Double Feature
Emmanuelle
The international softcore, soft focus sex blockbuster against which all other erotic cinema is measured! When the free-spirited wife of a French diplomat is called to join her husband in Bangkok, her journey of sexual self-discover will blossom with her new surroundings. Sylvia Kristel stars as the iconic Emmanuelle, while artist & photographer Just Jaeckin gives the affair a sensual sheen pulled straight from the centerfold in his feature directorial debut.
- Director
- Just Jaeckin
- Writer
- Screenplay by Jean-Louis Richard based on the novel by Emmanuelle Arsan
- Starring
- Alain Cuny, Sylvia Kristel, Marika Green, Daniel Sarky
- Year
- 1974
- Country
- France
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 94 minutes
Black Emanuelle
In her sizzling softcore debut in the sexploitation franchise that would make her an international sensation, Indonesian-Dutch actress & model Laura Gemser stars as Black Emanuelle. Sent to Africa on assignment, investigative journalist / photographer Mae Jordan (Gemser), known to her readers as Emanuelle, pushes the boundaries of her story and her sensuality. Featuring an excellent score by Nico Fidenco and exquisite Kenyan travelogue cinematography by Carlo Carlini, the first film in the Black Emanuelle series is high quality Italian exploitation with arthouse aspirations, shamelessly knocking off Sylvia Kristel’s French blockbuster Emmanuelle (slyly dropping an M in the name to avoid copyright prosecution) while ramping up the most salaciously prurient and politically incorrect aspects.
- Director
- Bitto Albertini
- Writer
- Written by Bitto Albertini and Ambrogio Molteni
- Starring
- Laura Gemser, Karin Schubert, Angelo Infanti, Isabelle Marchall
- Year
- 1975
- Country
- Italy/Spain
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 96 minutes