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Emilia Pérez
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJacques Audiard
Screenplay byJacques Audiard
Based onEmilia Pérez
by Jacques Audiard
Écoute
by Boris Razon
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPaul Guilhaume[1]
Edited byJuliette Welfling
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byPathé
Release dates
  • 18 May 2024 (2024-05-18) (Cannes)
  • 21 August 2024 (2024-08-21) (France)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryFrance
Languages
Box office$8.3 million[4]

Emilia Pérez is a 2024 French musical crime comedy film written and directed by Jacques Audiard,[5] based on Audiard's opera libretto of the same name, which was in turn loosely adapted from Boris Razon's 2018 novel Écoute.[6] The film stars Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Mark Ivanir, and Édgar Ramírez, and features a feared cartel leader who enlists a lawyer to help her disappear and achieve her dream of transitioning into a woman. Its original songs were contributed by Camille, while its original score was provided by Clément Ducol. The choreographic sections of the film are designed by Damien Jalet.

The film premiered on 18 May 2024 at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, and was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in its main competition section, where it won the Jury Prize and its female ensemble won the Best Actress award. It was theatrically released by Pathé on 21 August 2024. It was selected as the French entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.[7]

Plot

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Rita Mora Castro, an underappreciated lawyer in Mexico, writes the defense for a murder case involving a prominent media figure’s wife, going against her conscience to argue the death as a suicide (“El Alegato”). After winning the case, Rita receives an anonymous call with a mysterious but lucrative offer. Reflecting on her discontent, Rita agrees to a meeting (“Todo y Nada”). The client, revealed to be cartel kingpin Juan “Manitas” Del Monte, expresses desire to covertly undergo gender affirming surgery, beginning a new and authentic life (“El Encuentro”).

After meeting with doctors in Bangkok (“La Vaginoplastia”) and Tel Aviv (“Lady”), Rita finds a surgeon who agrees to perform the procedure after hearing Manitas’ recollections of gender dysphoria during childhood (“Deseo”). Following the procedure, Manitas’ children and wife, Jessi, are relocated to Switzerland for their safety; Rita receives an exorbitant sum of money; and Manitas stages a fake death and begins a new life as Emilia Pérez.

Four years later in London, Rita encounters Emilia, who expresses her desire to reunite with her children (“Por Casualidad”). Rita brings Jessi and the children back to Mexico City to live with Emilia, introducing her as a distant cousin of Manitas who has volunteered to help raise the children. Jessi does not recognize Emilia and opposes the arrangement, ultimately only agreeing to return to Mexico to reunite with Gustavo Brun, a past lover with whom she had an affair during the later years of her marriage (“Bienvenida”).

Adjusting to their new life in Mexico, Rita and Emilia have a chance encounter with the mother of a missing child, which causes Emilia to reflect on her criminal past (“Mis Siete Hermanos y Yo”). Emilia later puts her son to bed, and he confesses he still recognizes her scent (“Papa”). Remorseful, Emilia utilizes her connections with incarcerated cartel members to create a nonprofit that identifies the bodies of cartel victims (“Para”). Rita and Emilia collaborate in growing the nonprofit and recruiting donors, some of which, Rita points out, are dangerous and corrupt. (“El Mal”). Epifanía, a woman whose abusive husband’s remains were identified by the nonprofit, meets with Emilia to confirm his death, and the two later begin a relationship (“El Amor”).

Meanwhile, Jessi continues rekindling her relationship with Gustavo (“Mi Camino”) and reveals to Emilia that the two plan to marry and move the family to a new home. When Emilia refers to the children as “mine” and becomes physically aggressive, Jessi flees with the children. After Emilia threatens Gustavo, Jessi and Gustavo kidnap Emilia and demand ransom from Rita. Arriving at the designated location, Rita attempts to negotiate with Gustavo, but a shootout ensues. Emilia finally reveals her true identity to Jessi by recounting intimate details of their first meeting and their wedding day (“Perdóname”). Gustavo and a confused Jessi load Emilia into the trunk and drive off, but as Jessi slowly comes to realize what has happened, she orders Gustavo to pull over, holding him at gunpoint. As the two struggle for the gun, the car veers off the road, killing Gustavo, Jessi, and Emilia.

Rita tearfully informs Jessi’s children of what has happened and offers to be their guardian. In the final scene, Epifanía marches in the street singing Emilia’s eulogy and celebrating her fight for truth and freedom. (“Las Damas Que Pasan”).

Cast

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  • Zoe Saldaña as Rita Mora Castro
  • Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte[8]
  • Selena Gomez as Jessi Del Monte
  • Adriana Paz as Epifanía Flores
  • Mark Ivanir as Dr. Wasserman
  • Édgar Ramírez as Gustavo Brun
  • James Gerard as Simon
  • Shiraz Tzarfati
  • Agathe Bokja as Thai nurse
  • Lucas Varoclier as Young Diego
  • Marie-Elisabeth Robert
  • Eric Geynes as London Dinner Guest
  • Anabel Lopez as Berlinger's secretary
  • Eduardo Aladro as Berlinger
  • Line Phé
  • Cyrus Khodaveisi as Doctor
  • Yohan Levy as Soldier Ido
  • Daniel Velasco-Acosta as Edgar
  • Jonas Paz-Benavides[9] as Journalist

Production

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Development

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In January 2022, Télérama released a five-episode program covering in detail Audiard's pre-production process.[10] Audiard developed the screenplay from what was originally intended to be an opera libretto in four acts.[11] The title character was inspired by a chapter from Boris Razon's 2018 novel Écoute.[12] Emilia Pérez marks the first time Audiard has written a film alone. Previous co-writer Thomas Bidegain serves as a creative collaborator.[13]

