Plot: Since that wondrous day the 12-year-old Antoine laid his eyes for the first time on the voluptuous and beguiling Madame Sheaffer, the lonesome hairdresser at the neighbourhood's barbershop, he knew that one day, he would be the husband of a hairdresser. Inevitably, as if drawn by a mysteriously irresistible force and mesmerised by the majestic Madame, the enthusiastic adolescent would visit the barber shop every so often, only to nestle himself in her protective arms hoping to catch even an ephemeral glimpse of that ample and opulent bosom from the blouse's intriguing gap. However, the years pass by swiftly, and middle-aged Antoine who is still that passionate boy, unexpectedly, he will fall in love with the alluring dark-haired coiffeuse Mathilde, and on the spur of the moment, he will finally marry the ideal woman of his dreams. But is frail happiness eternal?
Alternative Plot: Antoine (Jean Rochefort) has always had a thing for beautiful hairstylists. As a young boy, he lusted after the beautician who cut his hair, and vowed that one day he'd marry a hairdresser. His quest comes to an end when, as an adult, he meets gorgeous Mathilde (Anna Galiena). Their marriage doesn't dampen his erotic desire for her. If anything, he becomes even more sexually obsessed with her. In fact, the two rarely leave the hair salon, until the fateful night that Mathilde ventures outside.
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