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The Hairdresser's Husband [DVD] [1991]

DVD ~ Jean Rochefort
4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Roland Bertin, Maurice Chevit, Philippe Clévenot
  • Directors: Patrice Leconte
  • Writers: Patrice Leconte, Claude Klotz
  • Producers: Monique Guerrier, Thierry de Ganay
  • Format: Full Screen, PAL
  • Language French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Palisades Tartan
  • DVD Release Date: 25 Sep 2000
  • Run Time: 78 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004Y3OR
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 77,677 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features
4:3 Full Frame
DVD 5
French
Region 0
Dolby Digital French
Dolby Digital
Directors Notes
Scene Selection
Stills Gallery
Film Review
Star And Director Filmographies
English


Synopsis
At an early age, Antoine's big dream was to be the husband of a hairdresser. As a sad-eyed, middle-aged man (Jean Rochefort) he tells the story of his life and how he finds his fantasy, marries her, and then discovers that maybe it can't last forever.

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The most erotic film ever, 9 Mar 2006
This review is from: The Hairdresser's Husband [DVD] [1991] (DVD)
If you find having your hair washed at the hair-dressers, the way the fingers massage your scalp through the wetness and slippery foam is in any way even only mildly erotic, then this is a film for you. Without ever showing any nudity, this film is super-charged with eros throughout.
The story is of little importance, although it is weird and strange. It's a quiet story of a man who falls in love with a hairdresser and marries her. Together the apparently ill-matched pair (he is a lot older then she is) seem to find fulfilment. Seem...
This is a film like only the French can make them - subtle, slow, emotional and oozing eros all the time.
One of my favourite films, ever.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most beautiful films ever made, 12 May 2003
An absolute tour-de-force. So delicate yet so powerfull. Very few films hit at the heart the way this one does, 'My life as a dog' comes to mind as a example of the films sometimes comic pathos but the sheer atmosphere, you can almost smell this film at times, is without parallel. Erotic but with it's clothes still on, subtitled but 5 minutes into this film and you've forgotten, this is what cinema was made for, this is what art was made for, and in the final dance then silence, well - this is life.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars perfect erotic melancholy, 7 Jul 2003
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After the darkness of Monsier Hire, France's best film-maker, Patrice Leconte created the Hairdresser's husband.

Leconte's skill is in drawing the viewer into odd worlds that float close to our own. Places that don't possess the prosaic momotony of real life, but are never so hyperreal as to be unconvincing. In this film he achieves a tone of obsession, but it is never sinister.

Shooting in muted reds and colours that remind me of old photographs, he weaves the tale of a boy fixated by the erotic awakening of visiting the hairdresser at age 12. The boy grows up and manages to live out his obsession.

Michael Nymans music blends perfectly with the story and visuals to create a film that beats most 'french' movies in terms of genuine erotic charge.

See this film with someone you can't keep your hands off.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply perfect...
beautiful, erotic, haunting. Anna Galiena is incendiary, and Jean Rochefort is as humane as ever. Gorgeous. The top of my top ten.
Published 6 months ago by R. Soltysek

4.0 out of 5 stars Quirky, humorous and enjoyable
I found this a surprising film. It largely takes place in a small barber's shop. The main theme is the genesis and fulfillment of a lonely man's sexual fantasy of being married... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Bluebell

1.0 out of 5 stars Pointless movie with no psychology going on between the two characters
Looking for an enigmatic French film, with long unbroken static shots of a middle aged man dancing to Arabic world music? You are? Good because this film is for you. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Pete

2.0 out of 5 stars Great film but poor DVD
This film was shot in 2.35:1 widescreen aspect ratio. This Second Sight DVD is about 1.78:1, not as wide as it should be, scanned up (like they do when a film is shown on tv), so... Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2007 by Robert

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic love story and very tragic.
This film is a wonderful fantasy about love.
It not only shows the deep warm feelings of a man but the growth of love. Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2006 by Esperanzita

4.0 out of 5 stars Devoted love
A man has the dream of marrying a hairdresser since the childhood. Then he met the beautiful Mathilde, and was not shy to ask her to marry him in their first meeting. Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2006 by Ivan C. H. Liu

5.0 out of 5 stars the finest film about hairdressing ever not made
this is the finest film ever made about love and erotism, although there's not a hint a skin anywhere, if youv'e ever been in love and lost her this is for you
Published on 4 Jan 2006 by morgantrading

5.0 out of 5 stars Whimsical
I enjoyed this film very much inspite of the ending which might appear implausible to some. It was not a great film, yet as the story unfolded I felt drawn into the life of this... Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2005 by A. L. Best

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty damn enjoyable film ...
Its a film about obsession and love in a kind of nice way.

Its just a fascinating film - and certainly one which makes you consider your hairdresser in a different way. Read more

Published on 6 Sep 2002 by Michael Graham Talks

5.0 out of 5 stars A truly beautiful, compelling tragic film.
A truly beautiful, film with all the right ingredients: Innocence, hope, humour, love, passion and tragedy.
Published on 28 April 2002 by Joanne

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