The Art of Love (2011 film)
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| Directed by | Emmanuel Mouret |
| Produced by | Georges Bermann Frédéric Niedermayer |
| Written by | Emmanuel Mouret |
| Starring | Emmanuel Mouret Pascale Arbillot François Cluzet |
| Narrated by | Philippe Torreton |
| Cinematography | Laurent Desmet |
| Edited by | Martial Salomon |
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Moby Dick Films
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| Distributed by | Pyramide Distribution |
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85 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The Art of Love (French: L'Art d'aimer) is a 2011 French comedy film directed and written by Emmanuel Mouret. The film stars Mouret himself, Pascale Arbillot, Ariane Ascaride, Frédérique Bel, François Cluzet, Julie Depardieu, Judith Godrèche, Stanislas Merhar, Elodie Navarre, and Gaspard Ulliel, and is narrated by Philippe Torreton.
The Art of Love premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival on 7 August 2011. Although it garnered rather mixed reviews by film critics, it won the Best Screenplay Award at the Montréal World Film Festival, and the Foreign Press Award at Filmfest Hamburg.
The Art of Love is composed of several chapters, which follows several Parisian couples. Isabelle (Julie Depardieu) has not had sex in a year. She declines an offer from her friend Zoé (Pascale Arbillot) to "borrow" her husband and instead winds up impersonating Amélie (Judith Godrèche), another friend who cannot bring herself to sleep with her buddy, Boris (). The singleton Achille (François Cluzet) thinks his prayers have been answered when his svelte new neighbour (Frédérique Bel) knocks on his door wearing a negligee and suggests they have an affair. In another chapter, a middle-aged couple’s marriage is threatened when wife Emmanuelle (Ariane Ascaride) finds herself lusting after every attractive man she lays eyes upon and a pair of young lovers (Elodie Navarre and Gaspard Ulliel) discover the pangs of jealousy.
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