Venus Beauty (Institute)
Synopsis
"Venus Beauty" is the name of a neighborhood beauty parlor. Its business is to provide its customers (mostly women, but not all) with beauty tips and treatments and hear out their little worries or deepest sorrows. Whatever they come to buy—creams and elixirs, massages, sunlamp sessions or cosmetics—its clients leave with a ray of hope and faith that beauty springs eternal. To help her run this sanctuary devoted to the body beautiful, Nadine, the proprietress, employs three young beauticians: Samantha, Marie and Angèle.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (34)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Agat Films - Ex nihilo
- Co-productions : Tabo Tabo Films, Arte France Cinéma
- Film exports/foreign sales : Playtime
- French distribution : Pyramide Distribution
Full credits (19)
- Executive Producer : Gilles Sandoz
- Screenwriters : Tonie Marshall, Jacques Audiard, Marion Vernoux
- Director of Photography : Gérard De Battista
- Music Composer : Khalil Chahine
- Assistant directors : Nathalie Barbé, Christelle Lamarre, Alain Peyrollaz
- Editor : Jacques Comets
- Sound recordists : Jean-Jacques Ferran, Éric Thomas
- Costume designer : Nathalie Du Roscoat
- Co-producer : Emmanuelle Pinet
- Assistant Operators : Éric Brun, Stéphane Degnieau
- Press Attachés (film) : Dominique Segall, Astrid Gavard
- Sound editor : Mathilde Muyard
- Assistant editors : Lionel Cassan, Mike Fromentin
- Continuity supervisor : Josiane Morand
- Production Designer : Michel Vandestien
- Casting : Marion Tenet
- Sales Agent : Jacques Le Glou
- Sound mixers : Gérard Lamps, Anne Le Campion, Ludovic Hénault
- Still Photographers : Isabelle Weingarten, David Koskas
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
Box-office & releases
News & awards
News (3)
Selections (12)
Awards (2)
Delegations (2)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 2000
Director : Tonie Marshall
Actor : Audrey Tautou
About
"I'd already worked with Tonie on 'Bastard Brood.' When she told me she'd written a part—in 'Venus Beauty (Institute)'—especially for me, I was thrilled but also very nervous. At times like this, you think to yourself 'Oh my God! She wrote it for me. What if I don't like it?.' It's extremely nerve-wracking. But I loved the script and I'm really glad I made the film. Working with Tonie again wasn't just about loyalty for its own sake. When a director knows you, there's an element of trust but it doesn't necessarily make the work any easier. It was actually a very difficult shoot for Tonie, having so many actors to direct, and for me, having so many partners to act with. Deep down, it's always nice to feel wanted by a director."
Nathalie Baye
