EMILIA PÉREZ

Jury Prize, Best Actress Award, Cannes 2024

Original language: Spanish

Subtitles: English, Romanian

Directed by: Jacques Audiard

Country: France

Year of production: 2024

Length: 132 minutes

Genre: musical drama

Overqualified and undervalued, Rita is a lawyer at a large firm that is more interested in getting criminals off the hook than bringing them to justice. One day, she is given an unexpected way out, when cartel leader Manitas 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.

Credits

Jacques Audiard – Director

Jacques Audiard – Script

Paul Guilhaume – Cinematography

Juliette Welfling – Editing

Aymeric Devoldere – Sound

Casting

Karla Sofía Gascón

Zoe Saldana

Selena Gomez

Édgar Ramírez

Mark Ivanir

Adriana Paz

James Gerard