Zoe Saldana as Rita Moro Castro in Emilia Perez.
Women pursuing their happiness has been redefined in Jacques Audiard’s upcoming film Emilia Pérez which tells the story of four women living their lives, the way they want to and the lengths they’ll go to achieve it. The movie made its premiere earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival where it won two awards. Fans will soon have a chance to see the feature on the big screen for a limited time before it hits Netflix this November.
What Is ‘Emilia Pérez’ About? The film has been described as an “audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations.” The feature follows fearsome cartel leader Emilia, who enlists an unappreciated lawyer, Rita, who is stuck in a dead-end job, to help fake her death so that Emilia can finally live authentically as her true self. The movie enhances their journey through liberating song, dance, and enchanting visuals.
"The fact that Jacques came up with this concept from a short story and decided to make it into an opera, and decided to do it in a language that isn’t his own, knowing that his audience is going to be so small, means that it was that important to him, and he cares that little about what other people may think. I think everything about that made me feel so privileged, so honored that he wanted me to play Rita in 'Emilia Perez.' I also got to sing and speak in my native tongue.
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