Emmanuelle (2024)
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The story
Emmanuelle, a quality controller for a luxury hotel brand, arrives in Hong Kong to evaluate a hotel run by Margot, having been tasked with finding a good reason to sack her. While there, she searches for a lost pleasure and engages in numerous sensual experiences inside the hotel. During her stay, she crosses paths with Kei, a mysterious client with whom she becomes infatuated.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Emmanuelle, a quality controller for a luxury hotel brand, arrives in Hong Kong to evaluate a hotel run by Margot, having been tasked with finding a good reason to sack her. Searching for a lost pleasure, she has numerous sensual experiences inside the hotel, and crosses path with Kei, a mysterious client with whom she becomes infatuated.
- First release year
- 2024
- Runtime (minutes)
- 105
- Production countries
- France
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Audrey Diwan
- Writers
- Audrey Diwan · screenplay; Rebecca Zlotowski · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Noémie Merlant · Emmanuelle; Naomi Watts · Margot; Will Sharpe · Kei; Jamie Campbell Bower · Sir John; Chacha Huang · Zelda; Anthony Wong · The Eye; Carole Franck · Emmanuelle's Mother; Adam Pak · Mr. Bao
- Genres
- erotic drama
- Themes
- sensuality; pleasure
- Tone and mood
- erotic
- Premise and plot tags
- reboot; hotel setting
- Source material / true-story basis
- 1967 novel by Emmanuelle Arsan
- Franchise connections
- Emmanuelle
- Content notes
- erotic
- Reception
- Metacritic assigned the film a score of 35 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 35 · scale: 100 · review count: 10
- Production trivia
- The film is the eighth theatrical film in the series and the fifteenth film overall.; Principal photography began in Paris in October 2023.; Shooting took place at Chungking Mansions, the main setting for Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express (1994).
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