# Emmanuelle 4 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emmanuelle_4 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emmanuelle_4.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuelle_4 > Source revision: 1347763011 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1984 film by Francis Leroi Emmanuelle 4 Directed by Francis Leroi Iris Letans[1] Screenplay by Francis Leroi Iris Letans[1] Produced by Alain Siritzky[2] Starring Sylvia Kristel Mia Nygren Cinematography Jean-Francis Gondre[1] Edited by Hélène Plemiannikov[1] Music by Michel Magne[1] Production companies Alain Siritzky Productions Sara Films[1] Distributed by Cannon Films Release date 15 February 1984 (1984-02-15) (France) Running time 92 minutes[2] Country France[2] Language English Box office 1.227 million admissions (France)[3] ***Emmanuelle 4*** is 1984 English-language French film directed by Francis Leroi and Iris Letans.[4] It is a sequel to 1977's *[Goodbye Emmanuelle](/source/Goodbye_Emmanuelle)*, and the fourth installment in the [film series of the same name](/source/Emmanuelle).[4] It is also the first film in the series to be filmed in English instead of French. The film is also the last film credit for 1962 [Academy Award](/source/Academy_Award) and [Golden Globe](/source/Golden_Globe) nominee [Michel Magne](/source/Michel_Magne), as the film-score composer committed suicide in a hotel room ten months after its release. It was followed by a sequel, *[Emmanuelle 5](/source/Emmanuelle_5)*, released in 1987. ## Plot Sylvia ([Sylvia Kristel](/source/Sylvia_Kristel)) is involved in a [tormented](/source/Suffering) love affair with Marc ([Patrick Bauchau](/source/Patrick_Bauchau)). She has tried to end their love, and escape, but always ends up back with him. After an encounter at a [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) party, she decides she's had enough – she will go to [Brazil](/source/Brazil) and get extensive [plastic surgery](/source/Plastic_surgery). This way he will never recognize her again, much less find her, and it will make for a great article which she promises to hand in to a [California](/source/California) newspaper. Sylvia goes through with it, and becomes a new woman named Emmanuelle (Mia Nygren); she is now a twenty-year-old [virgin](/source/Virgin). She plans to take on all of Brazil in a series of sexual [escapades](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/escapade) that will [purge](/source/Purge) her past. ## Cast - [Sylvia Kristel](/source/Sylvia_Kristel) as Sylvia / [Emmanuelle](/source/Emmanuelle) - Mia Nygren (credited as Mia Rickfors) as [Emmanuelle](/source/Emmanuelle) - [Patrick Bauchau](/source/Patrick_Bauchau) as Marc - Deborah Power as Donna - Sophie Berger as Maria - Marilyn Jess (credited as Dominique Troyes) as Nadine - [Christian Marquand](/source/Christian_Marquand) as Dr. Santano - [Fabrice Luchini](/source/Fabrice_Luchini) as Oswaldo - [Brinke Stevens](/source/Brinke_Stevens) as Dream Girl ## Release *Emmanuelle 4* was released in France on 15 February 1984.[1] On its first week in Paris, the film sold 122,009 tickets.[1] At the end of its theatrical run in Paris, it had sold a total of 455,882.[1] ## Reception In a contemporary review, John Pym of the *[Monthly Film Bulletin](/source/Monthly_Film_Bulletin)* stated that "a reach-me-down mish-mash, padded with flashbacks and what appear to be hardcore sequences, and scissored by many hands." The review also commented on the 3D in the film, as "barely noticeable".[2] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bifi_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bifi_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-bifi_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-bifi_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-bifi_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-bifi_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-bifi_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-bifi_1-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-bifi_1-8) ["Emmanuelle 4"](http://cinema.encyclopedie.films.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=49771&_ga=1.137155699.2132987703.1420045339) (in French). Bifi.fr. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200745/http://cinema.encyclopedie.films.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=49771&_ga=1.137155699.2132987703.1420045339) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-mfb-review_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-mfb-review_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-mfb-review_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-mfb-review_2-3) Pym, John (1984). "Emmanuelle IV". *[Monthly Film Bulletin](/source/Monthly_Film_Bulletin)*. **51** (600). London: [British Film Institute](/source/British_Film_Institute): 276. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Sylvia Kristel French box office information"](http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-sylvia-kristel-c22691621&usg=ALkJrhhXiMC3O6j0LB8gq1rKHeAU9gbmIA). *www.BoxOfficeStory.com* (in French). Box Office Story. Retrieved 10 April 2022.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NYT_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NYT_4-1) [Canby, Vincent](/source/Vincent_Canby) (January 11, 1985). ["FILM: 'EMMANUELLE 4'"](https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/11/arts/film-emmanuelle-4.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240903140436/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/11/arts/film-emmanuelle-4.html) from the original on September 3, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2018. ## External links - [*Emmanuelle 4*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085486/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Emmanuelle (original French film series) Films Emmanuelle (1974) Emmanuelle 2 (1975) Goodbye Emmanuelle (1977) Emmanuelle 4 (1984) Emmanuelle 5 (1987) Emmanuelle 6 (1988) Emmanuelle 7 (1993) Emmanuelle (2024) Directors Just Jaeckin (1) Francis Giacobetti (2) François Leterrier (3) Francis Leroi (4, 7) Iris Letans (4) Walerian Borowczyk (5) Bruno Zincone (6) Jean Rollin (6) Actresses playing Emmanuelle Sylvia Kristel (1–4, 7–14) Mia Nygren (4) Monique Gabrielle (5) Natalie Uher (6) Marcela Walerstein (8–14) Noémie Merlant (reboot) Other actors Alain Cuny (1) Christine Boisson (1) Umberto Orsini (2–3) Alexandra Stewart (3) Olga Georges-Picot (3) Charlotte Alexandra (3) Marilyn Jess (4) Patrick Bauchau (4) Roberto Malone (7) Producers Yves Rousset-Rouard (1–3) Alain Siritzky (2, 4–7) Roger Corman (4) Menahem Golan (7) See also Emmanuelle: Joys of a Woman Video game Laura Gemser Black Emanuelle Emmanuelle in Space Emmanuelle Arsan Carry On Emmannuelle Laure Tokyo Emmanuelle This article related to a French film of the 1980s is a stub. 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