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Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   2,358 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Tonie Marshall (screenplay) &
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Release Date:
3 February 1999 (France) more
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Tagline:
Welcome to the Venus Beauty Institute where love, innocence and sex are a sight to behold.
Plot:
Employees of a beauty parlor in search of love and happiness. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
8 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Great, Uplifting Slice-of-Life Film more (22 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Nathalie Baye ... Angèle Piana
Bulle Ogier ... Madame Nadine, la patronne

Samuel Le Bihan ... Antoine DuMont
Jacques Bonnaffé ... Jacques
Mathilde Seigner ... Samantha

Audrey Tautou ... Marie
Robert Hossein ... L'aviateur
Marie Rivière ... La cliente aux bottines fourées
Edith Scob ... La cliente aux taches sur les mains
Hélène Fillières ... La fiancée d'Antoine (as Hélène Filières)
Brigitte Roüan ... Madame Marianne
Claire Nebout ... La cliente exhibitioniste
Micheline Presle ... Tante Maryse
Emmanuelle Riva ... Tante Lyda

Elli Medeiros ... Mlle Evelyne
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Vénus institut (France) (working title)
Venus Beauty Institute (USA) (literal English title)
Venus Beauty Salon (UK)
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality/nudity and language.
Runtime:
105 min
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Quotes:
Angele: When you smile I find you handsome.
Jacques: That's because you know my soul.
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Followed by "Vénus & Apollon" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Manhã de Carnaval more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Great, Uplifting Slice-of-Life Film, 16 August 1999
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Author: Guy33134 from Coral Gables, Fl

VENUS BEAUTY features France's fabulous Nathalie Baye, entering middle-age, as is her character (Angle) in this dramatic comedy. The Venus Beauty Salon is the location for this interesting personality study, not only of Ms. Bayes' character, but also of the personalities of her clients, admirers and co-workers. The film functions very well as a French modern slice-of-life study, across age, income, gender and social groups. Angle's pain in dealing with her sex and emotional life is very well depicted. Ms. Baye is aided by an excellent supporting cast including Samuel Le Bihan as her love interest. Le Bihan has been named France's "most promising young actor", and shows us why here. The movie really draws us into the lives of those who inhabit or pass through the Venus Beauty Institute, a microcosm of Parisian life in the 90's.

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