French filmmaker Just Jaeckin, director of 'Emmanuelle', dies at 82

French filmmaker and photographer

, who directed the hit erotic film

, has died on Tuesday at the age of 82, a family spokeswoman confirms.

"

, the director of

with

died on September 6 in Brittany after a long illness at the age of 82 (...) He died surrounded by his wife Anne, a sculptor, and his daughter Julia, a photographer ", His agent has informed in a statement.

The film, which had a great international success from Japan to the United States, narrates the sexual adventures of a young woman in Asia.

, the biggest success of the year 1974 in France with almost 9 million viewers, was on the bill for 13 years on the

in

.

A social phenomenon, the film has been seen in theaters by several tens of millions of viewers around the world, many more if we take other media into account.

platform

,

was available for a time in 2020 on

.

Not recommended for children under 16, the film was presented as a "romantic" work.

Emmanuelle

was born as a film adaptation of an

of the same name, written by

in 1959. The producer,

, contacted the photographer

, delighted to shoot his first feature film.

Just Jaeckin

would later direct

and, again with Sylvia Kristel,

.

The blazing success of

, however, "disturbed and obscured the multifaceted talent" of the photographer, publicity director, and sculptor he was before the film, according to his entourage.

Born in 1940 in

,

also owned, with his wife, an art gallery in Paris where they exhibited paintings and sculptures, including his own.

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