Vénus Beauté (Institut) DVD 1999 Vénusz szépség (szalon) / Directed by Tonie Marshall / Starring: Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier, Samuel Le Bihan, Jacques Bonnaffé, Mathilde Seigner, Audrey Tautou

UPC 5998285751746

MADE IN EU

REGION 2 PAL DVD

Audio: French 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

Subtitle: Hungarian

Runtime: 105 minutes

English Summary:

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.

Venus Beauty Institute is run by Nadine, and Angèle's co-workers include Samantha, who has a string of dates and gives Angèle their descriptions, and Marie, the youngest who is still learning the ropes. The co-workers' love lives contrast with Angèle's. Marie has as her client an aging pilot, who had been burnt and had his face reconstructed from his late wife's skin. The pilot wants Marie to come to his house, which she eventually does, watched by Angèle and Antoine. Angèle is concerned that Marie is too naïve and that the pilot invited her to his house to seduce her. As Marie and the pilot begin to make love, Angèle and Antoine start kissing.

French Summary:

Angèle est esthéticienne, aux côtés de Marie et Sam, à Vénus Beauté, un salon de beauté de quartier dirigé par Nadine où clientes et clients confient leurs malheurs entre deux soins. Quand Angèle a terminé sa journée, elle drague des hommes avec lesquels elle tente d'établir un rapport minimal fait de sexe et de camaraderie. Elle échoue la plupart du temps. Elle ne croit plus à l'amour et elle a ses raisons. Mais un matin, dans une gare, Antoine la croise et va l'aimer d'un coup, puis le lui dire d'un trait.

Hungarian Summary:

A Vénusz egy párizsi belvárosi szépségszalon. Egy kozmetika, ahol a kezelések mellé tanácsokat is adnak, s ahol a női vendégek tudják, hogy mélyen rejlő, avagy múló lelki sebeiket megoszthatják valakivel. Olykor beesik egy-egy férfi vendég is. A Vénuszban árulnak kencéket, kozmetikumokat, nyugtató elixíreket és barnító krémeket, s bármiért térünk is be, biztosak lehetünk abban, hogy némi reményt és az örök szépségben való hitet is öntenek belénk. Az intézményt, s benne három alkalmazottját, a kozmetikus Samanthát, Marie-t és Angele-t Nadine, a szalon tulajdonosnője igazgatja. Angele dolgozik itt legrégebben: teljesen beleolvadt ebbe a rózsaszín világba, melyben a hétköznapok nyüzsgésével szemben minden időtlen nyugalmat áraszt, s minden a vendég figyelmes kiszolgálását szolgálja.Ha lejárt a munkaideje, Angele férfiakkal flörtöl, és megpróbál a szexre és a haverságra korlátozódó kapcsolatokra szorítkozni, amibe rendszerint belebukik. Angele nem hisz a szerelemben, s erre jó oka van. A Vénuszban közben zajlik az élet...

Cast / Distribution / Szereplők:

• Nathalie Baye as Angèle
• Audrey Tautou as Marie
• Mathilde Seigner as Samantha
• Samuel Le Bihan as Antoine
• Bulle Ogier as Nadine
• Jacques Bonnaffé as Jacques
• Robert Hossein as The Pilot
• Micheline Presle as Aunt Maryse
• Emmanuelle Riva as Aunt Lyda
• Édith Scob as A client
• Claire Nebout as Exhibitionist client
• Catherine Hosmalin as A client
• Liliane Rovère as A client
• Claude Jade as Lesbian client
• Brigitte Roüan as Depressive client
• Claire Denis as Asthmatic client
• Marie Rivière as Client with fur lined boots
• Hélène Fillières as Antoine's fiancée
• Elli Medeiros as Evelyne
• Romain Goupil as Dr. Fremond