Sylvia Kristel was propelled to stardom thanks to the film “Emmanuelle” released in 1974, but her destiny will not be as brilliant as that of the feature film. The sentimental life of this actress who died at the age of 60 was more than complicated…
Emmanuelle, the actress of the cult film, Sylvia Kristel, was in a relationship with a recognized actor: a hellish relationship
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Noémie Merlant is on all fronts with the release ofEmmanuellenew adaptation of the eponymous novel by Emmanuelle Arsan – real name Marayat Bibidh – published in 1959. This feature film is directed by filmmaker Audrey Diwan, to whom we owe The Event and which offers another look at what was also a cult erotic film of the 1970s, under the direction of Just Jaeckin.
In this first cinema version, which was released in France at the time of the election of Valéry Giscard d’Estaing and the liberalization of morals, a young woman unknown to the general public takes her first steps, Sylvia Kristel. Born in the Netherlands, she is a star and she will never succeed in removing the Emmanuelle label from her CV. But it’s far from being the most tragic moment in this actress’ life. died of lung cancer in 2012 at the age of 60.
Ian McShane and Sylvia Kristel, between drugs and violence
In a relationship with the Belgian writer Hugo Claus, who is 23 years older than her, and with whom she has a son, Arthur, born in 1975, Sylvia Kristel leaves him for the British actor Ian McShane, alias Septon Meribald in Game of Throneswhom she met on the set of Fifth Musketeer. The latter, ten years his senior, is described on the site Slate.fr as “a self-centered man, driven by his ultimate ambition for a great careere”. Their tumultuous relationship against a backdrop of drugs and cocaine that he introduced her to, turned into tragedy after five years, when during an argument, the actor assaults her and pushes her down the stairs. Sylvia Kristel Was Three Months Pregnant, Loses Baby After Fall. She will leave him after this tragic event.
The unhappy loves of Sylvia Kristel
Settled in the United States to try an international career, Sylvia Kristel did not find happiness during her short-lived marriage with a businessman and even less with her union with the director Philippe Blot, of whom she said she was financially responsible. plundered. Her relationship during the 1990s with Belgian producer Freddy de Vree ended abruptly with his sudden death in 2004. A painful life that she recounts in her autobiography Nuepublished by Cherche-Midi.
