Venus Beauty Institute(1999)
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.
Movie: Venus Beauty Institute
Top 10 Billed Cast
Angèle Piana
Madame Nadine, la patronne
Marie
Samantha
Antoine DuMont
Jacques
L'aviateur
Mme Bouisse
Tante Maryse
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
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5.8
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Welcome to the Venus Beauty Institute where love, innocence and sex are a sight to behold
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