Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez star in Jacques Audiard’s “fever dream” musical. Take a look at the Emilia Pérez trailer.
Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez shook up Cannes in May when it picked up the Jury Prize and the Best Actress award was shared by the film’s female leads. Netflix wasted no time in acquiring the distribution rights to the musical extravaganza and the streamer is hoping that the film will keep up its awards momentum well into next year’s season.
The first teaser trailer is now live and gives us a taste of what to expect. Take a look at the Emilia Pérez trailer below.
Audiard is no stranger to Cannes fame and glory, having won the Palme D’Or for his hard-hitting drama Dheepan. Audiard’s films Rust And Bone, A Prophet and Paris, 13th District also competed for the festival’s highest honour.
Emilia Pérez stars Karla Sofía Gascón as a cartel leader who hires Zoe Saldaña’s lawyer to help her fake her death, so she can live her life as her authentic self. Selena Gomez (who can be seen in the new season of Only Murders In The Building), Adriana Paz and Edgar Ramirez also star in the film while Clément Ducol and Camille are in charge of the film’s songs.
Here’s the full synopsis: From renegade auteur Jacques Audiard comes Emilia Pérez, an audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations. Through liberating song and dance and bold visuals, this odyssey follows the journey of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. 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 finally live authentically as her true self. Written and directed by Audiard (Rust and Bone, A Prophet), the double Cannes-winning film also stars Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and Edgar Ramírez.
Netflix is releasing Emilia Pérez in cinemas on 25th October before the film will stream on the platform from 13th November.
