“La Vénus électrique” to open Cannes Film Festival and release nationwide
“La Vénus électrique,” a 1920s Paris period comedy by Pierre Salvadori, will open the 79th Cannes Film Festival on 12 May and release in French cinemas the same day.
| Updated: 02 Apr 2026
La Vénus électrique will open the 79th Cannes Film Festival on 12 May, organisers have confirmed. The period comedy, directed by Pierre Salvadori, will be screened during the opening ceremony at the Palais des Festivals.
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Starring Pio Marmaï and Anaïs Demoustier, the film follows a grieving painter in 1920s Paris who is drawn into a series of fraudulent séances led by a quick-witted fairground worker.
In an unusual move, the film will also be released in cinemas across France on the same day, allowing audiences nationwide to watch it simultaneously with its Cannes debut.