The Art of Love 2011

Overview

The Art of Love is a 2011 French comedy film directed and written by Emmanuel Mouret. The film stars Emmanuel Mouret, Pascale Arbillot, Ariane Ascaride, Frédérique Bel, François Cluzet, Julie Depardieu, Judith Godrèche, Stanislas Merhar, Elodie Navarre, Laurent Stocker, and Gaspard Ulliel. Composed of several interconnected chapters, the film follows a variety of Parisian couples navigating love, desire, and relationships. Isabelle, who has not had sex in a year and is frustrated by a year of celibacy, rejects her friend Zoé's offer to borrow her husband. Instead, Isabelle impersonates their mutual friend Amélie, who cannot bring herself to sleep with her close friend Boris. Meanwhile, the lonely Achille is stunned when his alluring new neighbor appears at his door in a negligee, proposing an affair. Elsewhere, middle-aged Emmanuelle struggles with an overwhelming attraction to every handsome man she encounters, which threatens her marriage.