Will Sharpe is having his second. The “White Lotus” breakout star leads the already buzzy Netflix collection “Too A lot” alongside Megan Stalter. As we await Lena Dunham’s return to TV with the rom-dram collection, Sharpe places his main man strikes on full show for Audrey Diwan’s erotic drama “Emmanuelle.” The movie first premiered in San Sebastián final yr and can lastly hit VOD subsequent month. IndieWire shares the discharge particulars and the trailer solely under.
“Portrait of a Woman on Hearth” actress Noémie Merlant stars because the title character in Diwan’s trendy re-imagining of Emmanuelle Arsan’s 1967 novel. The movie, Diwan’s first since her abortion drama “Taking place,” facilities on a lady (Merlant) whose enterprise journey to Hong Kong results in a sexual awakening. Naomi Watts, Will Sharpe, “Stranger Issues” breakout Jamie Campbell Bower, Anthony Wong, and Chacha Huang co-star.
The official synopsis for the movie reads: “Whereas on enterprise in Hong Kong, Emmanuelle meets Kei, a person who continuously eludes her. Although she indulges within the many alluring distractions the town has to supply, she will’t shake their likelihood encounter. Will she undergo her basest needs to forge a deeper relationship? Audrey Diwan’s movie, freely tailored from Emmanuelle Arsan’s novel, casts a feminine gaze on the intimate quest of the girl whose identify nonetheless evokes certainly one of cinema’s most provocative characters.”
“Emmanuelle” opened the 2024 San Sebastián Movie Pageant. The function was internationally distributed by Pathé. Chantelouve, Rectangle Productions, and Goodfellas produce.
Diwan beforehand made her function directorial debut with “Dropping It” starring Celine Sallette and Pio Marmaï. Her second movie, “Taking place,” received the Golden Lion on the 2021 Venice Movie Pageant. That very same yr she was a part of the Official Jury on the San Sebastian Pageant, the place she returned for the “Emmanuelle” premiere. In 2023, she was awarded the Finest Screenplay César with co-writer and director Valerie Donzelli for “L’amour et Les Forets” (“Simply the Two of Us”).
“Emmanuelle” is co-written by Diwan and Rebecca Zlotowsky. The producers are Reginald de Guillebon, Marion Delord, Edouard Weil, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval, Livia Van Der Staay, and Laurence Clerc, with Severine Bacle serving as an affiliate producer. Ardavan Sarfaee co-produces, with Tatiana Bouchain government producing.
“Emmanuelle” can be launched on VOD June 6. Take a look at the trailer under.
