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Netflix Nearing Deal for Jacques Audiard’s Buzzy Palme d’Or Contender ‘Emilia Perez’ Starring Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Karla Sofía Gascón (EXCLUSIVE)
"Emilia Perez," starring Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Karla Sofía Gascón, is nearing a deal for U.S. and U.K. rights with Netflix.
“Emilia Pérez,” the Spanish-language musical drama starring Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Karla Sofía Gascón which scored enthusiastic reviews after its Cannes premiere, is nearing a deal for U.S. and U.K. rights with Netflix. She finds an unexpected way out when a feared drug cartel leader Manitas (Gascón) recruits her to aid him in surreptitiously completing a sex change operation to become the woman he’s always wanted to be. The movie has earned near-unanimous praise from critics, with Variety ‘s Peter Debruge comparing it to “a rose blooming amid a minefield,” and a “south-of-the-border pop opera about a most unlikely metamorphosis and the personal redemption it awakens in a stone-cold criminal.” In addition to competing for Audiard’s second Palme d’Or, the film is also eligible to win the Queer Palm, which recognizes titles dealing with LGBTQ themes and is award by a jury presided over by Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont.
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