''Emanuelle Around the World'' (
Italian
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: ''Emanuelle – Perché violenza alle donne?'', also known as ''Confessions of Emanuelle'') is a 1977
sexploitation directed by
Joe D'Amato
Aristide Massaccesi (15 December 1936 – 23 January 1999), known professionally as Joe D'Amato, was an Italian film director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter who worked in many genres ( westerns, decamerotici, peplum, war films, ...
. The film stars
Laura Gemser
Laurette Marcia Gemser (born 5 October 1950) is an Indonesian-Dutch retired actress, model and costume designer. She is primarily known for her work in Italian erotic cinema, most notably the ''Emanuelle'' series. Many of her films were collab ...
and
George Eastman
George Eastman (July 12, 1854March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. He was a major philanthropist, establishing the Eastman ...
,
Karin Schubert
Karin Schubert (born 26 November 1944) is a German actress. She appeared in film roles since 1970 and became a pornographic actress in the 1980s.
Cinema career
Her early roles included the Spaghetti Western '' Compañeros'' (1970) and Gérard O ...
and
Ivan Rassimov.
Plot
After meeting
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...
diplomat Dr. Robertson in
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
, journalist Emanuelle is invited to
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
to write a report on
Guru
Guru ( sa, गुरु, IAST: ''guru;'' Pali'': garu'') is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. In pan-Indian traditions, a guru is more than a teacher: traditionally, the guru is a reverential ...
Shanti, a man who claims to have achieved the ultimate
orgasm
Orgasm (from Greek , ; "excitement, swelling") or sexual climax is the sudden discharge of accumulated sexual excitement during the sexual response cycle, resulting in rhythmic, involuntary muscular contractions in the pelvic region chara ...
. Once there she engages in a variety of
sex acts, including one with the Guru, disproving his
theory
A theory is a rational type of abstract thinking about a phenomenon, or the results of such thinking. The process of contemplative and rational thinking is often associated with such processes as observational study or research. Theories may be ...
. She then heads to
Hong Kong
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to investigate trafficked women and witnesses them being subjected to forced
Bestiality. Upon her return to
San Francisco
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in the United States, by way of
Italy
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, she teams up with fellow reporter Cora Norman. The two snoop out a trail of men smuggling women to the
Middle East
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, involving members of the United States government.
Cast
*
Laura Gemser
Laurette Marcia Gemser (born 5 October 1950) is an Indonesian-Dutch retired actress, model and costume designer. She is primarily known for her work in Italian erotic cinema, most notably the ''Emanuelle'' series. Many of her films were collab ...
as Emanuelle
*
Ivan Rassimov as Dr. Robertson
*
Karin Schubert
Karin Schubert (born 26 November 1944) is a German actress. She appeared in film roles since 1970 and became a pornographic actress in the 1980s.
Cinema career
Her early roles included the Spaghetti Western '' Compañeros'' (1970) and Gérard O ...
as Cora Norman
* Don Powell as Jeff Davis
*
George Eastman
George Eastman (July 12, 1854March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. He was a major philanthropist, establishing the Eastman ...
as Guru Shanti
* Brigitte Petronio as Mary
*
Marino Masè as Kassem
* Gianni Macchia as Emiro
Release
''Emanuelle Around the World'' was released in 1977. Two versions of the film exist with each having different degrees of pornographic content.
Reception
From a contemporary review, Richard Combs of 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 ...
'' reviewed an 88-minute dubbed version of the film. Combs stated that "in terms of production values, this is easily
manuelle Manuelle is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
* Manuelle Daumas (born 1983), French singer-songwriter and performer
* Manuelle Gautrand (born 1961), French architect
* Víctor Manuelle
Víctor Manuel Ruiz ...
s most elaborate outing yet." Combs continued that the film's plot was "jettisoned as unnecessary baggage, and various episodes might have been concocted on an ad hoc basis in each of the glamour spots visited."
References
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{{Joe D'Amato
1977 films
Films directed by Joe D'Amato
Italian sexploitation films
Emanuelle
Zoophilia in culture
Films set in India
Films set in Hong Kong
Films set in San Francisco
Films set in Rome
Films scored by Nico Fidenco
1970s Italian films
1970s French films