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Emilia Pérez
Plot
Rita Mora Castro is a gifted lawyer in Mexico City, but she spends her days writing defenses for a firm that never gives her credit. Sick of watching guilty men walk free thanks to her work, she has just won another case when a mysterious call comes in with a very lucrative offer.
The client is Manitas Del Monte, a feared cartel boss. He wants out of crime and, in secret, to undergo the gender-affirming surgery he has wanted for years, so he can finally live as a woman. Rita has to find the right surgeon abroad and set everything up without anyone catching on.
The plan includes faking Manitas's death and sending his wife, Jessi, and their kids far away to Switzerland. That is how Emilia Pérez is born. Years later, Rita and Emilia cross paths again, and the past comes knocking. It all plays out as a musical, with songs woven into the story.
Loosely adapted from Jacques Audiard's own opera libretto, which drew on a chapter of Boris Razon's 2018 novel Écoute
Official trailer
Awards and nominees
- Oscars 2025 · Best Supporting Actress · Zoe Saldaña
Beat: A Complete Unknown (Monica Barbaro), Wicked (Ariana Grande), The Brutalist (Felicity Jones), Conclave (Isabella Rossellini) - Golden Globes 2025 · Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Beat: Anora, Challengers, A Real Pain, The Substance, Wicked - Golden Globes 2025 · Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language
Beat: All We Imagine as Light, The Girl with the Needle, I'm Still Here, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Vermiglio
Trivia
- The film is set in Mexico but was shot on soundstages near Paris, at the Studios de Bry-sur-Marne.
- At Cannes it won the Jury Prize, and its four lead actresses shared the Best Actress award.
- It received 13 Oscar nominations, more than any other film that year, and won two: Supporting Actress and Original Song.
- The film drew criticism in Mexico for its portrayal of the country and the drug trade, and for casting non-Mexican leads.
Cast
- Rita Mora CastroZoe Saldaña
- Emilia Pérez / Manitas Del MonteKarla Sofía Gascón
- Jessi Del MonteSelena Gomez
- Epifanía FloresAdriana Paz
- Gustavo BrunÉdgar Ramírez
- Dr. WassermanMark Ivanir
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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