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Anaïs in Love

2021 · 98 min

Restless, chatty and sunlit, it flits through a woman's messy desires with wry charm and a soft ache underneath.

Directed by
Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Starring
Anaïs Demoustier, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Denis Podalydès
Tagline
Lose yourself in love.
Overview
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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Directed by
Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Starring
Anaïs Demoustier, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Denis Podalydès
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • obsession
  • family
  • freedom
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, comedy
Directed by
Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
Written by
Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
Starring
Anaïs Demoustier, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Denis Podalydès, Grégoire Oestermann, Bruno Todeschini, Anne Canovas, Christophe Montenez, Xavier Guelfi
Music
Nicola Piovani
Cinematography
Noé Bach
Runtime
98 min
Country
France
Languages
English, French

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