Movie

Venus Beauty Institute

1999 · 105 min

A gentle, bittersweet Parisian slice of life, drifting between lonely hearts with wry warmth and quiet longing.

Tagline: Welcome to the Venus Beauty Institute where love, innocence and sex are a sight to behold
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.
How it feels: Romantic, melancholic, warm and whimsical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Love, loneliness, identity, friendship
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: romanticstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
loneliness
identity
friendship
healing
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild