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Emmanuelle is a 1974 French film directed by Just Jaeckin. The cast includes Sylvia Kristel, Alain Cuny, Marika Green, and Christine Boisson. Jean-Louis Richard and Emmanuelle Arsan served as screenwriters, while Pierre Bachelet composed the music. Robert Fraisse was the director of photography. The film was produced by Orphée Productions and Trinacra Films, and distributed by Columbia Pictures.
The narrative is set in Paris, Bangkok, and Thailand, with filming taking place in Paris, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Thailand. It is based on a work by Emmanuelle Arsan. The film has a runtime of 90 or 95 minutes and a budget of 500000. It was followed by Emmanuelle 2.
Emmanuelle is categorized as an erotic film, drama film, sexploitation film, and softcore pornography. Its tagline is "Let's you feel good without feeling bad." Review scores include 5.4/10, 38%, 5.2, and 5.964. The film has been assessed using the Bechdel test.
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6.0An employee at the French Embassy in Bangkok invites his wife to join him – and enjoy the benefits of their open marriage.
Cast
- Sylvia Kristel as Emmanuelle
- Alain Cuny as Mario
- Marika Green as Bee
- Daniel Sarky as Jean
- Jeanne Colletin as Ariana
- Christine Boisson as Marie-Ange
Themes
- infidelity
- airplane
- eroticism
- bangkok, thailand
- sexual fantasy
- sexual arousal
- promiscuity
- softcore
- erotic movie
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Just Jaeckin
- Screenplay by
- Jean-Louis Richard
- Based on
- Emmanuelle , 1967 novel, by Emmanuelle Arsan
- Produced by
- Yves Rousset-Rouard
- Starring
- Alain Cuny Sylvia Kristel Marika Green Daniel Sarky
- Cinematography
- Richard Suzuki , Robert Fraisse
- Edited by
- Claudine Bouché
- Music by
- Pierre Bachelet
- Production companies
- Trinacra Films Orphée Productions
- Distributed by
- Parafrance Films
- Release date
- 26 June 1974 ( 1974-06-26 ) (Paris)
- Running time
- 94 minutes
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Box office
- 8.9 million admissions (France) , $20.2 million (overseas)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- softcore pornography
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Followed by
- Emmanuelle 2
- Based on
- Emmanuelle
- Director
- Just Jaeckin
- Screenwriter
- Emmanuelle Arsan
- Composer
- Pierre Bachelet
- Cinematographer
- Robert Fraisse
- Narrative location
- Thailand
- Filming location
- Seychelles
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 407674
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- publication date
- 1994-08-27
- title
- Emmanuelle
- after a work by
- Emmanuelle Arsan
- capital cost
- 500000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 38%
- different from
- Emmanuelle
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Encyclopedic overview
Emmanuelle is a 1974 French erotic drama film directed by Just Jaeckin. It is the first installment in a series of French softcore pornography films based on the novel Emmanuelle by Emmanuelle Arsan. It stars Sylvia Kristel in the title role about a woman who takes a trip to Bangkok to enhance her sexual experience.
The film was former photographer Jaeckin's debut feature film and was shot on location in Thailand and in France between 1973 and 1974. It was received negatively by critics on its initial release and with a more mixed reception years later. On its initial release in France, it was one of the highest-grossing French films, The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures in the United States, making it the first X-rated film released by the company. The film was popular in Europe, the United States, and Asia.
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