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Venus Beauty Institute
Venus Beauty Institute

Venus Beauty Institute

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

Genres

ComedyDramaRomance

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

5.787/10

Release Date

03 February 1999

Country

France

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

Emmanuelle Riva

Emmanuelle Riva

Tante Lyda

Hélène Fillières

Hélène Fillières

La fiancée d'Antoine

Gilbert Melki

Gilbert Melki

L'amant de la gare

Romain Goupil

Romain Goupil

Le médecin

Brigitte Roüan

Brigitte Roüan

Madame Marianne

Marie Rivière

Marie Rivière

La cliente aux bottines fourées

Joël Brisse

Joël Brisse

L'ami de Poitiers

Philippe Harel

Philippe Harel

Un homme du self

Patrick Pineau

Patrick Pineau

Un homme du self

Liliane Rovère

Liliane Rovère

La cliente épilation

Édith Scob

Édith Scob

La cliente aux taches sur les mains

Frédéric Andrei

Frédéric Andrei

Le client finitions

Sophie Grimaldi

Sophie Grimaldi

Madame Langevin - La cliente de Marie

Chantal Bronner

Chantal Bronner

La cliente d'Angèle

Catherine Hosmalin

Catherine Hosmalin

La cliente au fond de teint

Martine Audrain

Martine Audrain

La voisine d'Angèle

Laurence Mercier

Laurence Mercier

Mrs. Schmidt

Eric Petitjean

Eric Petitjean

Le déménageur 1

Rinaldo Rocco

Rinaldo Rocco

Le déménageur 2

Michel Gauthier

Michel Gauthier

Le serveur

Michel Vandestien

Michel Vandestien

Le patron de l'entrepôt

Charles-Roger Bour

Charles-Roger Bour

Pierre

Alain Peyrollaz

Alain Peyrollaz

L'homme du quai

Claire Denis

Claire Denis

La cliente asmathique

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