Venus Beauty Institute (1999)

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

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.

• Released: 1999-02-03
• Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Runtime: 1h 45m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 5.9/10 from 140 votes

Directed by Tonie Marshall.

Top 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

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Venus Beauty Institute

• United States: stream on France Channel Amazon Channel

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