The head of a Mexican cartel hires a lawyer to help him change sex and disappear, starting a new life as Emilia Perez. Jacques Audiard creates a delirious and unexpected musical about identity, gender, and violence in Mexico, starring Karla Sofia Gascon, Zoe Saldana, and Selena Gomez. Four awards at…
8.2
★★★★☆
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📖 Synopsis
The head of a Mexican cartel hires a lawyer to help him change sex and disappear, starting a new life as Emilia Perez. Jacques Audiard creates a delirious and unexpected musical about identity, gender, and violence in Mexico, starring Karla Sofia Gascon, Zoe Saldana, and Selena Gomez. Four awards at Cannes and thirteen Oscar nominations for a film that defies all genres and conventions of contemporary cinema.
✍️ Our review
8.2/10★★★★☆
Audiard bursts into Spanish-language cinema with a film of radical originality. Musical, thriller, melodrama, and reflection on identity. Not everything works, but none of this can be ignored.