feats/topscotfilms.htm), iofilm Scotland, August 1999 ## External links - [Venus Peter](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098586/) at IMDb --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Venus Peter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Peter) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Peter?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.