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‘Emilia Pérez’: Read The Screenplay (In Spanish And English) For Jacques Audiard’s Audacious Musical Melodrama


Emilia Pérez, the Spanish-language Netflix musical drama, is written and directed by Jacques Audiard and is France's submission to the 2025 Oscasrs.

The film became France’s submission to the International Feature Oscar race and had a qualifying run in theaters before being released on Netflix on November 13. Cartel leader Emilia (Gascón) enlists Rita (Saldaña), an unappreciated lawyer, to help fake her death so that she can finally live authentically as her true self. The cast’s performances draw the audience into a world of song and dance that elevates this groundbreaking Spanish-language fever dream to life.

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