Audrey Diwan’s ‘Emmanuelle’ To Open San Sebastian Film Festival
deadline.comAudrey Diwan‘s Emmanuelle has been announced as the opening film of the 72nd San Sebastian Festival, in competition. The feature film will be screened as a world premiere on September 20 in a gala screening attended by the director and the cast, led by French actress Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Woman on Fire, Tár) in the titular role.
Further cast members include Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive, 21 Grams, The Impossible), Will Sharpe (The White Lotus), Jamie Campbell Bower (Stranger Things), Chacha Huang and Anthony Wong.
Diwan, who won the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion with Happening in 2021, co-wrote the screenplay with filmmaker Rebecca Zlotowski.
The English-language feature is inspired by the character and world created by writer Emmanuelle Arsan, whose 1967 erotic novel was adapted into the cult 1970s movie starring Sylvia Kristel.
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