The EnergaCamerimage International Film Festival has unveiled the first batch of movies selected for its 2024 main competition — a trio of aesthetically adventurous stories about women.
The selection includes Jacques Audiard’s Cannes jury prize winner Emilia Pérez, Magnus von Horn’s arthouse drama The Girl with the Needle, and Rachel Morrison’s boxing biopic The Fire Inside. Camerimage organizers will unveil the rest of this year’s competition selection — which usually totals around a dozen movies — in the days ahead.
As previously announced, this year’s Camerimage competition will be assessed by a panel led by jury president and two-time Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett.
Emilia Pérez and The Girl with the Needle both premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May — and both were selected by THR‘s critics as among the best films of the 2024 edition.
“Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and the divine Karla Sofia Gascón light up Audiard’s...
The selection includes Jacques Audiard’s Cannes jury prize winner Emilia Pérez, Magnus von Horn’s arthouse drama The Girl with the Needle, and Rachel Morrison’s boxing biopic The Fire Inside. Camerimage organizers will unveil the rest of this year’s competition selection — which usually totals around a dozen movies — in the days ahead.
As previously announced, this year’s Camerimage competition will be assessed by a panel led by jury president and two-time Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett.
Emilia Pérez and The Girl with the Needle both premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May — and both were selected by THR‘s critics as among the best films of the 2024 edition.
“Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and the divine Karla Sofia Gascón light up Audiard’s...
- 10/15/2024
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Isabelle Huppert on Her Rumored Feud with James Gray and Why Nicole Kidman Won Venice for ‘Babygirl’
Watching “Babygirl” at the Venice Film Festival, I thought, “Isabelle Huppert is going to like this.” Here is a provocative movie, directed by Halina Reijn, starring Nicole Kidman as a corporate CEO engaging in kink and sexually submitting herself to a younger intern (Harris Dickinson). Kidman’s Romy cuts a powerful silhouette in the office by day, but by night, she’s on all fours being dominated in increasingly adventurous sexual encounters.
With Huppert as jury president, it was no surprise when Kidman won Best Actress, as Huppert famously stars in the darkly perverse “The Piano Teacher,” a movie Reijn’s script is surely in deep conversation with. In the 2001 Michael Haneke film, Huppert played a stoic music instructor who becomes sexually overpowered by a younger pupil. I went into “Babygirl” expecting the American version of “The Piano Teacher,” though Reijn’s film is more buoyantly sex-positive than sinisterly Freudian.
With Huppert as jury president, it was no surprise when Kidman won Best Actress, as Huppert famously stars in the darkly perverse “The Piano Teacher,” a movie Reijn’s script is surely in deep conversation with. In the 2001 Michael Haneke film, Huppert played a stoic music instructor who becomes sexually overpowered by a younger pupil. I went into “Babygirl” expecting the American version of “The Piano Teacher,” though Reijn’s film is more buoyantly sex-positive than sinisterly Freudian.
- 10/10/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
[The story contains spoilers for the new Netflix release Emilia Pérez.]
If you’re hearing about it for the first time, you may find your head spinning at the number of genres invoked by the new Netflix awards hopeful Emilia Pérez. Or, less pithily, “That Spanish-language musical that’s also a family drama that’s also a cartel thriller that’s also a study in Trans identity. From a French auteur. Co-starring Selena Gomez.”
The French auteur may have been a little daunted by the challenge himself, “How much time do we have?” said Jacques Audiard (A Prophet), when asked after the New York Film Festival premiere Monday night how he set about developing his latest picture.
The queer musical features Trans actress Karla Sofia Gascón playing a male drug kingpin in Mexico who enlists Zoe Saldaña’s lawyer Rita to help him transition to a woman named Emilia Pérez. This sets off a chain of events...
If you’re hearing about it for the first time, you may find your head spinning at the number of genres invoked by the new Netflix awards hopeful Emilia Pérez. Or, less pithily, “That Spanish-language musical that’s also a family drama that’s also a cartel thriller that’s also a study in Trans identity. From a French auteur. Co-starring Selena Gomez.”
The French auteur may have been a little daunted by the challenge himself, “How much time do we have?” said Jacques Audiard (A Prophet), when asked after the New York Film Festival premiere Monday night how he set about developing his latest picture.
The queer musical features Trans actress Karla Sofia Gascón playing a male drug kingpin in Mexico who enlists Zoe Saldaña’s lawyer Rita to help him transition to a woman named Emilia Pérez. This sets off a chain of events...
- 10/1/2024
- by Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix has debuted a trailer from renegade auteur Jacques Audiard’s ‘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, the double Cannes-winning film also stars Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and Edgar Ramírez.
Also in trailers – Angelina Jolie stars in teaser trailer for Pablo Larraín’s ‘Maria’
The movie hits select UK/Ie Cinemas On October 25, 2024 and On Netflix November 13, 2024.
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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, the double Cannes-winning film also stars Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and Edgar Ramírez.
Also in trailers – Angelina Jolie stars in teaser trailer for Pablo Larraín’s ‘Maria’
The movie hits select UK/Ie Cinemas On October 25, 2024 and On Netflix November 13, 2024.
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- 10/1/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
With the official trailer for Emilia Pérez dropping today, I'm still not entirely sure what the film is about, or how all these women fit together. I do know what French auteur Jacques Audiard is capable of, with films as diverse as The Beat My Heart Skipped, Rust and Bone, A Prophet, and The Sisters Brothers under his belt. I know that its amazing cast of women - Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, and Selena Gomez - won a rare collectice acting award at Cannes Film Festival. I know it's a musical and there are drug cartels and a transwoman finally realizing her transition and a lot of fabulous hair and costumes and some serious violence. It's definitely an unusual combination of factors, and we...
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- 9/30/2024
- Screen Anarchy
"To listen is to accept." Netflix has revealed the main official trailer for the big 2024 film Emilia Pérez, a musical about a Mexican cartel leader becoming a woman. It's the latest film from award-winning French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, and it premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year where it won Jury Prize & Best Actress prizes. We already posted the French trailer a few months ago and the US teaser as well. Talented lawyer Rita receives an unexpected offer... She has to help a feared cartel boss retire from his business and disappear forever by becoming the woman he's always dreamed of being. It's set mostly in Mexico City, following the story of Rita and Manitas – and what happens after he switches to a she. The film stars Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramírez, Mark Ivanir. I am a big fan of this film!
- 9/30/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“Emilia Perez” will screen at the New York Film Festival on Monday night, ending a whirlwind festival run that started way back in the spring when the ambitious project premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. To unofficially celebrate the milestone, Netflix debuted the full final trailer for the Jacques Audiard film, one that most awards experts expect to receive several top nominations, including Best Picture.
Here’s the Netflix boilerplate for the genre-blending musical crime drama: “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.
Here’s the Netflix boilerplate for the genre-blending musical crime drama: “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.
- 9/30/2024
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Jacques Audiard’s predicted Oscar-bound “Emilia Pérez” has unveiled its full bombastic trailer.
The Cannes award-winning musical follows four women in Mexico who are each pursuing their own happiness. The official synopsis reads: “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.”
Selena Gomez plays Jessi, with Adriana Paz as Epifanía and Edgar Ramírez as Gustavo.
The film won the Cannes Jury Prize and the Cannes Best Actress Prize for the four lead stars of Gascón, Saldaña, Gomez, and Paz. The ensemble cast is also being feted at a slew of festivals.
