A Mexican cartel boss hires an overlooked lawyer to fake her own death, transition, and rebuild a life as Emilia Pérez — and then, years later, tries to step back into the family she left behind. Audiard tells it as a Spanish-language musical shot on Paris soundstages, a collision of genres and cultures that became one of the most fiercely argued-about films of 2024 and swept into the Oscars with thirteen nominations.
