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Emilia Pérez - Top 10 Best Movies That Will Shake Up the Oscars in 2025 That You Should Watch.
Emilia Pérez is a French, Mexican and Spanish drama-musical co-production, focusing on crime, gender identity and the journey to personal freedom. The film revolves around Rita - an ambitious female lawyer who is always stuck in a law office specializing in "legal cleansing" for Mexican criminals. One day, she is unexpectedly hired by the notorious drug lord Manitas to do the unthinkable: help him... change his gender to a woman and disappear from the underworld to live a new life.
When Rita accepts the mission, Manitas is reborn as Emilia Pérez - a strong but conflicted woman, always struggling between her sinful past and her desire to live as her true self. Rita and Emilia gradually form a complex relationship, both as allies, friends and reflections of lives suffocated by an unjust social system.
Emilia Pérez stands out with her unique combination of musical elements and social crime drama, both gritty and soaring. The songs in the film are performed with emotion, interwoven with brilliant and metaphorical images, making the film full of artistic cinema but still maintaining an easy-to-follow and multi-layered storyline.
Premiering at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Emilia Pérez won the Jury Prize, while Selena Gomez, Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña and Adriana Paz were honored with the Best Actress Award - a historic victory.
Basic information
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Movie name: Emilia Pérez
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Genre: Musical, drama, crime, social
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Runtime: 131 minutes
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Release date: May 18, 2024 (Cannes)
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Country: France, Mexico, Spain
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Director & Screenwriter: Jacques Audiard
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Producer: Why Not Productions
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Music: Clément Ducol
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Main actors:
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Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez / Manitas
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Selena Gomez vai Jessi
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Zoe Saldaña vai Rita
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Adriana Paz vai Kim
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