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- 2022
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
- 2022
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
Summary A spirited young woman (Anaïs Demoustier) falls in love with the novelist wife of the man with whom she’s having an affair.
Written By: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
- 2022
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
- 2022
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
Anaïs in Love
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5.7
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Summary A spirited young woman (Anaïs Demoustier) falls in love with the novelist wife of the man with whom she’s having an affair.
Written By: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
73
83% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
17% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
73
83% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
17% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The film is preoccupied — obsessed, really — with the process of growing into oneself, which is different from just getting older. Anaïs’ journey contains moments of exhilarating momentum and then, just as quickly, depressing inertia. The film, at times, feels crazed and slightly random — just like our protagonist.
There’s something unexpected about the way Anaïs in Love pulls you in, with its airiness making it exactly the right film to watch at this moment as the sundresses are coming out and few things feel better than reading a good book in the grass. Some movies just feel like spring; Anaïs in Love is certainly one.
A perfect late-summer diversion.
For all of its farcical overtones, the film contains many shrewd observations about the power games inherent in relationships.
The film’s narrative structure is as aimless as its lead, and it hangs onto her every whim; few obstacles are placed in Anaïs’ way, leaving the stakes low and little room for doubt. For those who enjoy watching a protagonist effortlessly get what she wants, Anaïs in Love is a breezy ride.
It’s not a bon bon or a comic delight. But Bourgeois-Tacquet and her muse Demoustier give coquettes, gamines and manic pixie dream girls (a Hollywood staple) the kind of butt-kicking all those people who misguidedly hated poor Amelie for decades ago longed for.
Some might wonder what Anaïs in Love really has to say for itself; the film, perhaps, objects to the idea of young women like its cheerfully confused heroine having to explain themselves at all. Either way, this zephyr-blown dandelion of a movie isn’t going to break a sweat to get its message across.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 User Ratings
5.7
29% Positive
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14% Negative
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User Score
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Based on 7 User Ratings
5.7
29% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
57% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
14% Negative
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Production Company
Année Zéro,
Les Films Pelléas,
Arte France Cinéma,
Canal+,
Ciné+,
ARTE,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Région Bretagne,
Région des Pays-de-la-Loire,
Haut et Court,
Be For Films,
Sofica Manon 11,
Cinémage 15,
Indéfilms 9,
Cinéaxe 2
Release Date Apr 29, 2022
Duration 1 h 38 m
Awards
Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Melbourne Queer Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
