Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
Original title: Vénus beauté (institut)
Venus Beauty Institute is a 1999 French-language comedy movie directed by Tonie Marshall, with a running time of 1h 45m. It stars Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier and Audrey Tautou.
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.
Where to watch Venus Beauty Institute
Stream: France Channel Amazon Channel
Cast
- Nathalie Baye as Angèle Piana
- Bulle Ogier as Madame Nadine, la patronne
- Audrey Tautou as Marie
- Mathilde Seigner as Samantha
- Samuel Le Bihan as Antoine DuMont
- Jacques Bonnaffé as Jacques
- Robert Hossein as L'aviateur
- Claire Nebout as Mme Bouisse
- Micheline Presle as Tante Maryse
- Elli Medeiros as Mme Evelyne
- Emmanuelle Riva as Tante Lyda
- Hélène Fillières as La fiancée d'Antoine
