Emmanuelle 1

As the debut film of French director Just Jaeckin, Emmanuelle quickly became known to everyone and became a symbol of the hot film genre of French cinema in the 70s of the last century, and also marked the name of the female lead, the late actress Sylvia Kristel, Emmanuelle 1974 is the most memorable work in her career. Based on the Memoir by Emmanuelle Arsan, a French novelist of Eurasian origin, she was the one who created the fictional character with the same name as herself, and that is Emmanuelle in this film, a woman who likes to explore her own sexual instincts in different circumstances. Currently, many people are still wondering whether this is a semi-autobiographical version or the whole story is built on imagination.

The film revolves around Emmanuelle, a beautiful young model who lives in Bangkok with her husband Jean, a man who is quite old, of course older than her. She likes him because he has taught her a lot, and he likes her because she is very receptive, she also always wants to learn new things or in other words, she is a studious person. Both are very tolerant in matters of adultery, so he does not care about a young Marie-Ange who comes many times, although it is clear that she wants more than just talking to his wife. But Emmanuelle is interested in the older Bee and joins her trip in the forest. The relationship between the couple is still good despite their public affair to discover themselves…

Emmanuelle was born in Bangkok, so most of the scenes of Emmanuelle’s Memoir 1 were filmed here, you will be really surprised with the BK setting in the 70s when you feel something very familiar, very similar to the countryside scene in Vietnam. In addition to the scenes filmed in Thailand, the film also has a few scenes filmed in a small country in Africa, Seychelles. Beautiful actors, beautiful scenes and great acting have brought viewers the most impressive footage and of course we can feel many things about the daily life of people who were open about sex in the 70s.

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