Venus Beauty Institute (1999)

5.9/10 105 min Comedy Drama Romance

Overview

Aging beautician Angèle, already wounded by a long-ago romance, gets awkwardly dumped at a train station. Witnessing how she turns around a humiliating situation, younger sculptor Antoine becomes so smitten that he breaks up with his fiancée and sets out to win Angèle's heart. Meanwhile, Angèle attempts to quash the budding romance of her young co-worker, Marie, and a much older widowed client, despite their obvious rapport.

Cast

Nathalie Baye

Angèle Piana

Bulle Ogier

Madame Nadine, la patronne

Audrey Tautou

Marie

Mathilde Seigner

Samantha

Samuel Le Bihan

Antoine DuMont

Jacques Bonnaffé

Jacques

Robert Hossein

L'aviateur

Claire Nebout

Mme Bouisse

Micheline Presle

Tante Maryse

Elli Medeiros

Mme Evelyne

Emmanuelle Riva

Tante Lyda

Hélène Fillières

La fiancée d'Antoine

Gilbert Melki

L'amant de la gare

Romain Goupil

Le médecin

Brigitte Roüan

Madame Marianne

Marie Rivière

La cliente aux bottines fourées

Philippe Harel

Un homme du self

Patrick Pineau

Un homme du self

Liliane Rovère

La cliente épilation

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