Hypnotized and Hysterical (Hairstylist Wanted)

Hypnotized and Hysterical (Hairstylist Wanted)
Film poster
Directed by	Claude Duty
Written by	Jean-Philippe Barrau Claude Duty Pascale Faure
Produced by	Bruno Levy
Starring	Amira Casar Marina Foïs Olivia Bonamy Charles Berling Sergi López
Cinematography	Bruno Romiguière
Edited by	Agnès Mouchel
Music by	Valmont
Distributed by	Mars Distribution
Release dates	17 May 2002 (2002-05-17) (Cannes) 10 September 2002 (2002-09-10) (France)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	€2.5 million
Box office	$2.1 million

Hypnotized and Hysterical (Hairstylist Wanted) (original title: Filles perdues, cheveux gras) is a 2002 French musical comedy-drama film about the crossing paths of three lost young women. It was directed by Claude Duty.

The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2002.

Plot

Three lost women cross paths and help each other. Elodie (Olivia Bonamy) wants her daughter back, Natacha (Marina Foïs) wants her cat back, and Marianne (Amira Casar) wants her soul back.

Cast

• Amira Casar as Marianne
• Marina Foïs as Natasha
• Olivia Bonamy as Élodie
• Charles Berling as Arnaud
• Sergi López as Philippe
• Léa Drucker as Coraline
• Esse Lawson as Cindy
• Margot Abascal as Corine
• Evelyne Buyle as Madame Pélissier
• Judith El Zein as Marianne's Mother
• Béatrice Costantini as Natasha's boss
• Amadou Diallo as Kirikou
• Jean-François Gallotte as Jean-François
• Lorella Cravotta as Chief Nurse
• Sylvie Lachat as The social worker

Accolades

Award / Film Festival	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
Cannes Film Festival	International Critics' Week - Grand Rail d'or		Won
César Awards	Best First Feature Film		Nominated
	Most Promising Actress	Marina Foïs	Nominated
Deauville American Film Festival	Prix Michel d'Ornano		Won

External links

• Hypnotized and Hysterical at IMDb
• Nesselson, Lisa (18 May 2002). "Hypnotized and Hysterical, (Hairstylist Wanted)". Variety. Retrieved 1 January 2018.