SEE IT ON THE BIG SCREEN! 13 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS (BEST PICTURE, BEST ACTRESS, BEST DIRECTOR)
From renegade auteur Jacques Audiard comes Emilia Pérez, an audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations. Through liberating song and dance and bold visuals, this odyssey follows the journey of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own 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 Edgar Ramírez.
Phrases like “game-changer” and “cutting-edge” can’t capture just how audacious and original Emilia Pérez is. It’s a knockout. -Leonardmaltin.com
Audiard has created Emilia to startle and divert, but it’s Gascón’s performance that centers and grounds the story, and it’s the actress who finally gives the movie real stakes. She is its heart and soul both. -New York Times
Right up to the ending, [Gascón] keeps finding newer and deeper ways to be Emilia Pérez, a character that’s all about the never-finished project of learning to become yourself. -Slate
The stellar acting and assorted songs boost much of the familiar elements in “Emilia Pérez,” creating something inventively original and never, ever bland. -USA Today
Emilia Pérez is an ode to embracing one’s identity, a parable of forgiveness, and a love story that is both romantic and platonic. -Entertainment Weekly
‘R’ 132min, Spanish w/ English subtitles
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