She craves passion but seems too distracted to nurture it. There’s some truth to that statement, and other pseudo-profound ones Anaïs utters throughout the film. The problem, Anaïs tries to explain while putting on a new dress, is that she found domesticity grating, boring, not for her. As the landlord impatiently lectures her on installing a smoke detector and paying her overdue rent, Anaïs shuffles around the apartment, changing for a party and confessing how things between her and her partner Raoul (Christophe Montenez) aren’t working out. The contours of Anaïs’ personality, on display through her brief, rattling conversation with her landlord, suggest a woman fixated on being interesting. 'Blue Jean' Review: Riveting Queer Identity Drama Is a Head-Turner for Both Director and Lead Actress The film, at times, feels crazed and slightly random - just like our protagonist. Anaïs’ journey contains moments of exhilarating momentum and then, just as quickly, depressing inertia. The film is preoccupied - obsessed, really - with the process of growing into oneself, which is different from just getting older. Each romance presents an opportunity for growth, but Anaïs in Love is not about coming of age in any neat, linear sense. Bourgeois-Tacquet’s film is a merry-go-round, a kinetic portrait of a young woman stumbling out of love, falling into it, letting it go and picking it back up. The energy of the opening sequence indeed is sustained as we follow the character’s tussles with desire. It’s the perfect introduction to this winsome, sometimes exhausting woman played by Anaïs Demoustier. Cast: Anaïs Demoustier, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Denis Podalydès, Jean-Charles Clichet, Xavier Guelfi, Christophe Montenezĭirector-screenwriter: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
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