‘The Electric Kiss’ Review: Cannes Opens With a Thud — a ‘Light’ French Period Romance About an Artist and a Fake Psychic, but the Movie Is Inert
- The Cannes Film Festival opened on Tuesday with the premiere of "The Electric Kiss," a 1928 Paris-set romantic comedy-drama from veteran filmmaker Pierre Salvadori, running for the next 11 days.
- Focusing on a 1928 Paris romance, the story features Suzanne, a carnival performer played by Anais Demoustier, who poses as a psychic to help grieving artist Antoine Balestro reconnect with his late wife, Irene.
- After being exploited by carnival owner Titus, played by Gustave Kervern, Suzanne strikes a deal with Antoine's dealer Armand to maintain the ruse in exchange for profits from his paintings.
- Initial reviews have been harsh, with some critics labeling "The Electric Kiss" "the worst festival opener" in a decade, citing overcalculated storytelling that lacks "spirit of real magic."
- Cannes organizers have historically struggled with opening-night selections, choosing underwhelming films like "Café Society" and "The Dead Don't Die," though festival attendees expect quality to improve throughout the event.
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The 79th Film Festival began in Cannes, where, among other things, the new film by Andrei Zwigiantsev "Minotavre" and the recent painting by Cantemir Balagov "Varenier of Butterflys." The "Meduza" will talk about the main premieres every day. The film that opened the screening was the tragedy of "Electric Venus" by Pierre El Salvadori, a retro-cartina whose main character is performing at a street fair with a strange ride: she has a current thro…
At the opening of the Cannoese festivities, the filmmaker presents "La Venus électrique", an enchanting comedy on the circulation of souls and desire, with a...
On Wednesday, Candice Mahout invites spectators to return to the theatre for a romantic comedy of the time. She presents the film by Pierre Salvadori, "La Venus électrique", which combines humour and elegance on a large screen as well. (Culture, media and entertainment).
Pierre Salvadori pays a nice tribute to the entangled classics here and there in a comedy of deception and spiritism essentially light and distantly indebted to Amélie Read
‘The Electric Kiss’ Review: The Power Is Out in Pierre Salvadori’s 1920s Comedy Romance, Which Opens Cannes With a Fizzle
Pio Marmaï, Anaïs Demoustier and Gilles Lellouche star in 'The Electric Kiss' Pierre Salvadori's comedy romance about an art scam in 1920s Paris.
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