Poster of the film Emilia Pérez

Emilia Pérez

Drama Thriller French


Rita, an underrated lawyer working for a large law firm more interested in getting criminals out of jail than bringing them to justice, is hired by the leader of a criminal organization.

Cast:Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramírez, Mark Ivanir, Eduardo Aladro, Emiliano Hasan, Gaël Murgia-Fur, Tirso Pietriga, Xiomara Ahumada Quito
Director:Jacques Audiard
Writer:Jacques Audiard
Editor:Juliette Welfling
Camera:Paul Guilhaume

Guild Reviews

Image of scene from the film Emilia Pérez

Jacques Audiard’s audacious new film is like a cross between Chachi 420 and Dog Day Afternoon

Fox in morning light

Rohan Naahar | Independent Film Critic

Thu, December 19 2024

acques Audiard's new film, dances to its own tune; it's a musical, a crime thriller, and a redemption tale. It's among the most ambitious films of the year.

Did the French auteur Jacques Audiard watch Chachi 420 and feel inspired to make his latest film, Emilia Pérez? Stranger things have happened this year. Nick Jonas has celebrated Holi in Greater Noida, and Ed Sheeran has fried a batata vada with Sanjyot Keer. Is the idea of Audiard, a Palme d’Or-winning maestro, watching a Kamal Haasan rip-off really that outlandish? The genre-fluid mess that it is, Emilia Pérez certainly has origins in mainstream Indian cinema — it can go from Ekta Kapoor-style drama to Farah Khan-inspired musical in a matter of minutes. And like so many of our country’s films, its gender politics aren’t entirely above reproach.

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