L'Art (délicat) de la séduction

L'Art (délicat) de la séduction (The (Delicate) Art of Seduction) is a 2001 French film directed by Richard Berry. 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 prowess 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".