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Emmanuelle 2

Emmanuelle 2 (Emmanuelle l'antivierge)

Movie · 1975 · 8 people

Known in French as Emmanuelle: L'antivierge ("the anti-virgin"), Emmanuelle 2 dates from 1975 as a French film directed by Francis Giacobetti. A softcore erotic drama, it follows the 1974 film Emmanuelle and is the second entry in the series that bears the same name. The picture was shot in French and runs about 91 minutes, with Sylvia Kristel returning in the title role. In the United States it was released as Emmanuelle, The Joys of a Woman, and in Germany it played as Emmanuelle 2 – Garten der Liebe ("Garden of Love").

The story loosely tracks the plot of the book that continues Emmanuelle Arsan's first novel. Alongside Kristel, the cast features Umberto Orsini, Venantino Venantini, Henri Czarniak and Catherine Rivet, with Florence Lafuma and Claire Richard also among the players. Laura Gemser, who appears in the small part of a masseuse, would later lead her own "Black Emanuelle" run of erotic films.

Bob Elia and Giacobetti wrote the screenplay together. Francis Lai composed the score, and Pierre Bachelet is also named in the music credit. The series carried on in 1977 with Goodbye Emmanuelle.

DirectorFrancis Giacobetti

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Sylvia Kristel Sylvia Kristel Actor · died at 60 Venantino Venantini Venantino Venantini Actor · died at 88 Umberto Orsini Laura Gemser Henri Czarniak Catherine Rivet Florence Lafuma Claire Richard

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Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

Don't even consider this one for family viewing. It's an erotic drama and completely unsuitable for children and teenagers. Nor is it something to put on in the same room as grandparents. It's only for adults who knowingly choose this genre. If you're after something to watch together as a family, pick another film.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Emmanuelle 2 is a typical sequel to the 1974 original; Francis Giacobetti's direction cares about surface polish but is weak at building a dramatic spine. The script loosely follows the plot of Emmanuelle Arsan's follow-up book, and that looseness carries into the storytelling: the scenes feel less like a story than a series of tableaux. Sylvia Kristel returns to the role with familiar ease. Perhaps the most lasting element is Francis Lai's score. Laura Gemser turning up in the small part of a masseuse is an interesting footnote for film historians, given the series of her own she would later lead. Beyond those studying the genre's history, it doesn't offer much.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

The Emmanuelle series can be read as a marker of the period, a way to understand where erotic cinema stood in mid-1970s European popular culture. Distributing the film under different titles in different countries, Emmanuelle, The Joys of a Woman in the United States and the Garden of Love subtitle in Germany, suggests a product shaped separately for each market. The "anti-virgin" emphasis of the French title is also a clue to how the language of sexual liberation was being marketed at the time. Yet the film puts that liberation on display rather than questioning it; viewers hoping for a story of transformation told from a woman's point of view may be disappointed.

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