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Emilia Pérez is a 2024 Spanish-language French musical crime comedy film written and directed by Jacques Audiard,[5] based on Audiard's opera libretto of the same name, which was in turn loosely adapted from Boris Razon's 2018 novel Écoute.[6] It stars Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Mark Ivanir and Édgar Ramírez. The original songs for the film were contributed by Camille, while its original score was provided by Clément Ducol. The choreographic sections of the film are designed by Damien Jalet.
Emilia Pérez | |
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Directed by | Jacques Audiard |
Screenplay by | Jacques Audiard |
Based on | Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard Écoute by Boris Razon |
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Cinematography | Paul Guilhaume[1] |
Edited by | Juliette Welfling |
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Distributed by | Pathé |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | Spanish[2] |
Budget | €25 million[3] |
Box office | $7.6 million[4] |
The film premiered on 18 May 2024 at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, and was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in its main competition section, where it won the Jury Prize and its female ensemble won the Best Actress award. It was theatrically released by Pathé on 21 August 2024. It was selected as the French entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.[7]
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 live authentically as her true self. This musical odyssey follows the journey of three remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness.
In January 2022, Télérama released a five-episode program covering in detail Audiard's pre-production process.[10] Audiard developed the screenplay from what was originally intended to be an opera libretto in four acts.[11] The title character was inspired by a chapter from Boris Razon's 2018 novel Écoute.[12] Emilia Pérez marks the first time Audiard has written a film alone. Previous co-writer Thomas Bidegain serves as a creative collaborator.[13]
Clément Ducol composed the original score, while French singer Camille wrote the original songs, with the assistance of a Mexican translator, and performed on the demo.[12] Damien Jalet choreographed the musical sequences.[11] Anthony Vaccarello, of fashion house Yves Saint Laurent, created the costumes.[14]
Production was initially to begin in autumn 2022 but was delayed six months due to varying scheduling conflicts with the cast members.[5][15] It was originally set to take place on location in Mexico but was moved to a studio near Paris instead, in accordance with Audiard's wishes.[5] The interior scenes included a reconstruction of an "authentic Mexican backdrop".[13] Audiard stated that the studio setting would afford him the ability to "produce more form" and give him "more freedom for the parts that are sung and choreographed."[11]
Principal photography began in May 2023 in the Île-de-France region, before wrapping on 5 July 2023.[16][17][18]
The film is produced by Pascal Caucheteux through his company Why Not Productions, and also by Audiard and Valérie Schermann through their company Page 114;[13] in co-production with Pathé, France 2 Cinéma, and Vaccarello's Saint Laurent Productions, a division of Yves Saint Laurent.[14]
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.[19] The film received a standing ovation with reports that it lasted either nine minutes[20] or 11 minutes.[21]
World sales were handled by The Veterans.[5] Shortly after its premiere, Netflix beat out multiple studios and was in negotiations to acquire distribution rights to the film for North America and the United Kingdom for $12 million; the deal ultimately closed at $8 million instead.[22][23][24] The film was theatrically released in France on 21 August 2024 by Pathé.[25] The film made its North American premiere at the 51st Telluride Film Festival.[26] It played at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2024.[27] It was also selected in Icons at the 29th Busan International Film Festival to be screened in October 2024.[28]
The film is set to receive a limited theatrical release in the U.S. and Canada on 1 November, before debuting on Netflix on 13 November.[29]
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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 86% of 71 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "Karla Sofía Gascón is Emilia Perez in a swaggering musical crime thriller of genre-bending fascination that is also an unapologetically trans story."[30] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 69 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[31] On AlloCiné, the film received an average rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 38 reviews from French critics.[32]
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Cannes Film Festival | 25 May 2024 | Palme d'Or | Jacques Audiard | Nominated | [33] |
Jury Prize | Won | [34] | |||
Best Actress | Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz and Zoe Saldaña | Won | |||
Queer Palm | Jacques Audiard | Nominated | [35] | ||
Soundtrack Award | Clément Ducol & Camille | Won | [36] | ||
Celebration of Cinema and Television | 22 October 2024 | Groundbreaker Award | Zoe Saldaña | Won | [37] |
Filmfest Hamburg | 28 September 2024 | Douglas Sirk Award | Jacques Audiard | Won | [38] |
Ischia Global Film & Music Festival | 14 July 2024 | Ischia Global Breakout Actress of the Year Award | Karla Sofía Gascón | Won | [39] |
Middleburg Film Festival | 20 October 2024 | Spotlight Actor Award | Zoe Saldaña | Won | [40] |
Special Achievement in Music Award | Clément Ducol & Camille | Won | [41] | ||
Mill Valley Film Festival | 5 October 2024 | Outstanding Ensemble Performance | Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Mark Ivanir, Adriana Paz, Édgar Ramírez and Zoe Saldaña | Won | [42] |
San Sebastian International Film Festival | 28 September 2024 | Sebastiane Award | Emilia Pérez | Nominated | [43] |
Audience Award | Nominated | [44] | |||
SCAD Savannah Film Festival | 2 November 2024 | Distinguished Performance Award | Karla Sofía Gascón | Won | [45] |
Vanguard Award | Zoe Saldaña | Won | [46] | ||
Telluride Film Festival | 30 August 2024 | Silver Medallion | Jacques Audiard | Won | [47] |
Toronto International Film Festival | 15 September 2024 | TIFF Variety Artisan Award | Clément Ducol & Camille | Won | [48] |
People's Choice Award | Emilia Pérez | Runner-up | [49] |
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