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‘Emilia Pérez’ Helmer Jacques Audiard On His Audacious Film & The Actresses Who Carry It


'Emilia Pérez' Helmer Jacques Audiard On His Audacious Film, And The Actresses Who Carry It Karla Sofia Gascon, Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz

The three actresses atop the call sheet — Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, and Zoe Saldaña — are all up for Globes, and the film is well positioned for the upcoming Oscar nominations. The versatile Audiard founds his audaciously original while thumbing through Boris Razon’s 2018 novel, Écoute, where he got the idea for a cartel boss determined to kill his past, and transform into the woman he always wanted to be. Here, he explains how he did it, in a moment where Netflix has licensed for its service The Sisters Brothers, Dheepan, and A Prophet and Rust and Bone, the latter two of which will be available on the streamer in January.

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