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| Patrick Bauchau | ... |
Marc
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Deborah Power | ... |
Dona
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Sophie Berger | ... |
Maria
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Gérard Dimiglio | ... |
Rodrigo
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Sonja Martin | ... |
Suzanna
(as Sonia Martin)
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Christian Marquand | ... |
Docteur Santano
(as Christian Marquant)
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Marilyn Jess | ... |
Nadine
(as Dominique Troyes)
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Isabelle Estelle | ... |
Secrétaire Marc
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Christoph Clark | ... |
Alfredo
(as Gilbert Grosso)
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Gérard-Antoine Huart | ... |
Nelson
(as Gerard Antoine Huart)
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David Jalil | ... |
Le bel homme
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| Fabrice Luchini | ... |
Oswaldo
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Xavier Fultot | ... |
Le jeune violeur
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In order to escape from her former lover Marc, Sylvia goes to Brazil where Dr. Santamo transforms her into the beautiful Emmanuelle. With this new identity comes a sexual awakening which is complicated by her memories of Marc. As with other entries in this series, the plot twists provide ample opportunities to expose the characters. Written by Eric Conrad <econrad@magnus.ohio-state.edu>
The 4th installment of the Emmanuelle series is my least favorite one. Sylvia Kristel briefly appears at the beginning because she needed the money, then Mia Nygren continues as the new Emmanuelle ("Les deux visages d'Emmanuelle", the advertising tried in vain to find a reasonable excuse for the silly cosmetic surgery story). They simply wanted to continue the series because it was a successful brand name, though Kristel was meanwhile too old to play the innocent girl. Now Nygren is pretty on photos, but wooden on film. "Emmanuelle 4" lost the style of the first three movies rapidly, anyway. A stylistic means from the political thriller like inserting "Sao Paulo, 21st April 1983" tries to make it more realistic, but why? That just tears down the veil of magic.
The series was continued with 2 more cinema films (starring Monique Gabrielle respectively Natalie Uher); I voted 7/8/6/4/6/7 for the six movies. Unfortunately, further sequels were made in the 1990s and 2000s for cable TV and the video market. Don't waste your time with any of these.