The French artist Just Jaeckin, whose first film, “Emmanuelle,” followed a young woman’s journey to Bangkok in discovering her sexual appetite, has died at 82.
Jaeckin was able to develop a reputation as a photographer for the stars in the 1960s, nabbing black-and-white shots of the likes of Brigitte Bardot, Jane Fonda, and Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg.followed a young woman’s journey to Bangkok in discovering her sexual appetite.
It grossed nearly $9 million—$53 million in today’s dollars—in ticket sales in the U.S. alone, a runaway success that inspired a series of sequels. It was Columbia Pictures first X-rated feature, and although it was and remains controversial for its depiction of women, it was a hit internationally, including in Germany, Spain, and Japan.
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