Jacques Audiard’s Musical-Crime-Sex-Comedy ‘Emilia Pérez’ Arrives Nov. 13
In this fever dream of a film, disgruntled lawyer Rita is tasked with assisting an escaped Mexican cartel leader in undergoing sex reassignment surgery to both evade the authorities and affirm her gender.
Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Starring: Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Édgar Ramírez
Written by: Jacques Audiard,
Rating: NR
Running time: 130 minutes
Genre: Spanish-language Musical Crime Comedy
Theatrical Release: August 21, 2024 (France); November 1, 2024 (US – Limited)
US & Canada Boxoffice: N/A
Worldwide: $7,296,994
Country: France (Spanish language)
Studio: Netflix
Website: https://www.pimientafilms.com/en/emilia-perez-en/
Overqualified and exploited, lawyer Rita is wasting her talents working for a large firm far better at whitewashing criminal garbage than serving justice. But an unexpected way out appears, the sort of offers you can’t refuse : to help feared cartel boss Juan “Little Hands” Del Monte – aka Manitas – retire from his business and disappear forever. Manitas has a plan he’s been fine-tuning in secret for years : to become, at last, the woman he’s always dreamed of becoming. A fever dream that defies genres and expectations, with liberating song and dance and bold visuals. The film won the Jury Prize and its female ensemble won the Best Actress award at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
