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Vénus beauté (institut) (1999)

R | | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 3 February 1999 (France)
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Employees of a beauty parlor in search of love and happiness.

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Cast overview, first billed only:
... Angèle Piana
... Madame Nadine, la patronne
... Antoine DuMont
Jacques Bonnaffé ... Jacques
... Samantha
... Marie
... L'aviateur
... La cliente aux bottines fourées
... La cliente aux taches sur les mains
... La fiancée d'Antoine (as Hélène Filières)
Brigitte Roüan ... Madame Marianne
Claire Nebout ... La cliente exhibitioniste
... Tante Maryse
... Tante Lyda
... Mlle Evelyne
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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>

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Welcome to the Venus Beauty Institute where love, innocence and sex are a sight to behold.

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Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Rated R for sexuality/nudity and language | See all certifications »

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3 February 1999 (France)  »

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Opening Weekend USA:

$32,150, 29 October 2000, Limited Release

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$416,464, 23 September 2001
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Veteran French actress Micheline Presle, who cameos as a spinster aunt, is actually the mother of director Tonie Marshall. See more »

Quotes

Angele: When you smile I find you handsome.
Jacques: That's because you know my soul.
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Followed by Venus and Apollo (2005) See more »

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Rilax No1
Written by N. Neidhart, S. Storch
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Mildly entertaining voyeurism and lots of girl talk
3 January 2002 | by – See all my reviews

"Venus Beauty Institute" tells of 40+ Angele (Baye), who prefers one night stands or "flings", as she calls them, to normal heterosexual relationships and love, and her lack of success with men. In addition to never being given a reason to care about Angele one way or the other, the audience will find much of this film dedicated to superfluous girl talk about the this and that of their lives and vocations. Inconclusive and muddled, "VBI" has little to offer save some fine performances which seems wasted on a trite and useless story.
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