Venus (2017 film)


Venus is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Eisha Marjara and released in 2017. The film stars Debargo Sanyal as Sid, an Indo-Canadian who is just beginning to come out as a transgender woman when she unexpectedly discovers that she has a teenage son with a former high school girlfriend.
The cast also includes Zena Darawalla, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Amber Goldfarb and Gordon Warnecke.
The film premiered on the film festival circuit in 2017, before going into general theatrical release in 2018.

Awards and nominations

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Makeup at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.