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A Brush with the Stars

Meilleur espoir féminin

FEATURE FILM 96'
Comedy

When a small-town hairstylist finds out that his only daughter is going to be an actress in Paris, the news is as devastating as a nuclear disaster
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Directed by

Gérard Jugnot (The Chorus, The War of Buttons, Friends Forever)

Starring

Bérénice Bejo ACADEMY AWARDS NOMINEE & CESAR AWARD WINNER (Eternity, The Search, The Past, The Artist)
Gérard Jugnot (The Chorus, The War of Buttons, Friends Forever)
Sabine Haudepin
Chantal Lauby (The Gilded Cage, Your hands on my hips)

1999 / Original language: French / Color / 1.85 / Stereo / available in hd

Forty year old Yvon Rance has always been a hairstylist. Hairdressing is his life and passion. He is elegant, his hairpiece fits him to a tee and in his native land of Brittany, he reigns over a small court of aging ladies whose loyalties he secures with vast amounts of silver highlighter. But the apple of his eye, his true masterpiece, is his only daughter Laetitia, whom he has raised on his own for nearly eighteen years. For her, he foresees a spectacular future: she will live in the city, where she will be a hairdresser at a cutting-edge beauty salon. But Laetitia's dreams are different. She has secretly been going to casting calls and was just selected for a lead role in a feature film. Her life is about to change radically. For Yvon, this is as devastating as a nuclear disaster...