The Hairdresser's Husband

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The Hairdresser's Husband

R

Released Oct 3, 1990

1h 23m

Romance

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Antoine (Jean Rochefort) has always had a thing for beautiful hairstylists. As a young boy, he lusted after the beautician who cut his hair, and vowed that one day he'd marry a hairdresser. His quest comes to an end when, as an adult, he meets gorgeous Mathilde (Anna Galiena). Their marriage doesn't dampen his erotic desire for her. If anything, he becomes even more sexually obsessed with her. In fact, the two rarely leave the hair salon, until the fateful night that Mathilde ventures outside.

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Kathleen Maher

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 4.5/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

In the end, the public cries of sadness in between a laughing attack. [Full review in Spanish]

Dec 12, 2022

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Malcolm Johnson

Hartford Courant

The Hairdresser's Husband, while finally moving, also plays like a film that dances in a trance about a half-formed idea with a preordained ending.

May 29, 2018

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Laconte's lyrical film is a painful tale of erotic obsession, imbued with a typically French fateful sensibility, and splendidly acted by the entire cast.

Rated: A

Oct 10, 2006

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Daniel M. Kimmel

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Rated: 4/5

Feb 8, 2004

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Chris Barsanti

Filmcritic.com

Rated: 3/5

Jan 29, 2004

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This Patrice Leconte's contemplation on obsession and desire of the titular central character with his coiffeuse wife overwhelms with sublime happiness like hair washing albeit it closes with a sad hint that bliss in possession will not last and remembered joys are never past.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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I never thought normal life would be so entertaining and pleasing to watch. This movie will make you happy and at the same time it will make you cry.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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A short little flick about a boy/mans love for a hairdresser. Poetic and pretty, stylich, sweet and charming. The production, the acting and the cinematography is really good, and there is not much wrong with this film. Still it fails to blow me away or getting me super obsessed. It never got that little extra that makes it an unforgettable experience. It feature the hottest hardresser on earth and the really sensual groove is key. Somewhat entertaining, but nothing big. It's minimalistic, weird and easy to like. Dreams and obsession, often the combination, are also themes here. 7.5 out of 10 wool bathing shorts.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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A bizzarre movie with uncomprehensible paradoxes. But that's what life is about. For a hairdresser's husband, his wife is everything, and that makes her life forever infinite, because her image would stuck in his mind for good. That's Kierkegaard's idea of making the finite to the eternal by receptivity to outsiders

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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I don't get the high ratings at all. This movie is dull, dull, dull and the main character is a weird creep. Sure, the girl is beautiful, but some goofy old Arab guy spending an entire movie perving on a cute girl is not very interesting. The ratings on this one are wayyyy lopsided.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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awfully (bitter)sweet and romantic to the point of it being almost a love fairytale. rather diabetes-inducing, but not in a nauseating way though antoine did come across as an old perv,sorry. would've better savored the beauty of the film more if i was a hopeless romantic.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Patrice Leconte

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Jean Rochefort

Antoine

Anna Galiena

Mathilde

Henry Hocking

Antoine - Age 12

Maurice Chevit

Ambroise Dupré dit Isidore Agopian

Roland Bertin

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Synopsis

Antoine (Jean Rochefort) has always had a thing for beautiful hairstylists. As a young boy, he lusted after the beautician who cut his hair, and vowed that one day he'd marry a hairdresser. His quest comes to an end when, as an adult, he meets gorgeous Mathilde (Anna Galiena). Their marriage doesn't dampen his erotic desire for her. If anything, he becomes even more sexually obsessed with her. In fact, the two rarely leave the hair salon, until the fateful night that Mathilde ventures outside.

Director: Patrice Leconte
Producer: Thierry de Ganay
Screenwriter: Claude Klotz, Patrice Leconte
Distributor: Triton Pictures
Production Co: Centre National de la Cinematographie, Lambart Productions, TF1 Films Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Romance
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 3, 1990, Original
Release Date (DVD): Apr 28, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $11.1K
Runtime: 1h 23m

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