First French Trailer for Award-Winning ‘Emilia Pérez’ with Zoe Saldana

First French Trailer for Award-Winning ‘Emilia Pérez’ with Zoe Saldana

by Alex Billington
June 18, 2024
Source: YouTube

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 (of A Prophet, Rust & Bone, Dheepan, The Sisters Brothers), 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. This trailer only has French subtitles, but it’s worth a watch to get a glimpse at what this looks like anyway.

Here’s the first official French trailer (+ poster) for Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, direct from YouTube:

Overqualified and overexploited, Rita (Zoe Saldana) uses her talents as a lawyer for a big firm in Mexico more interested in laundering criminals than serving justice. But an unexpected way out opens up for her, to help cartel boss Manitas retire from the business and carry out the plan he’s been secretly preparing for years: to finally become the woman he’s always dreamed of being. Emilia Pérez is directed by acclaimed French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, director of the films See How They Fall, A Self-Made Hero, The Beat That My Heart Skipped, A Prophet, Rust and Bone, Dheepan, The Sisters Brothers, and Paris 13th District previously. The screenplay is written by Jacques Audiard, in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Nicolas Livecchi, and Léa Mysius. Produced by Pascal Caucheteux, Valérie Schermann, Anthony Vaccarello, and Audiard. With music by Camille and Clément Ducol. This first premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival playing in the Main Competition. Audiard’s Emilia Pérez opens first in French cinemas starting on August 21st, 2024 this summer. No US release date is set yet – stay tuned for updates. Who wants to watch this?

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