Synopsis
A young woman struggling to stay on top of everything in her life meets a married publisher and begins an affair with him.
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Cast
- Anaïs DemoustierAnaïs
- Valeria Bruni TedeschiÉmilie
- Denis PodalydèsDaniel
- Grégoire OestermannChristian Jouannet
- Bruno TodeschiniFrançois (le père d'Anaïs)
- Anne CanovasLa mère d'Anaïs
- Christophe MontenezRaoul
- Xavier GuelfiBalthazar
- Jean-Charles ClichetYoann
- Annie MercierOdile
Recommendations
- 85
TheWrap
Bourgeois-Tacquet’s script is loaded with witty bon mots and carefully-constructed insights. - 83
The Film Stage
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. - 83
IndieWire
Anaïs isn’t so different in the wonderfully surprising last shot than she is in the first, but at last we can see that she’s having the time of her life. - 80
The New York Times
What took a while to grasp is that it isn’t necessary to like Anaïs. What’s crucial is that you stick with her, that you listen to what she says and doesn’t say, that you look beneath the skittishness to get a handle on what drives this woman — that you see her for who she is. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Like any craftily layered confection, what at first presents itself as colorfully whipped reveals itself to be a more tangy, lasting bite. - 67
The A.V. Club
While this is hardly Exhibit A in any catalogue of feminist films, it is very much told through the young woman exploring romantic possibility, rather than spotlighting her. - 65
Paste Magazine
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. - 63
Movie Nation
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.