The feature was also awarded the Cannes Soundtrack Award upon its world premiere, with music by Clément Ducol and Camille.
“Emilia Pérez” was selected by France as its International Feature Oscar submission,...
The Cannes award-winning musical follows four women in Mexico who are each pursuing their own happiness. The official synopsis reads: “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.”
Selena Gomez plays Jessi, with Adriana Paz as Epifanía and Edgar Ramírez as Gustavo.
The film won the Cannes Jury Prize and the Cannes Best Actress Prize for the four lead stars of Gascón, Saldaña, Gomez, and Paz. The ensemble cast is also being feted at a slew of festivals.
The feature was also awarded the Cannes Soundtrack Award upon its world premiere, with music by Clément Ducol and Camille.
“Emilia Pérez” was selected by France as its International Feature Oscar submission,...
- 9/30/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Die Einreichung von „Emilia Pérez“ für eine Nominierung in der Oscar-Kategorie „Bester internationaler Film“ gibt Regisseur Jacques Audiard die Chance auf seine zweite Nominierung in dieser Kategorie nach „Ein Prophet“ im Jahr 2010.
Jacques Audiards „Emilia Pérez“ geht für Frankreich ins Oscarrennen (Credit: Neue Visionen / Wild Bunch Germany)
Jacques Audiards „Emilia Pérez“ (hier unsere Spot-Besprechung) war bei seiner Premiere in Cannes mit dem Jury-Preis und dem Preis für das beste Schauspieler-Ensemble ausgezeichnet worden und wurde jetzt bei der Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences vom französischen Auswahlkomitee für eine Nominierung in der Oscarkategorie „Bester internationaler Film“ eingereicht.
Auf der Shortlist für die Oscareinreichung aus Frankreich hatten außerdem „Le Comte de Monte-Cristo“ von Matthieu Delaporte und Alexandre de la Patellière, Payal Kapadias „All We Imagine As Light“ und Alain Guiraudies „Miséricorde“ gestanden.
Jacques Audiard hat damit zum zweiten Mal nach „Ein Prophet“ im Jahr 2010 die Chance, für einen Oscar in der...
Jacques Audiards „Emilia Pérez“ geht für Frankreich ins Oscarrennen (Credit: Neue Visionen / Wild Bunch Germany)
Jacques Audiards „Emilia Pérez“ (hier unsere Spot-Besprechung) war bei seiner Premiere in Cannes mit dem Jury-Preis und dem Preis für das beste Schauspieler-Ensemble ausgezeichnet worden und wurde jetzt bei der Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences vom französischen Auswahlkomitee für eine Nominierung in der Oscarkategorie „Bester internationaler Film“ eingereicht.
Auf der Shortlist für die Oscareinreichung aus Frankreich hatten außerdem „Le Comte de Monte-Cristo“ von Matthieu Delaporte und Alexandre de la Patellière, Payal Kapadias „All We Imagine As Light“ und Alain Guiraudies „Miséricorde“ gestanden.
Jacques Audiard hat damit zum zweiten Mal nach „Ein Prophet“ im Jahr 2010 die Chance, für einen Oscar in der...
- 9/19/2024
- by Jochen Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
by Nathaniel R
Selena Gomez in "Emilia Perez"
We've already posted two reviews of Emilia Perez here at Tfe, from Elisa (pro) and Cláudio (con), and it's been a potential Oscar player since it's premiere at Cannes in May. Today France announced that the buzzy drug cartel trans musical curiousity would represent them at the Oscars, beating out fellow finalists Misericordia, All We Imagine as Light, and The Count of Monte Cristo. This is the second time France has submitted the often thrilling auteur Jacques Audiard. His previous submission, Un Prophete, was nominated for the prize back in 2009 but surely split the 'critical consensus' vote with Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, allowing Argentina to slip between them for the win for the sleeper success The Secret in Their Eyes. France hasn't won the Oscar in this category since 1992's Indochine. Could Emilia Perez finally spell gold again for the birthplace of cinema?...
Selena Gomez in "Emilia Perez"
We've already posted two reviews of Emilia Perez here at Tfe, from Elisa (pro) and Cláudio (con), and it's been a potential Oscar player since it's premiere at Cannes in May. Today France announced that the buzzy drug cartel trans musical curiousity would represent them at the Oscars, beating out fellow finalists Misericordia, All We Imagine as Light, and The Count of Monte Cristo. This is the second time France has submitted the often thrilling auteur Jacques Audiard. His previous submission, Un Prophete, was nominated for the prize back in 2009 but surely split the 'critical consensus' vote with Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, allowing Argentina to slip between them for the win for the sleeper success The Secret in Their Eyes. France hasn't won the Oscar in this category since 1992's Indochine. Could Emilia Perez finally spell gold again for the birthplace of cinema?...
- 9/19/2024
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Things are looking up for “Emilia Pérez.” France has chosen the upcoming Netflix release as its submission for the Best International Feature Oscar. Acquired by the streaming service out of Cannes, the film won both the Jury Prize and Best Actress prize for its female ensemble at the 2024 edition of the annual international film festival along the French Riviera.
The operatic crime drama about a fearsome Mexican drug cartel leader that enlists a plucky lawyer to help coordinate their gender reassignment surgery is written and directed by French auteur Jacques Audiard, whose 2009 film “A Prophet” was one of the last of France’s submissions to receive a Best International Feature nomination.
The film was chosen by revamped Oscar committee featuring 11 French professionals on both the artistic and industry side of filmmaking, including recent Oscar-nominated producers Nadim Cheikhroua (“Four Daughters”) and David Thion (“Anatomy of a Fall”), Oscar-winning filmmaker Florian Zeller,...
The operatic crime drama about a fearsome Mexican drug cartel leader that enlists a plucky lawyer to help coordinate their gender reassignment surgery is written and directed by French auteur Jacques Audiard, whose 2009 film “A Prophet” was one of the last of France’s submissions to receive a Best International Feature nomination.
The film was chosen by revamped Oscar committee featuring 11 French professionals on both the artistic and industry side of filmmaking, including recent Oscar-nominated producers Nadim Cheikhroua (“Four Daughters”) and David Thion (“Anatomy of a Fall”), Oscar-winning filmmaker Florian Zeller,...
- 9/18/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
France has picked Jacques Audiard’s queer crime musical Emilia Pérez as its contender for the 2025 Oscar race in the best international feature category.
Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz star alongside Spanish trans actress Karla Sofia Gascón in the genre-jumping feature about a Mexican drug lord (Gascón) who enlists the help of a lawyer (Saldaña) to undergo gender-affirming surgery.
Emilia Pérez premiered in Cannes, where it won the Jury Prize as well as a joint best actress honor for the ensemble cast.
Audiard is already an Oscar nominee for A Prophet in 2009. His filmography includes such features as Rust and Bone (2012), The Sisters Brothers (2018) and Dheepan (2015).
Traditionally, France has been a regular in the best international feature race and has won the category 12 times. But the last time the nation that invented cinema took home the trophy was in 1992 with Régis Wargnier’s Indochine. France has been shut...
Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz star alongside Spanish trans actress Karla Sofia Gascón in the genre-jumping feature about a Mexican drug lord (Gascón) who enlists the help of a lawyer (Saldaña) to undergo gender-affirming surgery.
Emilia Pérez premiered in Cannes, where it won the Jury Prize as well as a joint best actress honor for the ensemble cast.
