Sylvia Kristel starred in the erotic film about the sexual adventures of a young woman in Asia
French director and photographer Only Jaeckinmainly known for the erotic film EmanueleHe died on Tuesday, 6, at the age of 82, his agent announced to AFP on Wednesday.
“Only Jaeckin, the director of Emanuele with Silvia Kristeldied on 6 September in Brittany from a long illness at the age of 82. He died along with his wife Anne, a sculptor, and their daughter Julia, a photographer, “the agent said in a statement.
The film, which premiered in 1974 and met with great international success, tells the sexual adventures of a young woman in Asia.
Emanuele it was the highest-grossing film in France in 1974, with nearly nine million admissions, and ran for 13 years in a Parisian cinema.
A social phenomenon, the feature film has been seen in theaters by tens of millions of spectators, an even greater number if we consider the other methods of distribution.
Emanuele was an adaptation of an erotic bestseller of the same name, written by Emanuele Arsan in 1959.
Producer Yves Rousset-Rouard decided to entrust the project to a young director and chose Just Jaeckin, an inexperienced photographer as a director.
French director Just Jaeckin during the 1978 Cannes Film Festival (Photo: Ralph GATTI / AFP) Photo: RALPH GATTI / AFP
Just Jaeckin directed two more sexually charged movies, The story of O And Lady Chatterley’s loveralways with Sylvia Kristel.
Emanuele he ran the risk of being censored in France, but after the death of President Georges Pompidou a new Secretary of State for Culture was appointed and the film’s full premiere was allowed.
The success was such that other films were made that borrowed the name of the protagonist, with more daring scripts.
Born in 1940 in Vichy (central France), Just Jaeckin, together with his wife, owned an art gallery in Paris where they practically exhibited their sculptures and paintings.
the star of EmanueleSylvia Kristel, has seen her name linked forever to that of the film and the director.
She struggled with drug and alcohol problems and had to fight rumors of all kinds, including an alleged romance with the president. Valery Giscard d’Estaingwhich she denied.
Kristel died in 2012 of cancer at the age of 60. Six years earlier she had published her autobiography of her.
“Sylvia was a wonderful woman, very pure, very naive. She lived up to her last name, ‘Kristel’. She was overwhelmed, like me, by the shock that Emanuele caused. He marked her, it was very difficult for her, “Jaeckin explained to AFP in 2012, on the occasion of the actress’s death.
Source: Terra
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