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Venus Beauty Institute (1999) More at IMDbPro »Vénus beauté (institut) (original title)

Madam Nadine manages with pride the "Vénus beauté" Salon which offers relaxation, massage and make-up services. The owner and her three beauticians: Samantha, Marianne and Angèle are pros. Contrary to her friend Marianne, who still dreams of the big day, Angèle no longer believes in love. Marie, the youngest of the three employees, discovers love in the hands of a sixty year-old former pilot, who risks everything... Written by L.H. Wong <lhw@sfs.org.sg>

Das "Venus Beaute" ist ein kleiner Schönheitssalon, geschmückt mit blauen Neonröhren und einer Vitrine voll von pastellfarbenen Cremetöpfchen. Tonie Marshall erzählt von den Mitarbeiterinnen Angèle, Nadine, Samantha und Marie. Angèle ist völlig verschmolzen mit diesem rosafarbenen Paradies, in dem auch ein älterer Pilot, eine Exhibitionistin und andere Entspannung finden. Nach der Arbeit geht sie oft aus und flirtet mit Männern. Auch eine Lesbierin verliebt sich in Angèle. Da begegnet ihr Antoine, der im nächsten Monat seine Verlobte heiraten will. Von Ex Jacques und den lesbischen Tanten genervt, setzt sie alles daran, Antoine zu gewinnen... Written by Mars

Christmas and New Year's Eve are approaching. Angèle, who's over 40, picks up men for anonymous sex; yet when Antoine, an unkempt younger man (who's overheard one of her sex partners rudely dismiss her) declares that he loves her and wants to be with her, she pushes him away. What's at the root of her mistrust of love? She works at the Vénus beauté salon, where the relationships and loves of her clients and of her boss and two co-workers contrast with her own. Out of loneliness, she occasionally contacts an old boyfriend, but their schedules never click. Antoine continues to hang about, even though he has a fiancée. Is there any route to happiness for Angèle? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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