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    Emilia Pérez - Wikipedia

    • Emilia Pérez is a 2024 French musical crime film written and directed by Jacques Audiard. Based on Audiard's opera libretto of the same name, itself based on the 2018 novel Écoute by Boris Razon, the film follows a Mexican cartel leader (Karla Sofía Gascón) who enlists a lawyer (Zoe Saldaña) to help her disappear so that she may transition into a woma… See more

    Release dateNovember 13, 2024 (USA)
    Content ratingR
    GenreComedy · Crime · Drama · Musical · Thriller
    Directed byJacques Audiard
    Plot

    Rita Mora Castro, a struggling attorney in Mexico City, leads the defense in a murder case involving a prominent media figure's wife. Against her own conscience, Rita proceeds to argue that the woman died by suicide ("E… See more

    Showtimes · February 25
    1. 12.6mi
      Cinemark Polaris 18 and XD
      1071 Gemini Place
      1:00 PM
    Cast

    Zoe Saldaña as Rita Mora Castro, a lawyer
    Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte, cartel kingpin who wants to covertly undergo gender-affirming surgerySee more

    Production

    In January 2022, Télérama released a five-episode program covering in detail Jacques Audiard's pre-production process. Audiard developed the screenplay from what was originally intended to be an opera libretto in four acts. T… See more

    Music

    The soundtrack album features the film's original songs performed by cast members Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Mark Ivanir, Adriana Paz and others, as well as the original score composed by Ducol and … See more

    Release

    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. The film received a standing ovation.
    Shortly afte… See more