Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman

Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman (L'antivierge, 1975) is a French erotic drama you can watch online on iFILM. Sylvia Kristel returns to the role that made her a star, joining her diplomat husband in Hong Kong, where the demure pupil of the first film becomes a woman openly pursuing pleasure on her own terms.

This second chapter of the famous franchise was directed by photographer Francis Giacobetti, and it shows: glossy, advertising-perfect images of ocean liners, warm colonial light, Hong Kong and Bali. Plot takes a back seat to a string of encounters that her husband meets with unbothered, philosophical calm. The film is far more about a 1970s mood of sexual liberation and lush surfaces than about narrative tension. It's a landmark of its moment, cementing Emmanuelle as a pop-culture icon and defining a whole strain of soft-focus European eroticism. Frank genre classic for viewers curious about cinema as a snapshot of its era. Stream Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman (1975) online on iFILM.