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Karla Sofía Gascón to play psychiatrist who ‘embodies God and the devil’ in next film

Actor to follow Oscar-nominated role in Emilia Pérez with Italian drama described as ‘perturbing, livid and hypnotic’, co-starring Vincent Gallo

Gascón, whose hopes of securing the leading actress award (which eventually went to Anora’s Mikey Madison) were dashed after offensive social media posts were unearthed, will star as a psychiatrist who “embodies God and the devil” in Italian drama The Life Lift, reports Variety. Directed by Italian first-timer Stefania Rossella Grassi and co-starring the US actor Vincent Gallo, the film is a psychological thriller about a tormented New Yorker called Gabriel, who becomes persecuted by Post-it notes left in his building’s elevator. After sharing the best actress award at Cannes with her Emilia Pérez co-stars, the newcomer, whose credits until then mostly featured Spanish telenovas, looked set to become the Oscars favourite for her performance as a Mexican cartel leader who transitions while escaping the mob.

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