 Emmanuelle (played by Monique Gabrielle) is a free-spirited woman who makes erotic arthouse films and runs a dance studio out of her loft in Paris.The movie opens with a "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" style montage of Cannes, with a documentary-like narration giving us an overview of the famous film festival held there every year.A film within a film, the sequence shows Emmanuelle premiering her latest film, "Love Express", in Cannes, causing a scandal in the process.