Embrace the colour and energy of Mexico and party like Frida and Diego at AFF’s Opening Weekend Gala & Party, following the premiere of the Cannes Film Festival award-winning gangster-trans-musical, Emilia Perez. Starring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón and Selena Gomez.
2024
Emilia Pérez
Opening Weekend Gala & Party
Red Carpet.
Director
Jacques Audiard
Runtime
132 Minutes
Country
France, Mexico, United States
Classification
Unclassified 15+
Cannes Best Actress prize was awarded to the ensemble cast of this gritty, exhilarating musical-drama.
Overqualified and overexploited, lawyer Rita (Zoe Saldaña) works at a large firm in Mexico more inclined to whitewash criminals than to serve justice. But an unexpected offer from a cartel leader presents a way out.
Manitas (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists Rita to help extract herself from the business and set up a plan for her wife (Selena Gomez) and kids after her disappearance, all with one driving motivation: to become the woman she's always dreamed of becoming, Emilia Pérez.
Emilia creates a new life for herself, helping the loved ones of cartel victims find their bodies. That is, until her past begins to catch up and threatens to unravel everything she and Rita have worked to build.
Directed by Jacques Audiard with music by Camille and Clément Ducol, this at once pop opera, narco thriller and gender affirmation drama. Emilia Pérez earned its ensemble cast of women a joint Best Actress award at Cannes.
“Emilia Pérez is the sort of movie that’s willing to spike a bloody, climactic shootout with an earnest love song, which is to say, it’s like no other movie at all.”
The New York Times
“Emilia Pérez emerges as a powerful, unfiltered portrait of someone who challenges several stereotypes at once.”
Variety
Best Actress & Jury Prize – Cannes, Toronto, New York
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Film Credits
Director
Jacques Audiard
Year
2024
Country
France, Mexico & United States
Language
Spanish
Subtitles
English
Type
Feature & Fiction
Program Strand
Opening Weekend Gala & World Cinema
Producer
Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann, Anthony Vaccarello, Ardavan Safaee, Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne
Writer
Jacques Audiard
Cinematographer
Paul Guilhaume
Editor
Juliette Welfling
Cast
Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramírez & Mark Ivanir
Music
Clément Ducol & Camille
Film Source
Kismet Movies
Genre
Crime, Drama, LGBTQIA+ & Music
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