Audiard is already an Oscar nominee for A Prophet in 2009. His filmography includes such features as Rust and Bone (2012), The Sisters Brothers (2018) and Dheepan (2015).
Traditionally, France has been a regular in the best international feature race and has won the category 12 times. But the last time the nation that invented cinema took home the trophy was in 1992 with Régis Wargnier’s Indochine. France has been shut...
- 9/18/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
France has picked Jacques Audiard’s Mexico-set musical Emilia Perez to represent the country in the best international feature category at the 2025 Academy Awards as it attempts to sing its way to a victory in the category for the first time in more than 30 years.
The primarily Spanish-language song-filled film is about cartel leader Emilia, who enlists an unappreciated lawyer to help fake her death so Emilia can live authentically as her true self.
It won both the Cannes Jury prize for director Audiard and a shared best actress award for its female cast Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana...
The primarily Spanish-language song-filled film is about cartel leader Emilia, who enlists an unappreciated lawyer to help fake her death so Emilia can live authentically as her true self.
It won both the Cannes Jury prize for director Audiard and a shared best actress award for its female cast Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana...
- 9/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
France’s revamped Oscar committee has selected Jacques Audiard’s exhilarating redemption thriller “Emilia Perez” for the international feature film race. The movie won two major awards at the Cannes Film Festival and earned rave reviews.
“Emilia Perez” stars Karla Sofía Gascón as a fearsome drug lord who embraces her true self as a woman. The Spanish-language film earned one of Cannes’s longest standing ovations and went on to win the Jury Prize (in a jury presided over by Greta Gerwig), on top of a best actress prize for the ensemble cast, including Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz. The movie was bought by Netflix for the U.S. and the U.K. following its Cannes premiere.
Audiard is a revered French auteur who won a Palme d’Or with “Dheepan,” and was previously nominated for a foreign-language Oscar with “A Prophet” starring Tahar Rahim.
Although “Emilia Perez...
“Emilia Perez” stars Karla Sofía Gascón as a fearsome drug lord who embraces her true self as a woman. The Spanish-language film earned one of Cannes’s longest standing ovations and went on to win the Jury Prize (in a jury presided over by Greta Gerwig), on top of a best actress prize for the ensemble cast, including Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz. The movie was bought by Netflix for the U.S. and the U.K. following its Cannes premiere.
Audiard is a revered French auteur who won a Palme d’Or with “Dheepan,” and was previously nominated for a foreign-language Oscar with “A Prophet” starring Tahar Rahim.
Although “Emilia Perez...
- 9/18/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Sean Baker‘s “Anora” is currently the Oscar front-runner for Best Picture, but there’s another major contender bubbling under the surface: “Emilia Perez.” In fact, four of the last five Expert journalists who have updated their predictions — Christopher Rosen (Gold Derby), Anne Thompson (IndieWire), Nikki Novak (Fandango) and Perri Nemiroff (Collider) — are predicting the Netflix musical to prevail. Scroll down to see a chart with a cross-section of their predictions. Click on that chart to see more Experts’ forecasts.
As of September 16, there are six Experts currently predicting “Emilia Perez,” the same number as are betting on “Anora.” A week earlier on September 9, four Experts were predicting “Emilia Perez.” A week before that on September 2, only two Experts were picking it. So the film has been on a steady upward trajectory. Following the title cartel leader as she seeks gender confirmation surgery, the film made its first appearance at...
As of September 16, there are six Experts currently predicting “Emilia Perez,” the same number as are betting on “Anora.” A week earlier on September 9, four Experts were predicting “Emilia Perez.” A week before that on September 2, only two Experts were picking it. So the film has been on a steady upward trajectory. Following the title cartel leader as she seeks gender confirmation surgery, the film made its first appearance at...
- 9/16/2024
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Cannes-premiering quartet Emilia Pérez, French box office hit The Count Of Monte Cristo, Misericordia and All We Imagine as Light have made the shortlist for France’s international feature film Oscar submission.
The four films were selected by a recently revamped 11-member selection committee appointed by France’s cultural minister Rachida Dati per a recommendation from national film body Cnc, which announced the selection on Wednesday evening.
Former head of Cannes’ Critics’ Week Charles Tesson presides over the selectors, who include producers Patrick Wachsberger, David Thion and Nadim Cheikhroua, sales agents Carole Baraton of Charades and Kinology’s Gregoire Melin,...
The four films were selected by a recently revamped 11-member selection committee appointed by France’s cultural minister Rachida Dati per a recommendation from national film body Cnc, which announced the selection on Wednesday evening.
Former head of Cannes’ Critics’ Week Charles Tesson presides over the selectors, who include producers Patrick Wachsberger, David Thion and Nadim Cheikhroua, sales agents Carole Baraton of Charades and Kinology’s Gregoire Melin,...
- 9/11/2024
- ScreenDaily
Cannes-premiering quartet Emilia Pérez, French box office hit The Count Of Monte Cristo, Misericordia and All We Imagine as Light have made the shortlist for France’s international feature film Oscar submission.
The four films were selected by a recently revamped 11-member selection committee appointed by France’s cultural minister Rachida Dati per a recommendation from national film body Cnc, which announced the selection on Wednesday evening.
Former head of Cannes’ Critics’ Week Charles Tesson presides over the selectors, who include producers Patrick Wachsberger, David Thion and Nadim Cheikhroua, sales agents Carole Baraton of Charades and Kinology’s Gregoire Melin,...
The four films were selected by a recently revamped 11-member selection committee appointed by France’s cultural minister Rachida Dati per a recommendation from national film body Cnc, which announced the selection on Wednesday evening.
Former head of Cannes’ Critics’ Week Charles Tesson presides over the selectors, who include producers Patrick Wachsberger, David Thion and Nadim Cheikhroua, sales agents Carole Baraton of Charades and Kinology’s Gregoire Melin,...
- 9/11/2024
- ScreenDaily
Cannes-premiering quartet Emilia Pérez, French box office hit The Count Of Monte Cristo, Misericordia and All We Imagine as Light have made the shortlist for France’s international feature film Oscar submission.
The four films were selected by a recently revamped 11-member selection committee appointed by France’s cultural minister Rachida Dati per a recommendation from national film body Cnc, which announced the selection on Wednesday evening.
Former head of Cannes’ Critics’ Week Charles Tesson presides over the selectors, who include producers Patrick Wachsberger, David Thion and Nadim Cheikhroua, sales agents Carole Baraton of Charades and Kinology’s Gregoire Melin,...
The four films were selected by a recently revamped 11-member selection committee appointed by France’s cultural minister Rachida Dati per a recommendation from national film body Cnc, which announced the selection on Wednesday evening.
Former head of Cannes’ Critics’ Week Charles Tesson presides over the selectors, who include producers Patrick Wachsberger, David Thion and Nadim Cheikhroua, sales agents Carole Baraton of Charades and Kinology’s Gregoire Melin,...
- 9/11/2024
- ScreenDaily
French auteur Jacques Audiard has been flirting with musical moviemaking ever since “Self-Made Hero” in 1996, when he and composer Alexandre Desplat discussed adapting that film into an opera. But it wasn’t until Audiard read a friend’s novel, “Écoute,” that he responded to the idea of a Mexican drug kingpin transitioning to become a woman. In that case the cartel boss was trying to escape from his life, not his gender.
