Movie: Venus Beauty Institute

Top 10 Billed Cast

Nathalie Baye
Nathalie Baye

Angèle Piana

Bulle Ogier
Bulle Ogier

Madame Nadine, la patronne

Audrey Tautou
Audrey Tautou

Marie

Mathilde Seigner
Mathilde Seigner

Samantha

Samuel Le Bihan
Samuel Le Bihan

Antoine DuMont

Jacques Bonnaffé
Jacques Bonnaffé

Jacques

Robert Hossein
Robert Hossein

L'aviateur

Claire Nebout
Claire Nebout

Mme Bouisse

Micheline Presle
Micheline Presle

Tante Maryse

Elli Medeiros
Elli Medeiros

Mme Evelyne

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  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    1999-02-03

  • Average

    5.787

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
  • Tagline

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

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    Français
  • Keywords

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