The film, which was an international success, from Japan to the United States, tells the sexual adventures of a young woman in Asia. Just Jaeckin will then realize “Histoire d’O” and, again with Sylvia Kristel, “The lover of Lady Chatterley”.
Le Monde with AFP
French filmmaker and photographer Just Jaeckin, who made the successful erotic film Emmanuelle, died on Tuesday, September 6, at the age of 82, announced on Wednesday at the France-Presse (AFP ) A family spokesperson. His agent said in a press release:
“Just Jaeckin, the director of” Emmanuelle “with Sylvia Kristel died on September 6 in Brittany from a long illness at 82 (…). He died surrounded by his wife Anne, sculptor , and his daughter Julia, photographer. “
The film, which was an international success, from Japan to the United States, tells the sexual adventures of a young woman in Asia. The biggest success of 1974 in France with nearly nine million admissions, he had stayed thirteen years on the poster on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. Societal phenomenon, Emmanuelle was seen in the cinema by several tens of millions of spectators around the world, much more if we take into account other supports.
Opus” Romantic “
Available today for rent on the Amazon platform, Emmanuelle had been available in 2020 on Netflix. Not recommended for the under 16s, the film was presented as an “romantic” opus.
Emmanuelle had been adapted from an erotic bestseller of the same name, written by Emmanuelle Arsan in 1959. The producer, Yves Rousset-Rouard, eager to entrust the project to a young director, addressed the photographer Just Jaeckin, delighted to shoot a feature film.
Just Jaeckin will then achieve O and, again with Sylvia Kristel, died in 2012, the lover of Lady Chatterley.
This success, however, “disturbed and obscured the multifaceted talent” of the photographer, director of advertisements and sculptor that he was before being the director of Emmanuelle, according to his entourage. Born in 1940 in Vichy, Just Jaeckin was also the owner, with his wife, of an art gallery in Paris where they exhibited paintings and sculptures, especially theirs.