“So the novelist actually introduces this character, but then doesn’t fully develop it,” said Audiard at the Telluride Film Festival, where the Cannes prize-winner “Emilia Pérez” played well at multiple screenings and generated serious Oscar talk going into its September 9 presentation at the Toronto International Festival. “I’m fascinated by the paradox of this idea of the hyper-violent and hyper-masculine world, and the idea of wanting to transition.”
When Audiard made his Oscar-nominated “A Prophet,” he and...
“So the novelist actually introduces this character, but then doesn’t fully develop it,” said Audiard at the Telluride Film Festival, where the Cannes prize-winner “Emilia Pérez” played well at multiple screenings and generated serious Oscar talk going into its September 9 presentation at the Toronto International Festival. “I’m fascinated by the paradox of this idea of the hyper-violent and hyper-masculine world, and the idea of wanting to transition.”
When Audiard made his Oscar-nominated “A Prophet,” he and...
- 9/9/2024
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
“Journey to the End of the Night,” a literary masterpiece penned by controversial French author Louis-Ferdinand Céline, is being adapted for the big screen by Joann Sfar and Thomas Bidegain.
Well-established producers Aton Soumache (“The Little Prince”) and Alain Attal (“Beating Hearts”) are developing the project through their respective banners, Magical Society (jointly led with Sfar) and Tresor Films.
The adaptation endeavor was initiated by Sfar, a Jewish comicbook artist, illustrator, thinker and filmmaker whose body of work has promoted tolerance and combatted all forms of racism through words and images.
Published in 1932, “Journey to the End of the Night” was the first novel written by Céline, whose real name was Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches. Céline, who fled to Germany in 1944 and died in 1961 after living for many years in self-imposed exile in Denmark, remains a polarizing figure due to his antisemitic views and pamphlets that promoted the Nazi ideology during the Second World War.
Well-established producers Aton Soumache (“The Little Prince”) and Alain Attal (“Beating Hearts”) are developing the project through their respective banners, Magical Society (jointly led with Sfar) and Tresor Films.
The adaptation endeavor was initiated by Sfar, a Jewish comicbook artist, illustrator, thinker and filmmaker whose body of work has promoted tolerance and combatted all forms of racism through words and images.
Published in 1932, “Journey to the End of the Night” was the first novel written by Céline, whose real name was Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches. Céline, who fled to Germany in 1944 and died in 1961 after living for many years in self-imposed exile in Denmark, remains a polarizing figure due to his antisemitic views and pamphlets that promoted the Nazi ideology during the Second World War.
- 9/9/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The 68th BFI London Film Festival has announced the films screening in the Official Competition and contending for the Best Film Award.
From a gripping Irish portrait of deep-rooted generational rivalry to a stop-motion animated tale of self-discovery; a moving portrait of living with deaf parents in Tokyo to a follow-up feature from one of Zambia’s most distinctive voices, the films selected for the Official Competition celebrate and recognize inspiring and inventive global filmmaking.
Established in 2009 and first won by Jacques Audiard for ‘A Prophet,’ recent winners of the Best Film Award include Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ in 2023 and Marie Kreutzer’s ‘Corsage’ in 2022.
Also in news – Asa Butterfield & Molly Windsor added to cast of series ‘Out of the Dust’
The 11 films in Official Competition are:
April
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s probing exploration of rural life in Georgia centres on the experiences of a doctor whose moral...
From a gripping Irish portrait of deep-rooted generational rivalry to a stop-motion animated tale of self-discovery; a moving portrait of living with deaf parents in Tokyo to a follow-up feature from one of Zambia’s most distinctive voices, the films selected for the Official Competition celebrate and recognize inspiring and inventive global filmmaking.
Established in 2009 and first won by Jacques Audiard for ‘A Prophet,’ recent winners of the Best Film Award include Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ in 2023 and Marie Kreutzer’s ‘Corsage’ in 2022.
Also in news – Asa Butterfield & Molly Windsor added to cast of series ‘Out of the Dust’
The 11 films in Official Competition are:
April
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s probing exploration of rural life in Georgia centres on the experiences of a doctor whose moral...
- 8/29/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Barry Keoghan, Nick Cave, and the voices of Sarah Snook and Eric Bana will feature in the competition lineup of the 68th BFI London Film Festival (Lff), held this fall in partnership with American Express. The Extraordinary Miss Flower, the new film from Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, known for their Cave movie 20,000 Days on Earth, and the Luca Guadagnino-produced April from Georgia’s Dea Kulumbegashvili, whose feminist debut feature Beginning drew rave reviews, will be among the 11 movies competing for the best film award in London.
So will a drama about Islamic inheritance laws and gender dynamics, as well as a film about a Ukrainian family that most cope with the Russian invasion of their home country while away on a beach holiday.
Organizers on Thursday also unveiled such competition titles as Chris Andrews’ Bring Them Down, starring Keoghan and Christopher Abbott, Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,...
So will a drama about Islamic inheritance laws and gender dynamics, as well as a film about a Ukrainian family that most cope with the Russian invasion of their home country while away on a beach holiday.
Organizers on Thursday also unveiled such competition titles as Chris Andrews’ Bring Them Down, starring Keoghan and Christopher Abbott, Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,...
- 8/29/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 2024 BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its lineup for the films screening in Official Competition and competing for the coveted Best Film Award.
This year, selections include new features from “20,000 Days On Earth” filmmakers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Mipo O, and Rungano Nyoni. Actors Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott are among the casts in the curated program of 11 films.
The festival takes place from October 9 through October 20, with the winner being chosen by the Lff Awards Jury and announced on October 20. The Best Film Award was established in 2009 and first won by Jacques Audiard for “A Prophet.” Recent winners include Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist” in 2023 and Marie Kreutzer’s “Corsage” in 2022.
The program includes “inspiring, inventive and distinctive international filmmaking,” with 13 countries represented across the selection, per the press release.
Highlights include “Bring Them Down,” directed by Christopher Andrews and starring Barry Keoghan and...
This year, selections include new features from “20,000 Days On Earth” filmmakers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Mipo O, and Rungano Nyoni. Actors Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott are among the casts in the curated program of 11 films.
The festival takes place from October 9 through October 20, with the winner being chosen by the Lff Awards Jury and announced on October 20. The Best Film Award was established in 2009 and first won by Jacques Audiard for “A Prophet.” Recent winners include Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist” in 2023 and Marie Kreutzer’s “Corsage” in 2022.
The program includes “inspiring, inventive and distinctive international filmmaking,” with 13 countries represented across the selection, per the press release.
Highlights include “Bring Them Down,” directed by Christopher Andrews and starring Barry Keoghan and...
- 8/29/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Eleven films including Georgian filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili’s latest April and Bring Them Down, starring Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbot, will screen as part of the official competition at this year’s London Film Festival. Scroll down for the full list.
Established in 2009 and first won by Jacques Audiard for A Prophet, recent winners of the Lff Best Film Award include Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist in 2023 and Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage in 2022. This year’s crop of official competition films features projects from 13 different countries.
The competition titles will once again screen at BFI Southbank. The films shortlisted for the festival’s other competitive categories, the Grierson Award for Best Documentary, the Sutherland Award for Best First Feature and the Short Film Award will be revealed on September 4. Winners in all four categories will be chosen by the Lff awards jury. The BFI will announce jury members in the coming weeks.
Established in 2009 and first won by Jacques Audiard for A Prophet, recent winners of the Lff Best Film Award include Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist in 2023 and Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage in 2022. This year’s crop of official competition films features projects from 13 different countries.
