"The Hairdresser's Husband" shows a boy enraptured by his buxom female barber and then again as a middle-aged man who proposes to a beautiful barber during his first visit to her salon. The film goes on from there bathing itself in the couple's mutual gratification and the man's peculiar predilection for Eastern dancing while wandering ambiguously and playing out thematically with precious little story to be found. All in all, the film seems to be a testament to one man's obsession though it could well have been a boy's fantasy or the man's boyish imaginings. Not clear of purpose, this flick is simply beautiful and fun hedonism with narrow appeal from the less-is-more school of film making. Only for those into fatalistic French films and other artsy stuff. (B)
Review of The Hairdresser's Husband
