Emilia Pérez 2024 MULTI.DUAL.H Magnet

21/27

Narrative

Emilia Pérez follows four extraordinary women in Mexico, each searching for their own happiness

Cartel leader Emilia enlists Rita, an unpopular lawyer, to help her fake her death so she can finally live authentically as herself. Karla Sofía Gascón talks about the two years of preparation that went into this demanding role in Jacques Audiard’s film and the two extremes of her personality that she had to play as Emilia and Manitas. While promoting Emilia Pérez, Selena Gomez stated in several interviews that she doesn’t speak fluent Spanish and doesn’t feel happy with her Spanish in this film. A French title misspells the Indian city as “Dehli.” Appearing in Latino Slant: La Bamba Remake, Tarantino Has a BIG Mouth, the HOT of Jenna & Selena Shocks!

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(2024). Dalmais), Clément Ducol and Jacques AudiardPlayed by Zoe Saldana. Emilia Pérez is a 2024 musical drama starring Zoe Saldana as Rita, a lawyer who does her job until a drug lord kidnaps her and demands that she have a sex change. Along the way we have Selena Gomez as Jessi, the drug lord’s wife who is adjusting to her new life with the children she raised with him after his sex change that she doesn’t know about.

Most of the story is told with musical numbers, so if you don’t like that type of genre, stay away

Then of course we have Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez, the drug lord who has had a sex change and continues to build her (no longer “him”) empire. This movie in particular had a very strange effect on me after I finished it because I went into it blindly and to be honest, that’s what you should do because the movie in general is very unexpected in places and also quite comical. After the director and cast of the film introduced us, the film started and the audience shared laughter and joy at some aspects of the film and I appreciate that. The film shines best with its stunning cinematography (which was nothing short of stunning), the powerful acting from everyone involved and some of the musical numbers.

If you like musicals, give Emilia Pérez a chance, I think it successfully delivers what audiences can expect from it

Now, why I say “some” of the musical numbers is because most of them are pretty great and impact the story but as the film progressed the musical numbers became much less catchy than before and became a bit of a cliché because of that. The musical performance at the end was boring in my opinion but I think it kind of summed up some of the story. But don’t listen to me because there’s a film for everyone and I really enjoyed some elements of this film and I think most of you will too when it releases soon enough. Overall, while it wasn’t as well executed as I had hoped, Emilia Pérez is still a cinematic achievement in the musical numbers and great acting that makes the film even more engaging and entertaining.

Rating: London Film Festival Opening Gala

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