The competition titles will once again screen at BFI Southbank. The films shortlisted for the festival’s other competitive categories, the Grierson Award for Best Documentary, the Sutherland Award for Best First Feature and the Short Film Award will be revealed on September 4. Winners in all four categories will be chosen by the Lff awards jury. The BFI will announce jury members in the coming weeks.
- 8/29/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
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.
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.
- 8/27/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Netflix has revealed a first look at Emilia Pérez, the double Cannes-winning film from writer and director Jacques Audiard. The film has been rated R for language, some violent content, and sexual material.
Emilia Pérez will open in select U.S. and Canadian theaters on November 1, 2024. It will then begin streaming on Netflix in the U.S., Canada, and UK on November 13.
Netflix describes Emilia Pérez as “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. The movie also stars Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and Edgar Ramírez.
“You have a...
Emilia Pérez will open in select U.S. and Canadian theaters on November 1, 2024. It will then begin streaming on Netflix in the U.S., Canada, and UK on November 13.
Netflix describes Emilia Pérez as “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. The movie also stars Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and Edgar Ramírez.
“You have a...
- 8/26/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
"Zoe Saldana brings a burning intensity..." Netflix has unveiled their teaser trailer for the acclaimed film Emilia Pérez, a musical about a Mexican cartel leader transitioning to a woman. This is the latest film by award-winning French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, and it premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year where it won Jury Prize & Best Actress prizes. We already posted the French trailer a few months ago. Talented lawyer Rita receives an unexpected offer... She has to help a feared cartel boss retire from his business and disappear forever by becoming the woman he's always dreamed of being. It's set mostly in Mexico, following the story of Rita and Manitas – and what happens after he switches to a she. The film stars Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramírez, Mark Ivanir. I think this is an amazing film! I raved about it in my...
- 8/26/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Awards season is closer than you think, and Netflix is kicking off the fall corridor with a first look at the streamer’s major contender “Emilia Pérez.” The “musical epic” film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this May and took home the Cannes Jury Prize as well as a historic Best Actress prize that was shared between the film’s three leading ladies: Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldańa and Karla Sofía Gascón.
Written and directed by Jacques Audiard, the film is described as an “audacious fever dream” and the story follows the journey of four 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.
In TheWrap critic Ben Croll’s review from Cannes, he praised...
Written and directed by Jacques Audiard, the film is described as an “audacious fever dream” and the story follows the journey of four 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.
In TheWrap critic Ben Croll’s review from Cannes, he praised...
- 8/26/2024
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
After missing out on sending “Anatomy of a Fall” as its official entry, the stakes are high for France’s revamped Oscar committee to avoid missing out on another opportunity to give the country its first Oscar win for best international feature in over three decades. But don’t expect the French to make the obvious choice.
On paper, Jacques Audiard’s exhilarating redemption thriller “Emilia Perez,” which won two major awards at the Cannes Film Festival along and earned rave reviews, is a shoo-in. Audiard is a revered French auteur who won a Palme d’Or with “Dheepan,” was previously nominated for a foreign-language Oscar with “A Prophet” and is well known internationally. “Emilia Perez,” which stars Karla Sofía Gascón as a fearsome drug lord who embraces his true self as a woman, struck a chord at Cannes where it earned one of this year’s longest standing ovations.
On paper, Jacques Audiard’s exhilarating redemption thriller “Emilia Perez,” which won two major awards at the Cannes Film Festival along and earned rave reviews, is a shoo-in. Audiard is a revered French auteur who won a Palme d’Or with “Dheepan,” was previously nominated for a foreign-language Oscar with “A Prophet” and is well known internationally. “Emilia Perez,” which stars Karla Sofía Gascón as a fearsome drug lord who embraces his true self as a woman, struck a chord at Cannes where it earned one of this year’s longest standing ovations.
- 8/23/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Ralph Fiennes takes the pulpit in Edward Berger’s new thriller “Conclave,” the upcoming Focus Features release that stands among the early awards favorites this year. On Thursday, the studio released the first trailer for “Conclave,” Berger’s follow-up to the Oscar-winning “All Quiet on the Western Front.”
Based on the best-selling book of the same name by Robert Harris and adapted for the screen by Peter Straughan, “Conclave” focuses on Cardinal Lawrence (Fiennes) who is tasked with leading the selection process for a new pope after the current church leader dies unexpectedly. “Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy and discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation of The Church,” reads a synopsis by Focus.
Fiennes, a previous Oscar nominee who has never won an Academy Award,...
Based on the best-selling book of the same name by Robert Harris and adapted for the screen by Peter Straughan, “Conclave” focuses on Cardinal Lawrence (Fiennes) who is tasked with leading the selection process for a new pope after the current church leader dies unexpectedly. “Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy and discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation of The Church,” reads a synopsis by Focus.
Fiennes, a previous Oscar nominee who has never won an Academy Award,...
- 7/18/2024
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Back in early 2020, the British musician turned filmmaker Andrew Onwubolu — better known by his stage name Rapman — was readying for the release of his feature directorial debut “Blue Story” in the U.S. Based on his own experience living in South London, the musical crime drama tells the story of two friends from different neighborhoods who become embroiled in deadly gang wars. The film had already been a hit on home soil, making £4.7 million ($6 million) from a budget of £1.4 million ($1.8 million) the previous November, becoming the most successful British urban film of all time.
Sadly, like so many films due out in 2020, “Blue Story” was an early casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic. Paramount pulled its planned U.S. theatrical release and set it for digital months later. Another film Rapman was developing — “American Son,” Paramount’s remake of French hit “A Prophet” due to star Russell Crowe — also fell apart.
Sadly, like so many films due out in 2020, “Blue Story” was an early casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic. Paramount pulled its planned U.S. theatrical release and set it for digital months later. Another film Rapman was developing — “American Son,” Paramount’s remake of French hit “A Prophet” due to star Russell Crowe — also fell apart.
- 6/25/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Time to meet Emilia Perez. Pathe has revealed the first official trailer for the acclaimed film Emilia Pérez, a musical about a Mexican cartel leader transitioning to a woman. This is the latest film by award-winning French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, and it premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival last month where it won the Jury Prize & Best Actress prizes. The talented lawyer Rita receives an unexpected offer... She has to help a feared cartel boss retire from his business and disappear forever by becoming the woman he's always dreamed of being. The film is set mostly in Mexico, following the story of Rita and Manitas – and what happens after he switches to a she. Starring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramírez, Mark Ivanir. I'm a big fan of this one! I raved about it in my review from Cannes - you've never seen anything like it before.
- 6/18/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“Emilia Pérez,” the Spanish-language musical drama starring Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Karla Sofía Gascón which scored enthusiastic reviews after its Cannes premiere, is nearing a deal for U.S. and U.K. rights with Netflix.
Sources said the deal, which could also include additional territories, is for approximately $12 million, and there’s still the possibility that the ongoing negotiations could fall apart.
Saldaña stars as Rita, an undervalued lawyer whose firm is more inclined to help criminals than seek justice. She finds an unexpected way out when a feared drug cartel leader Manitas (Gascón) recruits her to aid him in surreptitiously completing a sex change operation to become the woman he’s always wanted to be. Gomez plays his unsuspecting wife. In an exclusive interview with Variety, Audiard described the movie as an “opera libretto in four acts,” as the actors break out into original songs to advance the plot.
