Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) is Emmanuelle, the iconic figure in erotic cinema, in this film that...
Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) is Emmanuelle, the iconic figure in erotic cinema, in this film that sees the young woman embark on a series of sexual adventures with men and women against the backdrop of expatriate life in Bangkok. From BAFTA-nominated director Audrey Diwan (Happening), who co-wrote the script with filmmaker Rebecca Zlotowski (Other People's Children), the film marks 50 years since the release of 1974's Emmanuelle.
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17 %30 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
"Saying something freshly substantive about female desire while honoring the film’s defining spirit of vapid, diaphanous horniness is a tricky, potentially unworkable brief"
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Variety
Variety"If it’s lucky, Emmanuelle might find an afterlife as a kind of Showgirls for its generation."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"You might imagine this libido gap would provide ample fuel for a juicy (and raunchy) character study. But the film features oddly little psychological grappling"
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Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph"This Emmanuelle 2.0 comes across as inert and self-conscious, confusing torpor with languor..."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"That a filmmaker who previously displayed such a deep understanding of the pleasures and burdens of the female body is behind this tepid exercise in desire is a great shock."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"This is unadulterated torture."
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The Times
The Times"To audiences mature enough to remember the 1970s franchise, the project will feel like a big-screen prawn cocktail: a cultural relic reimagined."
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Financial Times
Financial TimesEmmanuelle | Details
- Rating
- MA15+, Strong Sex Scenes
- Runtime
- 105
- Genre
- Romance
- Country of origin
- France
