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A woman (Selena Gomez) lit in red stands in front of a room lit with green, blue, purple, and orange lights.

Emilia Pérez

  Jacques Audiard

  France     132 minutes

Synopsis

From renegade auteur Jacques Audiard (Dheepan, Rust and Bone) comes this audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations. Through liberating song and dance and bold visuals, this Mexican odyssey follows the journey of four remarkable women, each pursuing their own kind of happiness.

The fearsome cartel leader Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists Rita (Zoe Saldaña), an unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job, to help fake her death so that Emilia can finally live authentically as her true self. Written and directed by Audiard (Rust and Bone, A Prophet), the double Cannes-winning film also stars Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and Édgar Ramírez.

  

 Spanish with subtitles

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Film Credits

  •   Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann, Anthony Vaccarello, Ardavan Safaee, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
  •   Jacques Audiard
  •   Juliette Welfling
  •   Paul Guilhaume
  •   Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramírez, Mark Ivanir
  •   Clément Ducol, Camille
  •   Pauline Lamy
  •   Why Not Productions, PAGE 114, Saint Laurent Productions, Pathé, France 2 Cinéma

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