emilia perez film still
emilia perez film still

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Friday, Nov. 1 at 8 p.m.

Gala Screenings

Emilia Pérez

France
| 132 min.

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. A Netflix release.

This screening is also part of the festival series Visions de France.

Actor Karla Sofía Gascón will be presented with the Distinguished Performance Award and actor Zoe Saldaña will be presented with the Vanguard Award. A Q&A with Gascón and Saldaña immediately follows the screening.

Southeast premiere

Presented in Spanish with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR

Jacques Audiard

PRODUCERS

Pascal Caucheteux

Jacques Audiard

Valérie Schermann

Anthony Vaccarello

Ardavan Safaee

Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Luc Dardenne

WRITER

Jacques Audiard

CAST

Zoe Saldaña

Karla Sofía Gascón

Selena Gomez

Adriana Paz

Edgar Ramírez

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Jacques Audiard is a celebrated French filmmaker known for his intense, character-driven narratives and skillful storytelling in films like A Prophet and Rust and Bone. His work, often exploring themes of identity, survival, and human resilience, has earned him numerous accolades, including the 2015 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for Dheepan.