The most popular soft porn film of all time and a breakout box-office hit around the world, Emmanuelle stars Sylvia Kristel (Mata Hari) as the eponymous heroine who is sexually awakened through a series of erotic adventures.
Roger Ebert said of the film “It’s a relief, during a time of cynicism in which sex is supposed to sell anything, to find a skin flick that’s a lot better than it probably had to be” and gave it 3 out of 4 stars. This may be deemed as faint praise, but if nothing else the films certainly deserve their place in history… not only “One of the classics of erotic cinema” ( TV Guide ), but also worth noting for the “milestone it represented as to how female sexuality was becoming more and more liberating” ( Rotten Tomatoes ).
Released on Blu-Ray through Umbrella Entertainment’s “World Classics Collection”, EMMANUELLE & EMMANUELLE 2 are available now for all to see,