Emmanuelle – Directors Cut

WORK – Sex as liberation

Emmanuelle is twenty years old and is going to join her husband diplomat in Bangkok. This young couple profess mutual freedom. During the trip, the young woman successively gives herself to two passengers of the plane. When she arrives in Bangkok, she discovers a carnal and sulphurous universe...

Adapted from the eponymous novel by Emmanuelle Arsan, the famous erotic film that inflamed France of the 1970s is quite difficult to defend nowadays. Because marked to the body by its time, the dishonest clichés on Thailand and the absence of questioning of certain condemnable acts no longer pass (happily) today. Stay irresistible sensuality of Sylvia Kristel and the charm of her aesthetics.

IMAGE – All women are beautiful

Restored in 4K by Studiocanal and calibrated by the chef op Emmanuelle), this UHD HDR10 transfer offers a second youth at work.

Cleanliness is on the table (dust is not travel), the level of detail is most often a delight for the mirettes (despite the presence of some blurry planes), the colors that look proud are revived and the contrasts are more appropriate. However, since it was taken from the same restoration, it was also true for the Blu-ray released by us on January 6. What does this Ultra HD 4K bring?

It preserves the integrity of the silver texture, sometimes « invasive », where the HD transfer could leave tingling, and it removes a light veil on the image while accentuating luminescent lighting from the photograph.

SON – Teacher of enjoyment?

An audible acoustic lift that enjoys a beautiful clarity even if the dialogues are sometimes still in retreat.

The comfort is therefore to be put with a score voluntarily put forward, felty atmospheres and very round bass as sensual as possible.

CONCLUSION – Emmanuelle and the forbidden fruit

To rejuvenate it at best, this very beautiful collector edition can unfortunately not do a miracle since yes, the old one « legend » very (very) badly aged!