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Venus Beauty Institute is a french film of genre Drama directed by Tonie Marshall released in USA on 3 march 1999 with Nathalie Baye

Venus Beauty Institute (1999)

Venus Beauty Institute
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Released in USA 3 march 1999
Length 1h45
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Romantic comedy,    Romance
Rating62% 3.1438953.1438953.1438953.1438953.143895

Venus Beauty Institute (French: Vénus beauté (institut)), also known as Venus Beauty, is a 1999 French R rated romantic comedy. The story centers on three employees of a beauty parlor and their search for love and happiness. The film is directed by Tonie Marshall. It stars Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier, Samuel Le Bihan, Jacques Bonnaffé, Mathilde Seigner, Audrey Tautou, Robert Hossein, Claire Denis, Micheline Presle, Emmanuelle Riva and Elli Medeiros.

It won the César Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Writing and Most Promising Actress.

Synopsis

Angèle is a 40-year-old beautician who works at the title establishment in Paris. She has been an orphan from the age of eight, her father having killed her mother for suspected infidelity, and then killed himself when her infidelity was proved untrue. She picks up men to have short sex flings, but no longer believes in love, having hurt her former boyfriend, Jacques, whom she occasionally contacts out of loneliness, but who is never available at the same time as her. An unkempt younger man, Antoine, sees her at a cafe as she is being dumped by her latest fling, and falls in love with her. He stands outside the beauty shop to watch for Angèle, follows her to a café and declares his love for her, but she for once is lost for words and does not immediately return his feelings. Antoine also reveals that despite his feelings for her, he is engaged, but feels he is drifting away from his fiancée. However, despite her refusal to believe in love, Angèle gradually falls for Antoine.

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