Antoine has always been fascinated by a hairdresser's delicate touch, the beguiling perfume and the enticing figure of a woman with an opulent bosom. After all, he always knew he would marry one, completing his idealised love fantasy.

Twelve-year-old Antoine falls profoundly in love with a voluptuous but suicidal hairdresser, a formative experience he never forgets. Much later in life, he seeks to repeat his romance by marrying Mathilde - also voluptuous and also a hairdresser - with whom he forms an intimate and consuming relationship in an attempt to blot out the miseries of this world from their lives.—Jasha

Ever since 12-year-old Antoine saw Madame Sheaffer, the neighbourhood's voluptuous Alsatian hairstylist, he knew he would be a hairdresser's husband one day. Mesmerised as if by a mysterious force, the enthusiastic boy had an intimate dream: to lose himself in the lady's protective embrace, hoping to glimpse the deep, titillating gap in her white blouse. As the months turn into years and Antoine refuses to abandon his childhood ambition, silent and distant coiffeuse Mathilde enters his world, taking him by surprise. After all, Antoine has always been fascinated by a hairdresser's delicate touch, the beguiling perfume and the enticing figure of a woman with an opulent bosom. Indeed, the grizzled romantic always knew he would marry one, completing his idealised love fantasy. And now, destiny calls. But what if happiness doesn't last forever?—Nick Riganas

Antoine, a little boy, falls in love with the local hairdresser, so he gets a hair cut every time he can. This situation causes some problems with his parents. However, when he grows up, he is still obsessed with the hair cutting, and one fine day he gets into a barber shop, meets the hairdresser (Mathilde), they fall in love at first sight, and begin a strange relation—Michel Rudoy <[email protected]>