French filmmaker and photographer Just Jaeckin, who directed the hit erotic film EmmanuelleHe died on Tuesday at the age of 82, a family spokeswoman told AFP on Wednesday.
“Justo Jaeckin, the director of ‘Emmanuelle’ with Sylvia Kristel, died on September 6 in Brittany after a long illness at the age of 82 (…) He died surrounded by his wife Anne, a sculptor, and their daughter Julia, a photographer,” her agent said in a statement.
international win
Emmanuelle, the biggest success of 1974 in France with nearly 9 million viewers, was shown on the Champs-Élysées in Paris for thirteen years. The film, which had international success, from Japan to the United States, tells of the sexual adventures of a young woman in Asia.
A social phenomenon, it has been seen in theaters by tens of millions of viewers around the world, many more if we take into account other media. Available today to rent on the Amazon platform, Emmanuelle had been available for a while in 2020 on Netflix. Not recommended for children under 16, the film was presented as a “romantic” work.
in the shadow of success
Emmanuelle it had been adapted from an erotic bestseller of the same name, written by Emmanuelle Arsan in 1959. The producer, Yves Rousset-Rouard, wishing to entrust the project to a young director, contacted the photographer Just Jaeckin, delighted to shoot a feature film. Just Jaeckin will then direct story of O and, again with Sylvia Kristel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
This success, however, “disturbed and overshadowed the multifaceted talent” of the photographer, advertising director, and sculptor before he became director ofEmmanuelleaccording to those around him. Born in 1940 in Vichy, Just Jaeckin also owned, with his wife, an art gallery in Paris where they exhibited paintings and sculptures, including his own.
Source: BFM TV
