emmanuelle ( sylvia kristel ) be happily marry to an old man ( she about 20 and he 50 ) . he have no problem with her sleeping with other people ( men and woman ) and even hire an old man to teach her how to be a good lover . yawn . i saw this at an movie house that show old movie back in the early 1980s . it be show a the midnight movie and a bunch of guy at my college encourage me to see it . ( actually and i be gay but i be closet then ) . what i saw be a beautifully photograph and very sensuous but boring film . afterwords the guy agree with me they all hat it too they say it be the most boring x rat film they have ever see ( these be straight college boy ) . film look great but there no plot and no motivation . kristel be certainly beautiful but can not act . there plenty of female nudity no male nudity at all . even the sex isn not that explicit . the one somewhat explicit sex scene be between two woman and nothing be really show . i can not believe this still have an x i have see more explicit r rat film . still and historically and this be an important film . it cause a major uproar in 1974 and be actually consider a serious art film ( for a while ) . still and the entertainment value be nil . very dull and slow . don not bother .