Venus Beauty Institute
Venus Beauty Institute, also known as Venus Beauty, is a 1999 French romantic comedy. The story centers on three employees of a beauty parlor and their search for love and happiness. The film is directed by Tonie Marshall. It stars Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier, Samuel Le Bihan, Jacques Bonnaffé, Mathilde Seigner, Audrey Tautou, Robert Hossein, Claire Denis, Micheline Presle, Emmanuelle Riva and Elli Medeiros.
Plot
Angèle is a 40-year-old beautician who works at the title establishment in Paris. She has been an orphan from the age of eight, her father having killed her mother for suspected infidelity, and then killing himself when her infidelity was proved untrue. She picks up men to have short sex flings, but no longer believes in love, having hurt her former boyfriend, Jacques, whom she occasionally contacts out of loneliness, but who is never available at the same time as her. An unkempt younger man, Antoine, sees her at a cafe as she is being dumped by her latest fling, and falls in love with her. He stands outside the beauty shop to watch for Angèle, follows her to a café and declares his love for her, but she for once is lost for words and does not immediately return his feelings. Antoine also reveals that despite his feelings for her, he is engaged, but feels he is drifting away from his fiancée. However, despite her refusal to believe in love, Angèle gradually falls for Antoine.
Cast
- Audrey Tautou
- Brigitte Roüan
- Bulle Ogier
- Catherine Hosmalin
- Claire Denis
- Claire Nebout
- Claude Jade
- Édith Scob
- Elli Medeiros
- Emmanuelle Riva
- Frédéric Andréi
- Gilbert Melki
- Hélène Fillières
- Jacques Audiard
- Jacques Bonnaffé
- Joël Brisse
- Liliane Rovère
- Marie Rivière
- Marion Vernoux
- Mathilde Seigner
- Mehdi
- Micheline Presle
- Nathalie Baye
- Patrick Pineau
- Philippe Harel
- Robert Hossein
- Romain Goupil
- Samuel Le Bihan
- Sophie Grimaldi
- Tonie Marshall
More details
| author | Jacques Audiard Marion Vernoux Michael Haneke Tonie Marshall |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Paris |
| director | Tonie Marshall |
| editor | Jacques Comets |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | betray drift dump engage follow kill kiss late wife learn new year old friend shop string suspect |
| musicBy | Luiz Bonfá |
| nomination | César Award for Best Actress |
| producer | Gilles Sandoz |
| publisher | Pyramide Distribution |
| theme | romantic comedy |