Emilia Pérez (MA 15+)

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 enlists Rita, 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.

Winning the Jury Prize Award and Best Actress for Karla Sofía Gascón at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival 2024, Emilia Pérez in a swaggering musical crime thriller of genre-bending fascination that is also an unapologetically trans story.

Cast: Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Edgar Ramirez, Adriana Paz

Director: Jacques Audiard

★★★★★ "It's a gloriously original tribute to anyone who truly dares to go their own way, but particularly the amazing women who do it under extreme fire." EVENING STANDARD

★★★★★ "A musical for our time indeed." TIMES UK

★★★★★ "Who knew Saldaña was such a terrific singer? And who says a violent gangster film can’t also be a musical, and more over the top than any opera?" AARP

★★★★ "riotously entertaining" GUARDIAN

★★★★ "utterly riveting" SHADOWS ON THE WALL

★★★★ "a hard-boiled and bloody cartel thriller with a transgender twist. Oh, and it’s a musical." FINANCIAL TIMES

★★★★ "a wild ride" DAILY TELEGRAPH UK

★★★★ "Tragic, trashy, philosophical, political, euphoric, comic, and blazing out in glory, Emilia Pérez is (soap)opera deluxe." CURB