Zist Zeken then directed The Story of O and, again with Sylvia Christel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
The French filmmaker and photographer Jist Zéquin, who directed the successful romantic film “Emmanuela” with Sylvia Christel, died yesterday, Tuesday, at the age of 82, a family representative announced today to AFP.
“Zist Zeken, passed away on September 6 in Brittany at the age of 82 (…) surrounded by his wife Anne, a sculptor, and his daughter Julia, a photographer,” his agent explained in a statement.
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“Emmanuela” was the most successful film of 1974 in France, selling almost 9 million tickets, and it played for 13 years in cinemas on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. It was seen by tens of millions of viewers all over the world, and many more, if you take into account its views from other media. Today it is available for rent from the Amazon platform and is aimed at those over 16 years old.
The film, which was an international hit from Japan to the United States, tells the story of a young woman’s sexual adventures in Asia.
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The movie “Emmanuela” was based on the romantic bestseller of the same name written in 1959 by Emmanuel Arsan. The producer, Yves Rouchet-Roir, wanting to assign the project to a young director, turned to the photographer Zist Zeken, who was excited by the idea of making a feature film.
Zist Zeken then directed The Story of O and, again with Sylvia Christel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
However, the success “disturbed and obscured the multifaceted talent” of the photographer, advertising director and sculptor, who was Zist Zeken before becoming the director of “Emmanuela”, according to those around him.
Born in 1940 in Vichy, Gist Zéquin also owned, with his wife, an art gallery in Paris where they exhibited paintings and sculptures, mostly their own.
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