Black Emanuelle 2
| Black Emanuelle 2 | |
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| Directed by | Bitto Albertini (as Albert Thomas) |
| Written by | Bitto Albertini Mario Mariani |
| Starring | Shulamith Lasri Angelo Infanti |
| Cinematography | Guglielmo Mancori |
| Music by | Don Powell |
Release date | 31 July 1976 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Black Emanuelle 2 (Italian: Emanuelle nera n° 2), also known as The New Black Emanuelle, is a 1976 Italian psychological drama-sexploitation film directed by Bitto Albertini. It is an unofficial sequel of Black Emanuelle.[1][2]
Background
Although following Albertini's successful 1975 sexploitation film Black Emanuelle and the allusion to the title, Black Emanuelle 2 differs greatly in plot than the first film, featuring Israeli actress Shulamith Lasri, as Emanuelle Richmond Morgan, a supermodel going through a state of amnesia and locked in a mental institution in New York City.[2][3] Lasri, at her first and only film, is credited just as "Emanuelle Nera".[1][2] The lead actor, as in the first film, is Angelo Infanti, who plays a different character.[2] The film was shot between Rome, New York City and Venice.[2]
Plot
Emanuelle Richmond Morgan (Lasri) is an African American supermodel married to basketball star Fred Morgan (Percy Hogan). She had visited Beirut in July 1976 and fell in the centre of the Lebanese Civil War. She has been going through a state of amnesia since then, kept at a mental institution in Manhattan. Dr. Paul Gardner (Infanti) who is in charge of the clinic takes a special interest in Richmond's case and begins to personally investigate her past, starting with the photographer John Farmer (Franco Cremonini) who was with her in Beirut.
Cast
- Shulamith Lasri as Emanuelle Richmond Morgan (credited as Emanuelle Nera)
- Angelo Infanti as Dr. Paul Gardner
- Percy Hogan as Fred Morgan
- Dagmar Lassander as Susan Gardner
- Danielle Ellison (credited as Sharon Lesley) as Sharon, Paul's niece
- Franco Cremonini as John Farmer
- Don Powell as Emanuelle's father
- Pietro Torrisi as Simon
- Attilio Dottesio as The General
Reception
The film was generally badly received by critics. According to Manlio Gomarasca, it has an "unattractive story", in which "it is not clear if the irony that winds throughout the film is voluntary or not".[2] Film critic Paolo Mereghetti wrote that the film is "extremely poor", and her lead actress has "generous shapes but a rare inexpressiveness".[4] In its DVD Talk review, it is described as "flat, tedious and barely thrilling" and as "a relatively daft and boring entry into the cycle".[5] In his DVD Verdict review, Daryl Loomis wrote that the film is "mind-numbingly dull and looks like a grouping of unconnected scenes".[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b Marco Giusti. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer, 1999. p. 256. ISBN 8820029197.
- ^ a b c d e f Manlio Gomarasca. "Nero su bianco - Emanuelle nera n° 2" in AA.VV. Al tropico del sesso, Nocturno Dossier (35). November 2005. p. 32.
- ^ Justine bonne à tout faire 2. Le Figaro. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. p. 561. ISBN 8860736269.
- ^ Kurt Dahlke (November 13, 2007). "Black Emanuelle's Box, Vol. 2 - Review". DVD Talk. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ Daryl Loomis (December 9, 2007). "Black Emanuelle's Box, Volume 2". DVD Verdict. Retrieved 13 January 2015.