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Cannes Film Festival to Open With 1920s-Set French Movie ‘La Venus Electrique’
The period comedy marks Salvadori’s 11th feature and will also open in French theaters under Cannes rules.
- On May 12, the 79th Cannes Film Festival opens with Pierre Salvadori's 'La Vénus Électrique', a period comedy premiering at the Grand Théâtre Lumière following the opening ceremony.
- Set in Paris during the Roaring Twenties, the film follows painter Antoine Balestro, who regains inspiration after unknowingly encountering Suzanne, a carnival worker posing as a psychic.
- Described as a 'delightfully burlesque romantic comedy,' the film features a cast led by Pio Marmaï, Anaïs Demoustier, and Gilles Lellouche, drawing inspiration from sophisticated Hollywood comedies.
- French actor Eye Haïdara hosts the opening ceremony, which screens simultaneously in theaters across France alongside the premiere, with Diaphana Distribution handling domestic release and Goodfellas managing international sales.
- Running through May 23, the festival welcomes South Korean director Park Chan-wook as jury president, while Salvadori's project marks his 11th feature film at the festival in 34 years.
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This "comédie romanesque deliciously burlesque" by Pierre Salvadori with Pio Marmaï, Anaïs Demoustier, Gilles Lellouche, Vimala Pons, will be aired at the opening of the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival on May 12, before its release in theatres on May 13.
"La Venus électrique" by Pierre Salvadori will open the 79th edition of the festival dedicated to cinema. Gilles Lellouche and Vimala Pons are also on the poster.
The filmmaker's eleventh feature film sets the bubbling Paris of the early 20th century and tells of the tribulations of an inspired painter after the death of his companion.
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On Tuesday, May 12th, the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will open, the French La Vénus Électrique by Pierre Salvadori with Pio Marmai, Anais Demoustier, Gilles Lellouche, Vimala Pons, Gustave Kervern, Madeleine Baudot. (ANSA)
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