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The wife of a French diplomat in Bangkok embarks on a voyage of self-discovery.
- Richard-2 d.Emmanuelle 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 ble utgitt 26. juni 1974.
Emmanuelle ble regissert av Just Jaeckin.
Emmanuelle har en spilletid på 1t, 35m.
Emmanuelle ble produsert av Yves Rousset-Rouard.
The wife of a French diplomat in Bangkok embarks on a voyage of self-discovery.
Hovedpersonene i Emmanuelle er Emmanuelle (Sylvia Kristel), Mario (Alain Cuny), Bee (Marika Green).
Emmanuelle har aldersgrensen Not Rated.
Emmanuelle er en Drama, Romance-film.
Emmanuelle har en publikumsvurdering på 4.3 av 10.
Emmanuelle hadde et budsjett på 500k USD.
Emmanuelle har tjent 20,2 mill. USD på kino.