Clément Ducol composed the original score, while French singer Camille wrote the original songs, with the assistance of a Mexican translator, and performed on the demo.[12] Damien Jalet choreographed the musical sequences.[11] Anthony Vaccarello, of fashion house Yves Saint Laurent, created the costumes.[14]

Filming

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Production was initially to begin in autumn 2022 but was delayed six months due to varying scheduling conflicts with the cast members.[5][15] It was originally set to take place on location in Mexico but was moved to a studio near Paris instead, in accordance with Audiard's wishes.[5] The interior scenes included a reconstruction of an "authentic Mexican backdrop".[13] Audiard stated that the studio setting would afford him the ability to "produce more form" and give him "more freedom for the parts that are sung and choreographed."[11]

Principal photography began in May 2023 in the Île-de-France region, before wrapping on 5 July 2023.[16][17][18]

The film is produced by Pascal Caucheteux through his company Why Not Productions, and also by Audiard and Valérie Schermann through their company Page 114;[13] in co-production with Pathé, France 2 Cinéma, and Vaccarello's Saint Laurent Productions, a division of Yves Saint Laurent.[14]

Release

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The cast of Emilia Pérez at TIFF 2024. From left to right: Selena Gomez, Karla Sofía Gascón, Adriana Paz and Zoe Saldaña

Emilia Pérez was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 18 May 2024.[19] The film received a standing ovation with reports that it lasted either nine minutes[20] or 11 minutes.[21]

World sales were handled by The Veterans.[5] Shortly after its premiere, Netflix beat out multiple studios and was in negotiations to acquire distribution rights to the film for North America and the United Kingdom for $12 million; the deal ultimately closed at $8 million instead.[22][23][24] The film was theatrically released in France on 21 August 2024 by Pathé.[25]

The film made its North American premiere at the 51st Telluride Film Festival.[26] It played at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2024,[27] and it was also selected in Icons at the 29th Busan International Film Festival to be screened in October 2024.[28] The film has also been selected for the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024 under the World Cinema section.[29]

The film received a limited theatrical release in the United States and Canada on 1 November, before debuting on Netflix on 13 November.[30]

Reception

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Critical response

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 81% of 120 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's consensus reads: "Karla Sofía Gascón is Emilia Perez in a swaggering musical crime thriller of genre-bending fascination that is also an unapologetically trans story."[31] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[32] On AlloCiné, the film received an average rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 38 reviews from French critics.[33]

Kevin Maher from The Times rated the film 5 out of 5 stars stating "this mad musical is one of the year's best films.[34]

Accolades

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Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Camerimage 23 November 2024 Golden Frog for Best Cinematography Paul Guilhaume Pending [35]
Cannes Film Festival 25 May 2024 Palme d'Or Jacques Audiard Nominated [36]
Jury Prize Won [37]
Best Actress Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz and Zoe Saldaña Won
Queer Palm Jacques Audiard Nominated [38]
Soundtrack Award Clément Ducol & Camille Won [39]
Celebration of Cinema and Television 22 October 2024 Groundbreaker Award Zoe Saldaña Won [40]
European Film Awards 7 December 2024 European Film Emilia Pérez Pending [41]
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European Director Jacques Audiard Pending
European Screenwriter Pending
European Actress Karla Sofía Gascón Pending
Filmfest Hamburg 28 September 2024 Douglas Sirk Award Jacques Audiard Won [43]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards 20 November 2024 Song - Documentary Film Clement Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard and Zoe Saldaña ("El Mal") Pending [44]
Clement Ducol, Camille, Selena Gomez and Édgar Ramírez ("Mi Camino") Pending
Song – Onscreen Performance (Film) Zoe Saldaña ("El Mal") Pending
Original Score – Feature Film Clement Ducol & Camille Pending
Music Themed Film, Biopic or Musical Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux, Valérie Schermann and Anthony Vaccarello Pending
Ischia Global Film & Music Festival 14 July 2024 Ischia Global Breakout Actress of the Year Award Karla Sofía Gascón Won [45]
Middleburg Film Festival 20 October 2024 Spotlight Actor Award Zoe Saldaña Won [46]
Special Achievement in Music Award Clément Ducol & Camille Won [47]
Mill Valley Film Festival 16 October 2024 Outstanding Ensemble Performance Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Mark Ivanir, Adriana Paz, Édgar Ramírez and Zoe Saldaña Won [48]
Audience Favorite ¡Viva el cine! Emilia Pérez Won [49]
Morelia International Film Festival 18 October 2024 Artistic Excellence Award Jacques Audiard Won [50]
Palm Springs International Film Festival 3 January 2025 Vanguard Award Jacques Audiard, Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez & Édgar Ramírez Won [51]
San Sebastian International Film Festival 28 September 2024 Sebastiane Award Emilia Pérez Nominated [52]
Audience Award Nominated [53]
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 15 February 2025 American Riviera Award Zoe Saldaña Won [54]
SCAD Savannah Film Festival 2 November 2024 Distinguished Performance Award Karla Sofía Gascón Won [55]
Vanguard Award Zoe Saldaña Won [56]
Telluride Film Festival 30 August 2024 Silver Medallion Jacques Audiard Won [57]
Toronto International Film Festival 15 September 2024 TIFF Variety Artisan Award Clément Ducol & Camille Won [58]
People's Choice Award Emilia Pérez Runner-up [59]

See also

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