Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 7.108 |
Directed By
Tonie Marshall
Crew
Jacques Audiard
Tonie Marshall
Gilles Sandoz
Khalil Chahine
Michel Vandestien
Emmanuelle Pinet
Bruno Levy
Jacques Comets
Isabelle Pailley
Gérard de Battista
Claire Gerard-Hirne
Nathalie du Roscoat
Françoise Andrejka
Dominique Colladant
Mathilde Muyard
Cédric Chami
Stéphane Thiébaut
Gérard Lamps
Assia Dnednia
Nicolas Becker
Anne Le Campion
Ludovic Hénault
Anja Ludke
Jean-Jacques Ferran
TOP 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
Joël Brisse
L'ami de Poitiers
Philippe Harel
Un homme du self
Patrick Pineau
Un homme du self
Liliane Rovère
La cliente épilation
Édith Scob
La cliente aux taches sur les mains
Frédéric Andrei
Le client finitions
Sophie Grimaldi
Madame Langevin - La cliente de Marie
Chantal Bronner
La cliente d'Angèle
Catherine Hosmalin
La cliente au fond de teint
Martine Audrain
La voisine d'Angèle
Laurence Mercier
Mrs. Schmidt
Eric Petitjean
Le déménageur 1
Rinaldo Rocco
Le déménageur 2
Michel Gauthier
Le serveur
Michel Vandestien
Le patron de l'entrepôt
Charles-Roger Bour
Pierre
Alain Peyrollaz
L'homme du quai
Claire Denis
La cliente asmathique
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