'' Venus Peter '' is a 1989 British drama film directed by Ian Sellar and produced by Christopher Young for Young films . The film is an adaptation of the novel '' A Twelvemonth and a Day '' by Christopher Rush . It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival . It was filmed on the Orkney Islands , in the North of Scotland . The film crew paid members of the Orkney community to act as extras in the film
1989 Cannes Film Festival
1989 Cannes Film Festival
Venus Peter