

As a young boy he fantasised about a hairdresser who committed suicide and as a man in his 50s he begins an affair with a hairdresser which ends after ten years in her suicide. Though Antoine tells Mathilde that 'the past is dead', his life is evidence that on some level the past repeats itself. The film uses flashbacks throughout and there are frequent parallels drawn with the past. We are introduced to his fixation with female hairdressers which began at a young age.

The film begins with a flashback from the titular character, Antoine. In 1991 it was nominated for 'Best Foreign-Language Film' in the British Academy Film Awards. Jean Rochefort stars as the title character. The Hairdresser's Husband (French: Le Mari de la coiffeuse), a 1990 Frenchcomedy drama film written by Patrice Leconte and Claude Klotz, and directed by Leconte. Twelve-year-old Antoine falls profoundly in love with a voluptuous but suicidal hairdresser, a formative experience he never forgets.

Berkeley Electronic Press Selected Works. : The Hairdresser's Husband ( Le Mari de la coiffeuse ) NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - United Kingdom : Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Philippe Cl venot, Jacques Mathou, Claude Aufaure, Ticky Holgado, Mich le Laroque, Roland Bertin, Maurice Chevit, Albert Delpy, Patrice Leconte, The Hairdresser's Husband ( Le Mari de la coiffeuse ), The Hairdresser's Husband, Le Mari de la. This is a little low budget gem full of love and humanity and loss. The Hairdresser's Husband Le Mari de la coiffeuse.
