Jacques Audiard is accustomed to making a big splash at Cannes, and earlier this year he did so again with Emilia Perez. The star-powered drama stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Mark Ivanir, and Edgar Ramírez, a cast that won the Jury Prize for Best Actress for its female ensemble. With awards season right around the corner, a new trailer shows us what we have to look forward to.
SYNOPSIS: Overqualified and overexploited, Rita uses her talents as a lawyer in the service of a large firm more inclined to launder criminals than to serve justice. But an unexpected exit door opens to her, helping the cartel leader Manitas to get out of business and carry out the plan he has been secretly refining for years: finally becoming the woman he always dreamed of being.
Audiard is an accomplished filmmaker with a list of critical favorites a mile long including Rust & Bone, Paris 13th District, A Prophet, The Sisters Brothers, and Dheepan.
Emilia Perez hits theaters on November 1st, followed by Netflix on November 13th.
