Where to Watch Emmanuelle
- Richard4 dgn geledenEmmanuelle is one of those movies you catch on late night TV and immediately understand why it became a cultural phenomenon, even if you also spend half the runtime wondering how something this slow, dreamy and oddly polite managed to shock the world in the 70s. Sylvia Kristel, our Dutch icon, is the reason the film works at all. She brings a calm, almost hypnotic presence to the screen. Even when the movie drifts into its more “exploratory” territory, she plays it with a kind of quiet elegance that makes the whole thing feel more like an art house meditation than the scandalous reputation it earned. The film itself is surprisingly restrained. It’s more about atmosphere than anything else, soft lighting, exotic locations and a constant sense that the director was trying very hard to make everything look classy. It’s slow, sometimes very slow, but it has a distinct style that sets it apart from the imitators that came later. This is a reminder of an era when a film could cause international controversy simply by being open about adult themes and when a Dutch actress could become a global icon almost overnight. Is it a masterpiece? No. Is it culturally important? Absolutely and Sylvia Kristel carries it with a grace that makes the whole thing strangely compelling, even decades later. A quiet, atmospheric relic of 70s cinema and a reminder of how one Dutch woman became an unexpected legend.
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Emmanuelle was released on 26 juni 1974.
Emmanuelle was directed by Just Jaeckin.
Emmanuelle has a runtime of 1 u, 35 m.
Emmanuelle was produced by Yves Rousset-Rouard.
Een jonge diplomatenvrouw voegt zich bij haar man in Bangkok, waar de Europese kolonie de ledigheid verdrijft met libertijnse seks, die filosofisch wordt gemotiveerd door een bejaarde intellectueel. Deze initieert haar in een orgie met inboorlingen in een opiumkit, waarna ze exclusieve paarvorming definitief afzweert.
The key characters in Emmanuelle are Emmanuelle (Sylvia Kristel), Mario (Alain Cuny), Bee (Marika Green).
Emmanuelle is rated 16.
Emmanuelle is a Drama, Romantiek film.
Emmanuelle has an audience rating of 4.3 out of 10.
Emmanuelle had a budget of US$ 500K.
Emmanuelle has made US$ 20,2 mln. at the box office.