Released in France in 1974, the iconic film was only shown in Spain four years later due to its erotic scenes
Just Jaeckin, the director of the iconic erotic film “Emmanuelle”, has died at the age of 82 after a long illness, the French press reported on Wednesday.
The maker of the most-watched film in France in 1974, for which nearly 9 million tickets were sold and which was on the bill in Parisian theaters for 13 years, died Tuesday at his home in Brittany, surrounded by his family.
The famous film, starring Sylvia Kristel, tells the sexual adventures of a young woman in Asia and was an adaptation of the book of the same name written by Emmanuelle Arsan and published in 1959. The film toured worldwide after its success in countries as Japan and the United States.
‘Emmanuelle’ was quite a social phenomenon. In Spain it was released in 1978 with an S rating, although thousands of Spaniards crossed the border years earlier to see it in theaters in the south of France.
Just Jaeckin would later direct A Story of O and, again with Sylvia Kristel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Born in Vichy in 1940, the filmmaker began his career as a fashion photographer in the 1960s, working for magazines such as ‘Elle’ or ‘Vogue’.
Source: La Verdad
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