The Cannes Film Festival got underway Tuesday in typical — and very French — fashion with the opening-night film, The Electric Kiss (La venus electrique). It’s a very French romantic comedy of loss, grief, deception and renewed love of life and art. Premiering out of competition, the 1928 Paris-set charmer comes from veteran filmmaker Pierre Salvadori ( After You , Priceless ) and serves as a sweetly old-fashioned kind of movie we often have seen coming from France, a crowd-pleaser that could work nicely for audiences, international and domestic, seeking a little escape from the dark times that no doubt will be portrayed vividly at the fest in the next 11 days. The title refers to Suzanne (a terrific Anais Demoustier ), a down-on-her-luck carnival performer who is the attraction that lures men for a kiss that gives off a sharp electric shock (thanks to behind-the curtain wiring) meant to literally demonstrate the “electricity” of love.…