Sources said the deal, which could also include additional territories, is for approximately $12 million, and there’s still the possibility that the ongoing negotiations could fall apart.
Saldaña stars as Rita, an undervalued lawyer whose firm is more inclined to help criminals than seek justice. She finds an unexpected way out when a feared drug cartel leader Manitas (Gascón) recruits her to aid him in surreptitiously completing a sex change operation to become the woman he’s always wanted to be. Gomez plays his unsuspecting wife. In an exclusive interview with Variety, Audiard described the movie as an “opera libretto in four acts,” as the actors break out into original songs to advance the plot.
- 5/23/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Pathé has unveiled a trailer for “Monsieur Aznavour,” showing the Golden-Globe nominated actor Tahar Rahim transformed as Charles Aznavour, the French-Armenian singer, songwriter and actor who sold more than 180 million records around the world.
The movie charts Aznavour’s rise to stardom in the 1950s and his friendships with many artists, including Edith Piaf, who took him with her on a tour of France and the U.S.
“Monsieur Aznavour” will be released by Pathé on Oct. 23. It’s directed by singer-turned-filmmakers Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps Malade (“Patients”), and produced by Jean-Rachid Kallouche’s Kallouche Cinema and Mandarin & Compagnie, the banner behind Francois Ozon’s and Anne Fontaine’s films.
Kallouche, who teamed with Eric and Nicolas Altmayer at Mandarin on Grand Corps Malade and Idir’s previous films, is married to Katia Aznavour, the daughter of the late artist.
Rahim spoke to Variety briefly about his role...
The movie charts Aznavour’s rise to stardom in the 1950s and his friendships with many artists, including Edith Piaf, who took him with her on a tour of France and the U.S.
“Monsieur Aznavour” will be released by Pathé on Oct. 23. It’s directed by singer-turned-filmmakers Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps Malade (“Patients”), and produced by Jean-Rachid Kallouche’s Kallouche Cinema and Mandarin & Compagnie, the banner behind Francois Ozon’s and Anne Fontaine’s films.
Kallouche, who teamed with Eric and Nicolas Altmayer at Mandarin on Grand Corps Malade and Idir’s previous films, is married to Katia Aznavour, the daughter of the late artist.
Rahim spoke to Variety briefly about his role...
- 5/22/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The 77th annual Cannes Film Festival continued to dazzle with star-studded appearances, including a notable photocall for the highly anticipated film Emilia Perez on Sunday. Among the attendees were Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana and French director Jacques Audiard.
Gomez, known for her roles in Only Murders in the Building and her successful music career, stunned in an elegant ensemble, radiating Hollywood glamour. Saldana, known for performing in the Guardians of the Galaxy series and Avatar, exuded confidence and style, complementing Gomez’s chic look. Audiard, the celebrated French director known for his work on Dheepan and A Prophet, brought a touch of sophistication to the event.
Audiard’s latest film, Emilia Perez, has been one of the most anticipated titles at this year’s festival. The movie blends drama and dark comedy and explores complex themes of identity and transformation, showcasing the director’s signature storytelling skills. Gomez and Saldana play pivotal roles,...
Gomez, known for her roles in Only Murders in the Building and her successful music career, stunned in an elegant ensemble, radiating Hollywood glamour. Saldana, known for performing in the Guardians of the Galaxy series and Avatar, exuded confidence and style, complementing Gomez’s chic look. Audiard, the celebrated French director known for his work on Dheepan and A Prophet, brought a touch of sophistication to the event.
Audiard’s latest film, Emilia Perez, has been one of the most anticipated titles at this year’s festival. The movie blends drama and dark comedy and explores complex themes of identity and transformation, showcasing the director’s signature storytelling skills. Gomez and Saldana play pivotal roles,...
- 5/21/2024
- by Lauren Ramsey
- Uinterview
There’s a lot to look forward to in what has been branded a Mexican comedy-thriller musical from the Palme d’Or winner that brought us Dheepan, A Prophet, Rust and Bone, and, more recently, the underseen Western delight that marked his move toward Hollywood, The Sisters Brothers. Or so it seemed.
Writer-director Jacques Audiard is one of the few filmmakers who has been able to, more than once, tell stories from outside their world and capture narrative, character, and culture with a unique foreign perspective that adds meaningful insight without bringing into question the filmmakers’ respect or depiction of the subjects.
Thus it appeared that this cartel-centric, Mexico-set, largely Latina film––about an unsuspecting lawyer being forced to help a violent cartel boss transition into a woman in order to leave her past behind and finally feel like herself––is actually right up the septuagenarian Frenchman’s alley. Unfortunately,...
Writer-director Jacques Audiard is one of the few filmmakers who has been able to, more than once, tell stories from outside their world and capture narrative, character, and culture with a unique foreign perspective that adds meaningful insight without bringing into question the filmmakers’ respect or depiction of the subjects.
Thus it appeared that this cartel-centric, Mexico-set, largely Latina film––about an unsuspecting lawyer being forced to help a violent cartel boss transition into a woman in order to leave her past behind and finally feel like herself––is actually right up the septuagenarian Frenchman’s alley. Unfortunately,...
- 5/20/2024
- by Luke Hicks
- The Film Stage
Imagine a world in which Stephen Sondheim made Sicario. Yes, that Stephen Sondheim; yes, that 2015 thriller about the world of Mexican drug cartels. Got that? Good. Now add in Selena Gomez as the wife of a narco who, in a moment of deep grief and remembrance, utters the line, “My pussy still hurts when I think of you” — which, to be fair, sounds a lot more poetic in Spanish. She believes her husband, a major drug lord for the Los Globales cartel, had been murdered. This is not true. Rather,...
- 5/19/2024
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
The Cannes Film Festival keeps on chugging, with more acquisitions, more premieres and an honorary Palme d’Or awarded to a studio for the first time.
The Glorious Return of Jacques Audiard
French filmmaker Jacques Audiard is a consistent staple at Cannes. His film “A Prophet” won the Grand Prix in 2010, 2012’s “Rust and Bone” competed for the Palme d’Or and 2015’s “Deephan” won the Palme d’Or. The last time Audiard was at Cannes in 2021, his smaller “Paris, 13th District” competed for the Palme d’Or.
Now he’s back with “Emilia Pérez,” a musical crime comedy about an escaped Mexican cartel leader undergoing gender-affirming surgery that stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and Édgar Ramírez. And judging by the response to the film, it sounds like he has a good shot at Cannes’ top prize once again.
The film “landed the loudest, most enthusiastic standing ovation,...
The Glorious Return of Jacques Audiard
French filmmaker Jacques Audiard is a consistent staple at Cannes. His film “A Prophet” won the Grand Prix in 2010, 2012’s “Rust and Bone” competed for the Palme d’Or and 2015’s “Deephan” won the Palme d’Or. The last time Audiard was at Cannes in 2021, his smaller “Paris, 13th District” competed for the Palme d’Or.
Now he’s back with “Emilia Pérez,” a musical crime comedy about an escaped Mexican cartel leader undergoing gender-affirming surgery that stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and Édgar Ramírez. And judging by the response to the film, it sounds like he has a good shot at Cannes’ top prize once again.
The film “landed the loudest, most enthusiastic standing ovation,...
