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
