Emmanuelle (film)

Emmanuelle is a 1974 French softcore pornography film directed by Just Jaeckin. The films story is based on the novel Emmanuelle. The film 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 Just Jaeckins debut feature film and was shot on location in Thailand and in France between 1973 and 1974.

Emmanuelle Sylvia Kristel flies to Bangkok to meet her husband Jean Daniel Sarky, a diplomat, who asks her if she had any other lovers while she was in Paris she replies that she has not. After taking a nude swim, Emmanuelle is approached by a pretty young girl named MarieAnge Christine Boisson, who asks to meet Emmanuelle at her house. MarieAnge arrives at the house and finds Emmanuelle sleeping, and takes advantage of the situation to feel her body. Emmanuelle wakes up and they go outside where MarieAnge asks Emmanuelle if she has any photos of herself and Jean having sex, after Emmanuelle replies she does not, MarieAnge takes a French magazine with a photo of actor Paul Newman and begins to masturbate in front of Emmanuelle. Emmanuelle confesses to MarieAnge that while she did not cheat on her husband in Paris, she did have sex with two strangers on the flight over to Bangkok. Emmanuelle begins to masturbate as she recounts the tryst. At night, Emmanuelle tells Jean about MarieAnges younger girls lack of shame, which leads to Jean encouraging her to pursue the friendship.The next day at a party, MarieAnge introduces Emmanuelle to one of her lovers, an older man named Mario Alain Cuny. Emmanuelle sees a French archaeologist named Bee Marika Green who is outside of most of the expatriate circles and strikes up a private conversation with Bee telling her to meet her at the khlongs. Emmanuelle meets with Bee at the location but Bee is uninterested in Emmanuelle. Undeterred, Emmanuelle gets on Bees jeep as she is about to leave for the dig site. Meanwhile, Jean is angry that Emmanuelle has left without informing him and suspects that her Squash partner Ariane Jeanne Colletin is behind it. On asking her, Ariane tells him that all she has to offer is consolation sex. Emmanuelle and Bee arrive at the dig site where Emmanuelle distracts Bee from her work. The two have sex, but afterwards Bee asks Emmanuelle to leave. Emmanuelle returns home in tears, feeling humiliated.

Source: Wikipedia