82 minutes
10/3/1990
The film begins with 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 hairdresser.
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