Goodbye Emmanuelle
Theatrical poster
Directed byFrançois Leterrier
Written byMonique Lange
François Leterrier
Emmanuelle Arsan (character)
Produced byYves Rousset-Rouard
StarringSylvia Kristel
CinematographyJean Badal
Edited byMarie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Music bySerge Gainsbourg
Distributed byParafrance Films
Warner-Columbia Film
Release date
December 15, 1977 (USA)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office990,953 admissions (France)[1]

Goodbye Emmanuelle (aka Emmanuelle 3) is a 1977 French softcore erotica movie directed by François Leterrier, and starring Sylvia Kristel. The music score is by Serge Gainsbourg. In this sequel, Emmanuelle and Jean move to the Seychelles, where she leaves him.

Premise

Emmanuelle (Sylvia Kristel) and her architect husband Jean continue their amoral lifestyle in the Seychelles. But when a casual dalliance between her and Gregory, a film director, starts to turn serious her husband shows very traditional signs of jealousy.

Cast

Production

Goodbye Emmanuelle was intended as the last of a trilogy that included Emmanuelle (1974) and Emmanuelle 2 (1975).[2] It was shot on the Seychellois island of La Digue.[3]

Release

The film was originally released in France in 1977 through Parafrance and Warner-Columbia Film.[4] In the early 1980s, it became the first movie to be released through Miramax Films, a U.S. independent distributor. The company's founders, Bob and Harvey Weinstein, acquired the rights from producer Yves Rousset-Rouard at the Cannes Film Festival.[5] Several years later, the film became a late-night offering on the Cinemax and Showtime cable channels.[6][7]

Reception

In The New York Times review, critic John Corry observed that "The scenery [in Goodbye Emmanuelle] wins every time", but was less favorable about what he deemed "wearisome" sex scenes. Corry reflected on both aspects in his critique: "The question in the movie is whether Francois Leterrier, its director, was so absorbed in the lovemaking that he just allowed the scenery to creep in, or whether he put it in on purpose. Maybe it doesn't matter."[8]

References

  1. ^ "Sylvia Kristel French box office information". www.BoxOfficeStory.com (in French). Box Office Story. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. ^ "No title available". The Australian Journal of Screen Theory. School of Drama, University of New South Wales (13–16): 76. 1983. Interestingly the final film of the trilogy, Goodbye Emmanuelle, works to recuperate Emmanuelle's image...
  3. ^ Masters, Tom; Carillet, Jean-Bernard (2007). "The Culture: Arts". Mauritius, Réunion and Seychelles (6th ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 260. ISBN 978-1-74104-727-1. Retrieved September 4, 2011. Goodbye Emmanuelle.
  4. ^ Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television. Vol. 8. Gale/Cengage Learning. 2007. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-8103-2071-0. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  5. ^ Carvell, Tim (March 6, 2000). "The Talented Messrs. Weinstein They built Miramax Films into a movie powerhouse. But how big can the company get and still be the Bob and Harvey show?". CNN Money. Time Warner. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  6. ^ Clark, Roy Peter, ed. (1985). Best Newspaper Writing, 1985. Poynter Institute. p. 218. ISBN 0-935742-10-7. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  7. ^ Bark, Ed (February 28, 1987). "'Casanova' fails to match its hype: ABC neuters the ribald lover". The Dallas Morning News. A.H. Belo Corporation. Retrieved September 24, 2011. Those in search of a [Sylvia] Kristel in all her glory can tune in the Showtime cable network's Goodbye, Emmanuelle, showing late-night Saturday and Tuesday.
  8. ^ Corry, John (December 6, 1981). "Film: 'Emmanuelle' in the Seychelles". The New York Times. Retrieved September 24, 2011.

External links

Emmanuelle (original French film series)
François Leterrier
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