Emmanuelle (World Classics Collection)

The most popular soft porn of all time and a breakout box-office hit around the world, Emmanuelle stars Sylvia Kristel as the eponymous heroine who is sexually awakened through a series of erotic adventures. Newly married, young, beautiful and naive, Emmanuelle travels to Bangkok to join her older diplomatic husband Jean.On the plane, which takes off from Paris, she gets a taste of the erotic joys waiting for her in Aisa.

In Bangkok, the capital of the senses, with the encouragement of her husband, Emmanuelle abandons sentimental love to find fulfillment in her pleasures, first with young girl Marie-Ange, then with new lover Mario. Emmanuelle reveals in this newfound pleasure so much so that excess becomes the word of the hour, especially when Jean goes away on a business trip and leaves Emmanuelle alone in the hands of Mario.

Adapted from Emmanuelle Arsan's famous novel, sensitively directed by Just Jaekin (The Story of O), and lushly photographed on location in Thailand, Emmanuelle is an erotic tale for men and women alike to enjoy.

Critic Reviews:

• " I can't say I found the film boring, not for one moment. " – David Stratton

• " One of the classics of soft-core erotic cinema. " – TV Guide Staff

• " 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. " – Roger Ebert