The Hairdresser's Husband

The Hairdresser's Husband

82 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Oct. 3, 1990

The film begins in a flashback from the titular character, Antoine. We are introduced to his fixation with female hairdressers which began at a young age. The film uses flashbacks throughout and there are frequent parallels drawn with the past. We are unsure what Antoine has done with his life, however we know he has fulfilled his childhood ambition, to marry a haidresser.

The Hairdresser's Husband

82 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Oct. 3, 1990

The Hairdresser's Husband
The film begins in a flashback from the titular character, Antoine. We are introduced to his fixation with female hairdressers which began at a young age. The film uses flashbacks throughout and there are frequent parallels drawn with the past. We are unsure what Antoine has done with his life, however we know he has fulfilled his childhood ambition, to marry a haidresser.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, TF1 Films Production, Lambart Productions, Investimage 3, Investimage 2
Original title Le mari de la coiffeuse
Directors Éric Pierson, Marie Beauchaud, Maggie Perlado, Patrice Leconte, Étienne Dhaene
Writers Claude Klotz, Patrice Leconte

Cast

Jean Rochefort

as Antoine

Anna Galiena

as Mathilde

Roland Bertin

as Antoine's Father

Maurice Chevit

as Ambroise Dupré dit Isidore Agopian

Philippe Clévenot

as Morvoisieux

Jacques Mathou

as Julien Gora

Claude Aufaure

as Gay Costomer

Albert Delpy

as Donecker

Henry Hocking

as Antoine - Age 12

Ticky Holgado

as Morvoisieux Son-in-Law

Michèle Laroque

as Adopted Child's Mother

Anne-Marie Pisani

as Madame A. Sheaffer

Pierre Meyrand

as Antoine's Brother

Yveline Ailhaud

as Antoine's Mother

Julien Bukowski

as Gloomy Man

Youssef Hamid

as Tunisian Customer

Laurence Ragon

as Madame Gora

Arlette Téphany

as Antoine's Sister-in-Law

Christophe Hémon

as Antoine's Brother Age - 12

Thomas Rochefort

as Little Edouard