Anais in Love is a 2021 French comedy-drama that moves at the speed of its restless lead character, a young woman who falls toward the wrong people at exactly the wrong moments and somehow keeps her footing anyway.
What is Anais in Love about?
Anais is thirty and permanently short on money, stuck with a lover she's no longer sure she wants. Everything shifts when she meets Daniel, who falls for her almost instantly, except Daniel lives with Emilie, a woman Anais finds herself drawn to just as strongly. What follows is less a love triangle than a portrait of a woman chasing a feeling she can't quite name, moving between two people who complicate her life in very different ways. Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet directs with a light touch, letting comedy and genuine longing sit in the same scene without either one cancelling the other out.
About the cast
Anais Demoustier carries the film in the title role, with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Denis Podalydes, Gregoire Oestermann, Bruno Todeschini, Anne Canovas, Christophe Montenez and Xavier Guelfi rounding out the people who move in and out of Anais's orbit over the course of the story.
Context & significance
Anais in Love is a French production and Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet's feature debut, arriving in the busy tradition of French comedies built around one impulsive central character rather than a tightly plotted romance. The film leans into that impulsiveness rather than judging it, following Anais from one decision to the next at a pace that mirrors how little she plans ahead. At 98 minutes, it stays close and conversational rather than sprawling, which keeps the focus on Anais herself throughout.
Watching Anais in Love on Ktime
Anais in Love streams on K-Time with a free account login, presented in its original French for viewers who want the film's dialogue and rhythm untouched. K-Time's Farsi-first interface still makes it easy for the Iranian diaspora to browse straight to international titles like this one, though this particular film has no Persian dub or subtitle track attached.