Emmanuelle 4 is 1984 English-language French film directed by Francis Leroi and Iris Letans.[4] It is a sequel to 1977's Goodbye Emmanuelle, and the fourth installment in the film series of the same name.[4] It is also the first film in the series to be filmed in English instead of French.

Emmanuelle 4
Directed by
  • Francis Leroi
  • Iris Letans[1]
Screenplay by
  • Francis Leroi
  • Iris Letans[1]
Produced byAlain Siritzky[2]
Starring
CinematographyJean-Francis Gondre[1]
Edited byHélène Plemiannikov[1]
Music byMichel Magne[1]
Production
companies
  • Alain Siritzky Productions
  • Sara Films[1]
Distributed byCannon Films
Release date
  • 15 February 1984 (1984-02-15) (France)
Running time
92 minutes[2]
CountryFrance[2]
LanguageEnglish
Box office1.227 million admissions (France)[3]

The film is also the last film credit for 1962 Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Michel Magne, as the film-score composer committed suicide in a hotel room ten months after its release. It was followed by a sequel, Emmanuelle 5, released in 1984.

Plot

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Sylvia (Sylvia Kristel) is involved in a tormented love affair with Marc (Patrick Bauchau). She has tried to end their love, and escape, but always ends up back with him. After an encounter at a Los Angeles party, she decides she's had enough – she will go to Brazil and get extensive plastic surgery. This way he will never recognize her again, much less find her, and it will make for a great article which she promises to hand in to a California newspaper.

Sylvia goes through with it, and becomes a new woman named Emmanuelle (Mia Nygren); she is now a twenty-year-old virgin. She plans to take on all of Brazil in a series of sexual escapades that will purge her past.

Cast

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Release

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Emmanuelle 4 was released in France on 15 February 1984.[1] On its first week in Paris, the film sold 122,009 tickets.[1] At the end of its theatrical run in Paris, it had sold a total of 455,882.[1]

Reception

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In a contemporary review, John Pym of the Monthly Film Bulletin stated that "a reach-me-down mish-mash, padded with flashbacks and what appear to be hardcore sequences, and scissored by many hands." The review also commented on the 3D in the film, as "barely noticeable".[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Emmanuelle 4" (in French). Bifi.fr. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Pym, John (1984). "Emmanuelle IV". Monthly Film Bulletin. 51 (600). London: British Film Institute: 276.
  3. ^ "Sylvia Kristel French box office information". www.BoxOfficeStory.com (in French). Box Office Story. Retrieved 10 April 2022.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b Canby, Vincent (January 11, 1985). "FILM: 'EMMANUELLE 4'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 3, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
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