Netflix is preparing for the release of the most popular “Emilia Pérez”, a French musical crime comedy that is expected to be released before the end of the year. Directed and written by Jacques Audiard, who had previously directed and written some of the most acclaimed movies like “Paris, 13th District”, this Spanish film is scheduled to release in theaters on October 25, 2024 before its streaming release on Netflix on November 13, 2024. Emilia Pérez is inspired by a chapter from Boris Razon’s 2018 novel Écoute. Here is all you need to know about this interesting new flick.
Emilia Pérez Movie Story
’Emilia Pérez’ is an inspirational and rather untypical story of Juan ‘Manitas’ Del Monte, a Mexican cartel boss, who decides to change his life after years of criminal activity. He employs the services of a disenchanted lawyer named Rita Moro Castro to help him get a clean record and financially transition to physically transition to a woman. Quite in the same manner, the movie depicts this transition perfectly, majorly based around matters concerning identity, discovery, and the extent to which individuals would endure in order to get to that personal identity.
It is, therefore, interesting when Emilia, who was previously called Manitas, comes to Rita for assistance for one more time. This time the transformed Emilia wants to go back to Mexico to look for her children, the plot is promising the action, musical numbers, and emotions. The movie is more than a story of the change in the life of the film’s hero but also reflects the legal and psychological aspects of a radical change.
Emilia Pérez Cast
• Zoe Saldaña as Rita Moro Castro
• Selena Gomez as Jessi Del Monte
• Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez / Juan “Manitas” Del Monte
• Mark Ivanir as Dr. Wasserman
• Adriana Paz as Epifanía
• Édgar Ramírez as Gustavo
• Agathe Bokja
• Anabel Lopez
• Cyrus Khodaveisi
• James Gerard
• Jonas Paz-Benavides
• Shiraz Tzarfati
• Eric Geynes
• Eduardo Aladro
• Lucas Varoclier as Young Diego
• Daniel Velasco-Acosta as Bodyguard
• Marie-Elisabeth Robert
• Line Phé
• Yohan Levy
Emilia Pérez (2024) Trailer
The first trailer released afterwards the sensational premiere at the Cannes Film Festival is the one highlighting the neon-infused songs that are as much a part of this movie as the dialogue. What makes these sequences stylish are both Saldaña and Gascón together with the rest of the cast that makes movie going patrons anticipate for a good eye feasting and ears tickling experience.
Clément Ducol was responsible for the musical direction of the film but the songs which are in French were sung by Camille with help of a translator who translated lyrics from French to Spanish. All the dance numbers were directed by Damien Jalet, which means that every song and dance number has a role to play in the plot.
Emilia Pérez Filming Locations
Although the movie is based in Mexico, the majority of the movie was filming done on set built with great precision in France more specifically near Paris. It was initially proposed to be shot in Mexico to bring the true view of the country, but it was moved to France because of the reasons that Audiard want more control on shooting the musical and choreographic sequences of the film. The studio environment provided the means to construct a ‘believable Mexican environment’ which not only complies with the environment in the actual Mexico but also adds to the beauty of the movie.
The filming of ‘Emilia Pérez’ figure started in May 2023 in Île-de-France and equally concluded in July of the same year. However, the plot of the movie is set in the USA, but a Mexican culture is still dominant throughout the film starting from the environment and the characters’ outfits to the songs used.
Emilia Pérez Release Date
“Emilia Pérez” will be further released in the United Kingdom and Ireland theaters on October 25, 2024. It will then be made available for streaming across the world on the Netflix platform from 13 th November, 2024. It is also slated to be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September of 2024 thus allowing the audience to watch this flick before it hits the big screen.
“Emilia Pérez” has not remained unknown for the film industry, it earned the Jury Prize and the Best Actress award for female cast in Cannes film festival. The film has been referred to as ‘a musical for our time,’ and most commentators have hailed it for telling it as it is, for inventiveness, performances and hybridity.
With the premiere of a new series is scheduled for the nearest future, people are awaiting this project as one of the best Netflix’s movies of 2024. So, if you are a fan of musicals, crime drama, or are concerned with watching a movie that is not an ordinary typical one, then, “Emilia Pérez” is on the list of the most fascinating movies to watch.