Emilia Pérez
First screened in May 2024 / Most recently screened in January 2025
Director: Jacques Audiard. Cast: Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Édgar Ramñrez, Mark Ivanir, Eduardo Aladro, Emiliano Hasan, Magali Brito. Screenplay: Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, and Nicolas Livecchi ("adapted" from a peripheral character sketch in the novel Écoute by Boris Razon and from an unfinished opera libretto by Jacques Audiard).

   
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In Brief: Mexico, transness, musicality: three strikes and this lame-brained, incoherent, chintzy multiculti genre mash is OUT.

VOR:   I guess it's hard to deny the originality of splicing these elements together with such big-swing brio, but motivating ideas are so stale.

Grade: D+


Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
Best Picture
Best Director: Jacques Audiard
Best Actress: Karla Sofía Gascón
Best Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldaña
Best Adapted Screenplay: Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, and Nicolas Livecchi
Best International Feature
Best Cinematography: Paul Guilhaume
Best Film Editing: Juliette Welfling
Best Sound: Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz, Niels Barletta
Best Original Score: Camille, Clément Ducol
Best Original Song: "El Mal"
Best Original Song: "Mi Camino"
Best Makeup & Hairstyling: Julia Floch-Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini

Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
Best Picture (Musical/Comedy)
Best Director: Jacques Audiard
Best Actress (Musical/Comedy): Karla Sofía Gascón
Best Supporting Actress: Selena Gomez
Best Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldaóa
Best Picture (Non-English Language)
Best Screenplay: Jacques Audiard
Best Original Score: Camille, Clément Ducol
Best Original Song: "El Mal"
Best Original Song: "Mi Camino"

Other Awards:
Cannes Film Festival: Jury Prize; Best Actress (Gascón, Saldaña, Gomez, and Paz)
Screen Actors Guild Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Saldaña)
European Film Awards: Best Film; Best Director; Best Actress (Gascón); Best Screenplay; Best Editing
British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Best Supporting Actress (Saldaña); Best Film Not in the English Language
César Awards (French Oscars): Best Film; Best Director; Best Adapted Screenplay; Best Cinematography; Best Original Music; Best Sound; Best Visual Effects

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