L'Art (délicat) de la séduction
L'Art (délicat) de la séduction | |
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Directed by | Richard Berry |
Screenplay by | Richard Berry Fabrice Roger-Lacan |
Based on | Kurtz by Jean-Marc Aubert |
Starring | Patrick Timsit Cécile de France Richard Berry |
Cinematography | Dominique Bouilleret |
Edited by | Anna Ruiz |
Music by | Éric Serra |
Distributed by | StudioCanal |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | €5.6 million[1] |
Box office | $2.3 million |
L'Art (délicat) de la séduction (The (Delicate) Art of Seduction) is a 2001 French film directed by Richard Berry.[2] The soundtrack for the film was composed by Éric Serra.
Plot[]
The film follows Etienne (Patrick Timsit), a 40-year-old car designer, who takes time off from work to study sexual mastery from a Zen master (Alain Chabat) and several prostitutes, in the hopes of having the sexual skill to impress Laure (Cécile de France). Laure, a blonde who was introduced to him by his friend Jacques (Richard Berry), told Etienne on January 1 that she will not have sex with him until May 27 that year at precisely 9pm.
Cast[]
- Patrick Timsit as Etienne
- Cécile de France as Laure
- Richard Berry as Jacques
- Alain Chabat as Maître Zen
- Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Monsieur Hubert
- Ludmila Mikaël as Alice
- Guilaine Londez as Real estate agent
Reception[]
Lisa Nesselson from Variety gave a negative review of the film, stating it played "like a tepid cross between 'Rocky' and any number of prick-teasing comedies".[3]
References[]
- ^ "L'Art (délicat) de la séduction". JP's Box-Office.
- ^ "L'Art (délicat) de la séduction". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ Nesselson, Lisa (18 May 2001). "Review: 'The (Delicate) Art Of Seduction'". Variety. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
External links[]
- L'Art (délicat) de la séduction at IMDb
- L'Art (délicat) de la séduction at the TCM Movie Database
- L'Art (délicat) de la séduction (2001) at Rotten Tomatoes
- 2001 films
- French-language films
- French films
- Films directed by Richard Berry
- Films scored by Éric Serra
- 2000s French film stubs