''A Man for Emmanuelle'' ( it, Io, Emmanuelle) is an Italian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by Cesare Canevari and starring

Erika Blanc Enrica Bianchi Colombatto (born 23 July 1942), usually known by her stagename of Erika Blanc, is an Italian actress. Career Her most notable role was as the first fictional character Emmanuelle in '' Io, Emmanuelle'' (1969). Blanc starred in se ...

Cast

Emmanuelle Emmanuelle is the lead character in a series of French erotic films based on the main character in the novel '' Emmanuelle'' (1959), created by Emmanuelle Arsan. Character history Emmanuelle appeared as the pen name of Marayat Rollet-Andri ...

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as Sandro * Paolo Ferrari as Raffaello *

Milla Sannoner Milla Sannoner (1938–2003) was an Italian film and television actress.Pitts p.352 Selected filmography * '' The Changing of the Guard'' (1962) * ''Grand Canyon Massacre'' (1964) * '' Three Graves for a Winchester'' (1966) * '' A Man for Emmanu ...

as Lesbian * Sandro Korso as Writer * Ben Salvador as Hippy

Production

The film was based on the short story '' Disintegrazione '68'' by Graziella Di Prospero.

Reception

In a contemporary review, the ''

Monthly Film Bulletin ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 to April 1991, when it merged with '' Sight & Sound''. It reviewed all films on release in the United Kingdom, including those with ...

'' described the film as having "all the visual clichés associated with directors like Lelouch and Albicocco (sudden focus changes, elaborate zooming on to flower pots and such)" and that "the tone is so monotonous and risible, however, that any intended serious comment is lost in a welter of cheap effects".

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* Italian drama films 1960s Italian-language films 1969 drama films Films directed by Cesare Canevari Films scored by Gianni Ferrio 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub