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2024

Emilia Pérez

Overqualified and exploited lawyer Rita (Zoe Saldaña) pursues a lucrative offer from a cartel boss as a way out of her demoralising job. Manitas (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists her to help her retire from the criminal underworld and disappear, with one driving motivation: to become the woman she's always dreamed of becoming.

Director

Jacques Audiard

Runtime

132 Minutes

Country

France, Mexico, United States

Classification

Unclassified 15+

Cannes Best Actress prize was awarded to the ensemble cast of this gritty, exhilarating musical-drama.

Overqualified and overexploited, lawyer Rita (Zoe Saldaña) works at a large firm in Mexico more inclined to whitewash criminals than to serve justice. But an unexpected offer from a cartel leader presents a way out.

Manitas (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists Rita to help extract herself from the business and set up a plan for her wife (Selena Gomez) and kids after her disappearance, all with one driving motivation: to become the woman she's always dreamed of becoming, Emilia Pérez.

Emilia creates a new life for herself, helping the loved ones of cartel victims find their bodies. That is, until her past begins to catch up and threatens to unravel everything she and Rita have worked to build.

Directed by Jacques Audiard with music by Camille and Clément Ducol, this at once pop opera, narco thriller and gender affirmation drama. Emilia Pérez earned its ensemble cast of women a joint Best Actress award at Cannes.

"Emilia Pérez is the sort of movie that’s willing to spike a bloody, climactic shootout with an earnest love song, which is to say, it’s like no other movie at all."

The New York Times

"Emilia Pérez emerges as a powerful, unfiltered portrait of someone who challenges several stereotypes at once."

Variety

Best Actress & Jury Prize – Cannes, Toronto, New York
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Film Credits

Director

Jacques Audiard

Year

2024

Country

FranceMexico & United States

Language

Spanish

Subtitles

English

Type

Feature & Fiction

Program Strand

World Cinema

Producer

Pascal CaucheteuxJacques AudiardValérie SchermannAnthony VaccarelloArdavan SafaeeJean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne

Writer

Jacques Audiard

Cinematographer

Paul Guilhaume

Editor

Juliette Welfling

Cast

Zoe SaldañaKarla Sofía GascónSelena GomezAdriana PazEdgar Ramírez & Mark Ivanir

Music

Clément Ducol & Camille

Film Source

Kismet Movies

Genre

CrimeDramaLGBTQIA+ & Music

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Embrace the colour and energy of Mexico and party like Frida and Diego at AFF’s Opening Weekend Gala & Party, following the premiere of the Cannes Film Festival award-winning gangster-trans-musical, Emilia Perez. Starring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón and Selena Gomez.