26/15
A French title card misspells the Indian city as “Dehli”
Story
Emilia Pérez follows four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. Cartel leader Emilia asks Rita, an underappreciated lawyer, to help her fake her death so she can finally live authentically as her true self. Karla Sofía Gascón talks about the two years of training that went into this demanding role in Jacques Audiard’s film and the two extremes of her own personality that she had to play as Emilia and Manitas. Jacques Audiard said he got the idea for the musical from a chapter in a novel about a drug dealer who longs to change his identity.
El Alegato Written by Camille (as C
; Selena Shocks! (2024). Dalmais), Clément Ducol and Jacques Audiard Starring Zoe Saldana. Emilia Pérez is a 2024 musical drama starring Zoe Saldana as Rita, a lawyer who is doing her job until a drug lord kidnaps her and demands a sex change.
Most of the story is delivered with musical numbers, so if you don’t like that kind of thing, stay away from it
Along the way, we have Selena Gomez as Jessi, the drug lord’s wife who is adjusting to her new life with the children she raised with him after her sex change that she doesn’t know about. Then of course, we have Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez, the drug lord who has changed her sex and is continuing to build her empire (no longer “him”). This movie in particular had a very strange effect on me after it was over, as I went into it blind, and to be honest, that’s what you should do, as the movie in general is very unexpected in places and quite comical. as well.
The musical performance at the end was boring in my opinion but I think it summed up some of the story a bit
After the director and cast of the film introduced it to us, the film then started and the audience burst into laughter and joy at some of the aspects of the film and I appreciate that. The film shines best through its amazing cinematography (which was breathtaking to say the least), the strong acting from everyone involved and a few of the musical numbers. Now why I say “some” of the musical numbers, is because most of them are pretty great and impactful to the story, but as the film progressed, the musical numbers became a lot less catchy than they used to be and became clichéd because of it. But still, don’t listen to me because there is a film for everyone and I really enjoyed some of the elements of this film and I think most of you will too when it comes out soon enough.
Note: Opening Gala of the London Film Festival
Overall, although not as well delivered as I had hoped, Emilia Pérez is still a cinematic achievement in musical numbers and great acting that makes the film all the more captivating and entertaining. If you like musicals, give Emilia Pérez a try, I think she successfully delivers what audiences can expect from them.