Anaïs Demoustier – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

THE ELECTRIC KISS (Cannes 2026) – Review by Diane Carson

May 21, 2026May 21, 2026 Diane Carson Anaïs Demoustier, Cannes 2026, Electric Kiss, Pierre Salvadori, Pio Marmaï, Vimala Pons

Writer/director Pierre Salvadori served up an entertaining, sweet bon-bon for the opening night of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. With humor, romance, and a few ideas on its mind, the film is appropriately set in a 1920s Parisian circus world where Suzanne, billed as Venus Electrificata, lures men on stage to receive a high-voltage kiss. Off stage and behind the scenes, an assistant provides the requisite shocks that seal the gullible volunteer’s lips to hers. Such fakery infuses the plot with other sleight of hand games and, more seriously for the subjects, seance sessions with a medium. That leads to the central, potentially pathetic drama, for Antoine suffers grievously from the loss of his beloved wife.

Movie of the Week Reviews

MOVIE OF THE WEEK April 29, 2022: ANAIS IN LOVE

April 24, 2022June 4, 2022 Jennifer Merin Anaïs Demoustier, betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, Denis Podalydès, french mobies, jennifer merin, loren king, motw, Movie of the Week, Pam Grady, sandie angulo chen, susan wloszczyna, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Like a French Greta Gerwig character, the charming but often-flighty Anaïs (Anaïs Demoustier) discovers the truth behind Shakespeare’s old adage that the course of true love never did run smooth in Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s beguiling French romantic comedy Anaïs in Love. As she negotiates family, work, and romance, Anaïs begins to realize that her ultra-carefree approach to life may not always be the best option now that she’s entering her 30s. But does that mean she has to change her ways?

Reviews

ANAIS IN LOVE – Review by Susan Wloszczyna

April 18, 2022April 24, 2022 Susan Wloszczyna Anaïs Demoustier, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, Denis Podalydès, french movies, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Call her irresponsible, call her unreliable, call her infuriating, call her self-centered, call her Anaïs in Love. A first feature from French writer-director Charline Bourgeiois-Tacquet, Anaïs in Love revolves around an exceedingly irresponsible, and, yes, quite fetching 30-year-old woman who acts like a rebellious teen who constantly thinks about herself without considering how her choices affect those around her.