Anaïs Demoustier

Acting

Anaïs Demoustier

Born 1987-09-29 · Lille, Nord, France

Anaïs Aude Marie Michèle Demoustier (born 29 September 1987) is a French actress. She was nominated for Most Promising Actress twice at the César Awards, in 2009 for Les Grandes Personnes and in 2011 for Living on Love Alone. In 2020, she won the César for Best Actress for her performance in the film Alice and the Mayor. In April 2023, Demoustier was announced as the president of the Caméra d'Or Jury for the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. During the filming of Marguerite & Julien, Demoustier began dating her co-star, Jérémie Elkaïm. In December 2015, it was announced that the couple were expecting their first child. Demoustier gave birth to a daughter in March 2016. Her brother, Stéphane Demoustier, is a filmmaker and screenwriter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anaïs Demoustier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

The Count of Monte Cristo poster
7.9

Edmond Dantès becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.

The Count of Monte Cristo

2024

Belle épine poster
5.5

After the death of her mother, 17-year-old Prudence finds herself living alone in her Paris apartment. Then she meets Maryline, a rebel of her own age, who introduces her to the thrills of motorcycle racing on the biker circuit at Rungis. Prudence’s newfound lease of freedom becomes complicated when she falls for a boy Franck who wastes no time in taking advantage of her naivety...

Belle épine

2010

Keep an Eye Out poster
6.7

Louis just found the corpse of a man in front of his apartment building. Taken in for custody by Captain Buron, he finds himself on the wrong end of a surreal interrogation. But how can you prove you are innocent when the cops are crazy?

Keep an Eye Out

2018

November poster
7.0

In November 2015, a series of unprecedented and deadly attacks hits Paris. The anti-terrorist police led by Heloise and her chief commander Fred face an unprecedented level of pressure. In a race against the clock, they must find the perpetrators of the attacks as quickly as possible before they can strike again, travelling across Europe and beyond in one of the biggest manhunts in history.

November

2022

La Vénus électrique poster
7.2

Artist Antoine has lost all inspiration and slipped into alcoholism since the death of his wife Irène, a loss he blames himself for. Suzanne is a penniless sideshow performer pretending to be a clairvoyant, whom Antoine consults in a bid to connect with Irène. Antoine’s dealer Armand, desperate to keep Antoine from falling apart, urges Suzanne to keep the ruse alive. She stages a series of improvised hypnosis sessions, claiming she can channel Irène in exchange for having her debts paid by Armand.

La Vénus électrique

2026

Vertiginous poster
5.9

Jacques goes to his friend Bruno's house to tell him some big news: the entire human race is living in a simulation...

Vertiginous

2026

Along Came Love poster
6.5

1947. On a beach, Madeleine, a waitress in a hotel restaurant, mother of a little boy, meets François, a rich and cultivated student. The force of attraction that pushes them towards each other is commensurate with the secrecy that each carries. If we know what Madeleine wants to leave behind by following this young man, we discover over time, what François is desperately trying to flee by mixing Madeleine's fate with his.

Along Came Love

2023

Time of the Wolf poster
6.1

A middle-class family flees an unspecified disaster that has struck the city and takes refuge in their country home. They think this will allow them to escape the chaos, but they soon realize that getting away won’t be so easy.

Time of the Wolf

2003

The New Girlfriend poster
6.1

A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.

The New Girlfriend

2014

Elles poster
5.3

A journalist tries to balance the duties of marriage and motherhood while researching a piece on college women who work as prostitutes to pay their tuition.

Elles

2011

Smoking Causes Coughing poster
6.0

After a devastating battle against a diabolical turtle, a team of five avengers — known as the "Tobacco Force" — is sent on a mandatory retreat to strengthen their decaying group cohesion, where they share scary stories the film depicts. Their storytelling sojourn goes wonderfully well until Lézardin, Emperor of Evil, decides to annihilate planet Earth.

Smoking Causes Coughing

2022

Marguerite & Julien poster
5.7

Julien and Marguerite de Ravalet, son and daughter of the Lord of Tourlaville, have loved each other tenderly since childhood. But as they grow up, their affection veers toward voracious passion.

Marguerite & Julien

2015

Bird People poster
5.9

An overstressed American businessman and a French chambermaid make a connection at an airport hotel in Paris.

Bird People

2014

The Beautiful Person poster
6.5

In the wake of her mother's tragic death, French teenager Junie transfers to a different high school. Though Junie lives mostly inside her own head, her beauty and stoicism win her the attention of the entire male student population. Junie begins dating the gentle Otto Cleves, but finds herself intensely drawn to her youthful Italian language teacher, Nemours. When Nemours begins to reciprocate, serious complications ensue.

The Beautiful Person

2008

Sophie's Misfortunes poster
4.9

Sophie is far from being the model little girl one would like her to be, unlike her friends Camille and Madeleine. She always insists on having her own way, often getting into trouble, to the despair of one and all. But her mother is unbending and otherwise inclined. She will not let her get away with anything, and poor Sophie will often have to live with the consequences of her bad behaviour and learn her lesson.

Sophie's Misfortunes

2016

Through the Fire poster
7.3

Franck is a firefighter in Paris. He saves people. He lives at the station with his wife, who is about to have twins. He’s happy. During a call out to a fire, he puts himself in danger, to save his men. He’s going to have to learn to live again and accept to be the one being saved, this time.

Through the Fire

2018

The Snows of Kilimanjaro poster
6.7

A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

2011

Anaïs in Love poster
6.2

A young woman struggling to stay on top of everything in her life meets a married publisher and begins an affair with him.

Anaïs in Love

2021

Pauline poster
6.1

A young woman chronicles her childhood of neglect and isolation.

Pauline

2009

The Love Letter poster
5.7

Jonas, a 40 something Parisian, is still desperately in love with his ex-girlfriend Léa. When he knocks on her door to confess his feelings and she turns him down, he ends up at the café downstairs. Inspiration strikes and he sits down to write her a long love letter, dodging everything he was supposed to do that day. What begins as a last attempt to get her back surprisingly turns into a vivid musing on the state of his life. Over the course of a day, helped by a wisecracking bartender and an array of patrons from the neighborhood, Jonas has to face his past relationships, his uncertain future and, most of all, himself.

The Love Letter

2021

The French Minister poster
6.0

Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity, and efficacy. Enter Arthur Vlaminck. Hired to write the minister's speeches, Arthur must contend with the sensibilities of his boss and the dirty dealings within the Quai d'Orsay, the ministry's home.

The French Minister

2013

Daaaaaalí! poster
6.2

A young French journalist repeatedly meets iconic surrealist artist Salvador Dalí for a documentary project that never came to be.

Daaaaaalí!

2024

Paris Follies poster
5.9

Long married 50-somethings Brigitte and Xavier are prize cattle breeders in regional France. Life is good, but the departure of their children from home has thrown Brigitte’s world into flux, as she finds herself locked into routine. She keeps hoping for something else, something more. A party held by students on the adjoining property accelerates this latent crisis and Brigitte impulsively sets off for Paris under the guise of a doctor’s appointment. The city immediately invigorates her, and when she meets a charming Danish gentleman, she impulsively allows herself to be flattered by his attentions…

Paris Follies

2014

Démons poster
4.1

A married couple lives in a state of mutual loathing, contemplating divorce until they invite their younger neighbours over for a drink. In that moment, the happy young couple is dragged into the bitter resentment and psychological warfare of the older pair.

Démons

2015