
Venus Beauty Institute
Feb 03 1999
•2h 45m
•Comedy, Drama, Romance
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
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Nathalie Baye
Angèle Piana

Bulle Ogier
Madame Nadine, la patronne

Audrey Tautou
Marie

Mathilde Seigner
Samantha
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