{{short description|1977 French softcore erotica film by François Leterrier}} {{Infobox film | image = Goodbye-emmanuelle.jpg | caption = Theatrical poster | director = [[François Leterrier]] | writer = Monique Lange<br>[[François Leterrier]]<br>[[Emmanuelle Arsan]] (character) | starring = [[Sylvia Kristel]] | producer = Yves Rousset-Rouard | music = [[Serge Gainsbourg]] | cinematography = Jean Badal | editing = Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte | released = {{Film date|1977|12|15|USA}} | runtime = 100 minutes | country = France | language = French | gross = 990,953 admissions (France)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-sylvia-kristel-c22691621&usg=ALkJrhhXiMC3O6j0LB8gq1rKHeAU9gbmIA |title=Sylvia Kristel French box office information |language=French |website=www.BoxOfficeStory.com |publisher=Box Office Story |access-date=10 April 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | distributor = [[Paramount Pictures|Parafrance Films]]<br>[[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner]]-[[Columbia Pictures|Columbia Film]] }} '''''Goodbye Emmanuelle''''' is a [[1977 in film|1977]] French [[Softcore pornography|softcore]] [[Sex in film|erotica movie]] directed by [[François Leterrier]], and starring [[Sylvia Kristel]]. It is a sequel to 1975's ''[[Emmanuelle 2]]'', and the third installment in the [[Emmanuelle|film series of the same name]].
The music score is by [[Serge Gainsbourg]]. In this sequel, Emmanuelle and Jean move to the [[Seychelles]], where she leaves him. Until the release of ''[[Emmanuelle 7]]'' in 1992, it was the last film in the series to be filmed in French, with the following entries being filmed in English. It was followed by a sequel, ''[[Emmanuelle 4]]'', released in 1984.
==Premise== Emmanuelle and her [[architect]] husband Jean continue their [[Amorality|amoral]] lifestyle in the [[Seychelles]]. But when a casual dalliance between her and Gregory, a [[film director]], starts to turn serious her husband shows very traditional signs of [[jealousy]].
==Cast== * [[Sylvia Kristel]] as [[Emmanuelle]] * [[Umberto Orsini]] as Jean * [[Alexandra Stewart]] as Dorothée * [[Olga Georges-Picot]] as Florence * Jean-Pierre Bouvier as Grégory * Sylvie Fennec as Clara * Caroline Laurence as Cécile * [[Jacques Doniol-Valcroze]] as Michel Cordier * [[Charlotte Alexandra]] as Chloe
==Production== ''Goodbye Emmanuelle'' was intended as the last of a trilogy that included [[Emmanuelle (1974 film)|''Emmanuelle'']] (1974) and ''[[Emmanuelle 2]]'' (1975).<ref>{{cite journal|title=No title available|journal=The Australian Journal of Screen Theory|number=13–16|year=1983|publisher=School of Drama, [[University of New South Wales]]|page=76|quote=Interestingly the final film of the trilogy, ''Goodbye Emmanuelle'', works to recuperate Emmanuelle's image...}}</ref> It was shot on the Seychellois island of [[La Digue]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanetmaur00tomm|url-access=registration|quote=Goodbye Emmanuelle.|last1=Masters|first1=Tom|last2=Carillet|first2=Jean-Bernard|title=Mauritius, Réunion and Seychelles|edition=6th|chapter=The Culture: Arts|page=[https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanetmaur00tomm/page/260 260]|isbn=978-1-74104-727-1|year=2007|access-date=September 4, 2011|publisher=[[Lonely Planet]]}}</ref>
==Release== The film was originally released in France in 1977 through Parafrance and Warner-Columbia Film.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9-xkAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Goodbye+Emmanuelle%22|title=Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television|volume=8|page=240|isbn=978-0-8103-2071-0|year=2007|access-date=September 24, 2011|publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale/Cengage Learning]]}}</ref> In the early 1980s, it became the first movie to be released through [[Miramax Films]], a U.S. independent distributor. The company's founders, [[Bob Weinstein|Bob]] and [[Harvey Weinstein]], acquired the rights from producer Yves Rousset-Rouard at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/03/06/275241/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116111901/http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/03/06/275241/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 16, 2007|last=Carvell|first=Tim|title=The Talented Messrs. Weinstein They built Miramax Films into a movie powerhouse. But how big can the company get and still be the Bob and Harvey show?|date=March 6, 2000|access-date=September 24, 2011|work=[[CNN]] Money|publisher=[[Time Warner]]}}</ref> Several years later, the film became a late-night offering on the [[Cinemax]] and [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] cable channels.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nE0pZLxNgHkC&q=%22Goodbye+Emmanuelle%22|editor=Clark, Roy Peter|title=Best Newspaper Writing, 1985|page=218|isbn=0-935742-10-7|year=1985|access-date=September 24, 2011|publisher=[[Poynter Institute]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3CF1E4A0AAF61&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|last=Bark|first=Ed|title='Casanova' fails to match its hype: ABC neuters the ribald lover|date=February 28, 1987|access-date=September 24, 2011|url-access=subscription |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|publisher=[[A. H. Belo|A.H. Belo Corporation]]|quote=Those in search of a [Sylvia] Kristel in all her glory can tune in the Showtime cable network's ''Goodbye, Emmanuelle'', showing late-night Saturday and Tuesday.}}</ref>
==Reception== In ''[[The New York Times]]'' review, critic John Corry observed that "The scenery [in ''Goodbye Emmanuelle''] wins every time", but was less favorable about what he deemed "wearisome" sex scenes. Corry reflected on both aspects in his critique: "The question in the movie is whether Francois Leterrier, its director, was so absorbed in the [[sexual intercourse|lovemaking]] that he just allowed the scenery to creep in, or whether he put it in on purpose. Maybe it doesn't matter."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/06/movies/film-emmanuelle-in-the-seychelles.html|author=Corry, John|title=Film: 'Emmanuelle' in the Seychelles|date=December 6, 1981|access-date=September 24, 2011|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0077497}}
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