- 5/19/2024
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
His has a longstanding tradition with the Cannes Film Festival this former Palme d’Or winner for Dheepan (2015) moved into a completely different language, backdrop setting and new genre with the musical for a project that was born during the pandemic. Jacques Audiard has been a visitor with Regarde Les Hommes Tomber in the Critics’ Week, 1996’s Un héros très discret (Best Screenplay winner), 2009’s A Prophet (Grand Prix winner), 2012’s Rust & Bone and 2021’s Paris, 13th District. Starring Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña, Édgar Ramírez, Adriana Paz and Karla Sofía Gascón as the titular Emilia Pérez.
Gist: Overqualified and undervalued, Rita (Saldana) is a lawyer at a large firm that is more interested in getting criminals off the hook than bringing them to justice.…...
Gist: Overqualified and undervalued, Rita (Saldana) is a lawyer at a large firm that is more interested in getting criminals off the hook than bringing them to justice.…...
- 5/19/2024
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
One of the best things about being at film festivals is that most of the time you never know what is going to happen in the film you're about to watch. At Cannes, it's usually the first time the film is ever being shown to an audience. Walking into these films without any expectations or any idea what we're all in for can result in some of the most wildly exhilarating experiences when you encounter a truly ambitious, unexpected, one-of-a-kind creation. That's the case with Emilia Perez from French filmmaker Jacques Audiard. I shouldn't be surprised, however, considering my love for Audiard's films goes back all the way to my very first visit to Cannes in 2009 - Un Prophet (A Prophet) is still one of my all-time favorite Cannes films. 15 years later and Audiard has totally blown me away again with Emilia Perez, a full-on Broadway-esque musical about Mexican society...
- 5/19/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Jia Zhangke’s Caught By The Tides is the new leader on Screen International’s Cannes jury grid with an average score of 2.6.
The Chinese romance epic received one four (excellent) from Justin Chang (LA Times) followed by seven threes (good). On the other end, The Telegraph and Katja Nicodemus of Germany’s Die Zeit gave it just one star.
This is Jia’s sixth time in Competition with highlights including 2015’s Mountains May Depart which scored 2.8 and 2013’s A Touch Of Sin on 3.
Click on the jury grid above for the most up-to-date version.
Caught By The Tides chronicles...
The Chinese romance epic received one four (excellent) from Justin Chang (LA Times) followed by seven threes (good). On the other end, The Telegraph and Katja Nicodemus of Germany’s Die Zeit gave it just one star.
This is Jia’s sixth time in Competition with highlights including 2015’s Mountains May Depart which scored 2.8 and 2013’s A Touch Of Sin on 3.
Click on the jury grid above for the most up-to-date version.
Caught By The Tides chronicles...
- 5/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
You know a movie has left a big impression at Cannes when the applause explodes in the press room as the cast files in. Such was the case Sunday morning for Emila Pérez.
Jacques Audiard’s latest movie follows Rita (Zoe Saldaña), an overqualified and undervalued lawyer who goes from repping guilty criminals to a cartel leader Manitas (Karla Sofía Gascón) who hires her to help him withdraw from his business and realize a plan he has been secretly preparing for years: to become the woman he has always dreamt of being.
Gascón, who is trans, today spoke about the prejudice she has faced in the Latin America and Hispanic communities.
“People who are trans are subjected to insults or death threats because they exist. In Mexico, there are harsh phrases when addressing trans people. It can be gross,” the actress explained.
“I think we should be taken for what we are.
Jacques Audiard’s latest movie follows Rita (Zoe Saldaña), an overqualified and undervalued lawyer who goes from repping guilty criminals to a cartel leader Manitas (Karla Sofía Gascón) who hires her to help him withdraw from his business and realize a plan he has been secretly preparing for years: to become the woman he has always dreamt of being.
Gascón, who is trans, today spoke about the prejudice she has faced in the Latin America and Hispanic communities.
“People who are trans are subjected to insults or death threats because they exist. In Mexico, there are harsh phrases when addressing trans people. It can be gross,” the actress explained.
“I think we should be taken for what we are.
- 5/19/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
“Emilia Pérez,” a Spanish-language musical drama starring Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Karla Sofía Gascón, has earned the biggest standing ovation of this year’s Cannes Film Festival so far.
Gomez wiped away tears as the Palais clapped for a full nine minutes, accompanied by plenty of hooting, whistling and cheering. During the standing ovation, director Jacques Audiard waved his hat at the balcony as stars Saldaña and Édgar Ramírez shared an emotional hug. There was huge applause for Gascón, who stars in the film as a drug cartel leader who seeks gender-affirming surgery.
In the film, from Palme d’Or winner Audiard, Saldaña stars as Rita, an “overqualified and undervalued” lawyer, whose firm is more inclined to help criminals than seek justice. She finds an unexpected way out when a feared drug cartel leader Manitas (Gascón) recruits her to aid him in surreptitiously completing a sex change operation to...
Gomez wiped away tears as the Palais clapped for a full nine minutes, accompanied by plenty of hooting, whistling and cheering. During the standing ovation, director Jacques Audiard waved his hat at the balcony as stars Saldaña and Édgar Ramírez shared an emotional hug. There was huge applause for Gascón, who stars in the film as a drug cartel leader who seeks gender-affirming surgery.
In the film, from Palme d’Or winner Audiard, Saldaña stars as Rita, an “overqualified and undervalued” lawyer, whose firm is more inclined to help criminals than seek justice. She finds an unexpected way out when a feared drug cartel leader Manitas (Gascón) recruits her to aid him in surreptitiously completing a sex change operation to...
- 5/18/2024
- by Ramin Setoodeh and Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Jacques Audiard returned to Cannes on Saturday night to introduce the world to Emilia Perez, which received a rapturous response from the audience, who gave it a nine-minute standing ovation. After Audiard took the mic to speak in French, the standing ovation resumed for another minute or so.
The 10th film from the French auteur — his sixth film in the main competition — stars Zoe Saldaña as a frustrated lawyer, Selena Gomez as a drug lord’s wife, Édgar Ramírez as a dangerous love interest and Karla Sofía Gascón as the cartel kingpin who longs to escape a life of crime and become the woman he’s always dreamed of becoming. And surprise — it’s a musical.
As the credits roled, there were whoops and hollers and shouts of “Bravo,” even before the lights came up. Saldaña and Gascón were in tears, while Gomez was visibly moved, covering her face.
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The 10th film from the French auteur — his sixth film in the main competition — stars Zoe Saldaña as a frustrated lawyer, Selena Gomez as a drug lord’s wife, Édgar Ramírez as a dangerous love interest and Karla Sofía Gascón as the cartel kingpin who longs to escape a life of crime and become the woman he’s always dreamed of becoming. And surprise — it’s a musical.
As the credits roled, there were whoops and hollers and shouts of “Bravo,” even before the lights came up. Saldaña and Gascón were in tears, while Gomez was visibly moved, covering her face.
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- 5/18/2024
- by Chris Gardner and Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Going into this year’s Cannes Film Festival, expectations soared around a certain go-for-broke, no-guts-no-glory, swing from a Palme d’Or winning auteur, and on Saturday — two days after Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” fizzled — festivalgoers got all they wanted and more in Jacques Audiard’s gonzo telenovela musical “Emilia Perez.” Turns out we had been looking at the wrong Palme d’Or winner all along.
