Audrey Diwan’s erotic quest film “Emmanuelle” has dropped a primary trailer and poster forward of its world premiere screening in September at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
Shot in Hong Kong, the movie is freely tailored from Emmanuelle Arsan’s novel of the identical identify. It casts a feminine gaze on the intimate quest of the girl whose identify nonetheless evokes one cinema’s most provocative characters.
With “Portrait of a Girl on Fireplace” star Noémie Merlant within the title position, Emmanuelle goes in quest of a misplaced pleasure. She flies alone to Hong Kong on a enterprise journey. On this sensual world metropolis, she initiates quite a few encounters and meets Kei (Will Sharpe), a person who continually eludes her.
Alongside Merlant, the movie additionally stars Naomi Watts, Jamie Campbell Bower, Chacha Huang and Anthony Wong.
Diwan, a Venice Golden Lion winner for her 2021 movie “Occurring,” co-wrote “Emmanuelle” with fellow filmmaker Rebecca Zlotowski, whose 2013 function “Grand Central” screened in competitors at Cannes and received the François Chalais Award.
The “Emmanuelle” novel was beforehand made right into a 1974 movie of the identical identify, directed by Simply Jaeckin and starring Sylvia Kristel. It grew to become a cult hit and impressed quite a few spinoffs and copycat works. In keeping with Diwan, her retelling of the story was conceived as an exploration of delight within the put up #MeToo period.
Diwan’s challenge was originally revealed at the 2022 Canned film festival with Lea Seydoux within the starring position.
Adaptation rights for Arsan’s e-book had been acquired by Chantelouve (Marion Delord and Reginald de Guillebon). Chantelouve, Rectangle Productions and Goodfellas produced the movie. The Veterans is dealing with worldwide gross sales.
“Emmanuelle” will probably be distributed by Pathé in France, the place it’s going to debut on Sept., 25, simply 5 days after its premiere because the opening evening title in San Sebastian.
Watch the trailer for “Emmanuelle” above.
