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Emmanuelle: Queen of Sados

1980 · 91 min

A sleazy, tense Mediterranean thriller that keeps you uneasy with its mix of eroticism and menace.

Tagline
Like mother, like daughter!
Overview
A woman struggles to keep her stepdaughter from harms way after she hires an assassin to kill her husband, but the hitman turns and blackmails her for the crime.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • guilt
  • family
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour1
Realism6
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, thriller
Directed by
Ilias Mylonakos
Written by
Ilias Mylonakos
Starring
Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Livia Russo, Haris Tryfonas, Nadia Neri, Vagelis Vartan, Gordon Mitchell, Pantelis Agelopoulos
Cinematography
Vasilis Hristomoglou
Runtime
91 min
Country
Cyprus, Greece
Languages
Greek, Italian

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