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Venus Beauty Institute

Original title: Vénus beauté (institut)
  • 19991999
  • RR
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
4.3K
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Nathalie Baye, Mathilde Seigner, and Audrey Tautou in Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
ComedyDramaRomance
Employees of a beauty parlor in search of love and happiness.Employees of a beauty parlor in search of love and happiness.Employees of a beauty parlor in search of love and happiness.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
4.3K
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    • Tonie Marshall
    • Tonie Marshall(screenplay)
    • Jacques Audiard
    • Marion Vernoux
  • Stars
    • Nathalie Baye
    • Bulle Ogier
    • Samuel Le Bihan
    • Tonie Marshall
    • Tonie Marshall(screenplay)
    • Jacques Audiard
    • Marion Vernoux
  • Stars
    • Nathalie Baye
    • Bulle Ogier
    • Samuel Le Bihan
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 22User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
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    Nathalie Baye, Mathilde Seigner, and Audrey Tautou in Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
    Nathalie Baye, Mathilde Seigner, and Audrey Tautou in Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
    Nathalie Baye, Mathilde Seigner, and Audrey Tautou in Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
    Nathalie Baye, Mathilde Seigner, and Audrey Tautou in Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
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    Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
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    Nathalie Baye in Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
    Audrey Tautou in Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
    Audrey Tautou in Venus Beauty Institute (1999)

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    Nathalie Baye
    Nathalie Baye
    • Angèle Piana
    Bulle Ogier
    Bulle Ogier
    • Madame Nadine, la patronne
    Samuel Le Bihan
    Samuel Le Bihan
    • Antoine DuMont
    Jacques Bonnaffé
    Jacques Bonnaffé
    • Jacques
    Mathilde Seigner
    Mathilde Seigner
    • Samantha
    Audrey Tautou
    Audrey Tautou
    • Marie
    Robert Hossein
    Robert Hossein
    • L'aviateur
    Marie Rivière
    Marie Rivière
    • La cliente aux bottines fourées
    Edith Scob
    Edith Scob
    • La cliente aux taches sur les mains
    Hélène Fillières
    Hélène Fillières
    • La fiancée d'Antoine
    • (as Hélène Filières)
    Brigitte Roüan
    • Madame Marianne
    Claire Nebout
    • La cliente exhibitioniste
    Micheline Presle
    Micheline Presle
    • Tante Maryse
    Emmanuelle Riva
    Emmanuelle Riva
    • Tante Lyda
    Elli Medeiros
    Elli Medeiros
    • Mlle Evelyne
    Claire Denis
    Claire Denis
    • La cliente asthmatique
    Liliane Rovère
    Liliane Rovère
    • La cliente épilation
    Gilbert Melki
    Gilbert Melki
    • L'amant de la gare
      • Tonie Marshall
      • Tonie Marshall(screenplay) (dialogue)
      • Jacques Audiard
      • Marion Vernoux
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Veteran French actress Micheline Presle, who cameos as a spinster aunt, is actually the mother of director Tonie Marshall.
    • Goofs
      Hélène Fillières is correctly credited in the opening titles but mistakenly listed in the end credits as "Hélène Filières"
    • Quotes

      Angele: When you smile I find you handsome.

      Jacques: That's because you know my soul.

    • Crazy credits
      Hélène Fillières is correctly credited in the opening titles but mistakenly listed in the end credits as "Hélène Filières"
    • Connections
      Followed by Venus and Apollo (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Nuit de Noël
      Written by l'abbé Zurfluh

      Performed by Camille Maurane (baritone), Marie-Claire Alain (organ) with Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint Laurent

      (Edition Erato Disques S.A.)

    User reviews22

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    8/10
    Good Bittersweet Movie
    This movie has some fine acting. It is driven by character rather than plot. Nathalie Baye, as Angèle, plays a 40ish beautician in Paris. She has had a traumatic childhood and has been burned in love so she limits herself to one-night stands where she is in the driver's seat. Then a man obsessively falls for her and she has to decide whether to open up to love, or at least the possibility of it. This does not play out quite the way it would if this were a Hollywood high concept movie.

    There are many minor characters, affectionately drawn. Some pieces of Angèle's past never quite get explained or resolved, which some people might complain about, but, hey, life is a lot like that.

    This film is set in Paris, right before and right after Christmas. (I also saw "La Buche" at the same theater, also set in Paris at Christmas, also very good)

    The jazzy score is particularly nice.

    This is not exactly an upbeat Christmas movie, but it's well worth seeing.
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    • sharkfinsoup
    • Dec 4, 2000

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    • Release date
      • February 3, 1999 (France)
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Agat Films & Cie (France)
      • Pyramide Distribution (France)
      • French
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Rue de Patay, Paris 13, Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • Agat Films & Cie
      • Arte France Cinéma
      • Tabo Tabo Films
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 45 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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