If for nothing else, the French director’s previous Grand Prize and Palme d’Or wins for tough-guy films “A Prophet” and “Dheepan” feel especially pertinent given the startling (and delightful) swerve he offers with “Emilia Perez,” an Almodóvar-aping melodrama about a cartel kingpin’s transition to the more benevolent woman she was always hiding from the world.
That the Spanish-language film is also a full-blown musical, chock-full of deliriously choreographed numbers and ear-catching ditties about vaginoplasties and tracheal shaves would also reflect Audiard’s high perch.
If for nothing else, the French director’s previous Grand Prize and Palme d’Or wins for tough-guy films “A Prophet” and “Dheepan” feel especially pertinent given the startling (and delightful) swerve he offers with “Emilia Perez,” an Almodóvar-aping melodrama about a cartel kingpin’s transition to the more benevolent woman she was always hiding from the world.
That the Spanish-language film is also a full-blown musical, chock-full of deliriously choreographed numbers and ear-catching ditties about vaginoplasties and tracheal shaves would also reflect Audiard’s high perch.
- 5/18/2024
- by Ben Croll
- The Wrap
You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a movie musical where the words “mammoplasty, vaginoplasty, rhinoplasty” play out in song. Nor have you lived until you’ve seen that same movie musical in which Selena Gomez says the words “My pussy still hurts when I think of you.” And you’ve never seen a movie musical at all about transness that takes as bold of swings as Jacques Audiard‘s “Emilia Pérez,” which is stylistically unforgettable while missing the crucial element that makes any movie musical work: Actually good, memorable songs.
Audiard is the 72-year-old French director known ever for dipping into other worlds and genres that are far from his own as a cis white guy from Europe. His 2015 Palme d’Or winner “Dheepan” was a story of Tamil refugees who’ve fled Sri Lankan civil war for Paris. “The Sisters Brothers” was his attempt at a western...
Audiard is the 72-year-old French director known ever for dipping into other worlds and genres that are far from his own as a cis white guy from Europe. His 2015 Palme d’Or winner “Dheepan” was a story of Tamil refugees who’ve fled Sri Lankan civil war for Paris. “The Sisters Brothers” was his attempt at a western...
- 5/18/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Spoiler Alert: The following review contains some spoilers.
Like a rose blooming amid a minefield, it’s a miracle that Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” exists: a south-of-the-border pop opera about a most unlikely metamorphosis and the personal redemption it awakens in a stone-cold criminal.
With a Palme d’Or to his name and the cojones to tackle his third movie in a culture and language that are not his own (after “Dheepan” and “The Sisters Brothers”), the director of “A Prophet” takes audiences into the macho realm of Mexican cartels, where Manitas del Monte — a fearsome drug lord with a silver grill and a voice like gravel — wants out, not because he’s had a crisis of conscience, but because he’s decided to embrace his true self … as a woman.
Pardon me if I’ve mixed up the pronouns there. Audiard’s dazzling and instantly divisive film — which...
Like a rose blooming amid a minefield, it’s a miracle that Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” exists: a south-of-the-border pop opera about a most unlikely metamorphosis and the personal redemption it awakens in a stone-cold criminal.
With a Palme d’Or to his name and the cojones to tackle his third movie in a culture and language that are not his own (after “Dheepan” and “The Sisters Brothers”), the director of “A Prophet” takes audiences into the macho realm of Mexican cartels, where Manitas del Monte — a fearsome drug lord with a silver grill and a voice like gravel — wants out, not because he’s had a crisis of conscience, but because he’s decided to embrace his true self … as a woman.
Pardon me if I’ve mixed up the pronouns there. Audiard’s dazzling and instantly divisive film — which...
- 5/18/2024
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Neon, the Oscar-winning distributor of “Parasite,” is getting back in business with “Titane” director Julia Ducournau.
In one of the first big rights deals of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the studio announced it has acquired North American territories for Ducournau’s “Alpha.” Plot details were not immediately disclosed, except that the film will be “genre-defying.” Neon previously released Ducournau’s acclaimed “Titane,” which won Cannes’ highest honor, the Palme d’Or, in 2021. She is only the second woman director to do so, following Jane Campion for “The Piano.”
“Alpha” will star Golshifteh Farahani and Tahar Rahim.
Producers are Jean des Forêts and Amelie Jacquis of Petit Film, and Eric and Nicolas Altmayer of Mandarin & Compagnie. Frakas Productions is co-producing. Charades and FilmNation Entertainment are handling global sales. The Neon deal was negotiated by its president of acquisitions and production Jeff Deutchman, with Charades’ Carole Baraton and FilmNation...
In one of the first big rights deals of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the studio announced it has acquired North American territories for Ducournau’s “Alpha.” Plot details were not immediately disclosed, except that the film will be “genre-defying.” Neon previously released Ducournau’s acclaimed “Titane,” which won Cannes’ highest honor, the Palme d’Or, in 2021. She is only the second woman director to do so, following Jane Campion for “The Piano.”
“Alpha” will star Golshifteh Farahani and Tahar Rahim.
Producers are Jean des Forêts and Amelie Jacquis of Petit Film, and Eric and Nicolas Altmayer of Mandarin & Compagnie. Frakas Productions is co-producing. Charades and FilmNation Entertainment are handling global sales. The Neon deal was negotiated by its president of acquisitions and production Jeff Deutchman, with Charades’ Carole Baraton and FilmNation...
- 5/14/2024
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Are we headed for a bon marché?
A new class of finished films and packages (unmade movies with big stars and a director attached) will travel to Cannes this week in search of cash and homes with the studios, streamers and global indie players.
The 2024 Cannes market comes equipped with some interesting contradictions. Stateside, the content buying machine is fraught. Major media stock prices are getting hammered day by day, and a new age of austerity has gripped the once free-spending tech giants. At the same time, distributors paralyzed by the 2023 Hollywood labor strikes need content to fill their slates for the end the year and the top of 2025.
“We’d agree that finished film volume isn’t as high due to the strikes, but Cannes is a much better setting for packages to begin with,” one top sales agent told Variety. “These movies can get financed out of the international marketplace,...
A new class of finished films and packages (unmade movies with big stars and a director attached) will travel to Cannes this week in search of cash and homes with the studios, streamers and global indie players.
The 2024 Cannes market comes equipped with some interesting contradictions. Stateside, the content buying machine is fraught. Major media stock prices are getting hammered day by day, and a new age of austerity has gripped the once free-spending tech giants. At the same time, distributors paralyzed by the 2023 Hollywood labor strikes need content to fill their slates for the end the year and the top of 2025.
“We’d agree that finished film volume isn’t as high due to the strikes, but Cannes is a much better setting for packages to begin with,” one top sales agent told Variety. “These movies can get financed out of the international marketplace,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Gaumont has unveiled a first look at Leila Bekti in Ken Scott’s family comedy Once Upon My Mother.
Set in 1960s Paris and based on a true story, Bekhti stars as a mother of six who refuses to accept a medical diagnosis that her son will never walk and instead defies insurmountable odds to guide him to the life he imagines for him through optimism and faith.
Bekhti’s previous roles include All That Glitters and A Prophet.
The lowdown on all the Cannes 2024 titles...
Set in 1960s Paris and based on a true story, Bekhti stars as a mother of six who refuses to accept a medical diagnosis that her son will never walk and instead defies insurmountable odds to guide him to the life he imagines for him through optimism and faith.
Bekhti’s previous roles include All That Glitters and A Prophet.
The lowdown on all the Cannes 2024 titles...
- 5/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
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