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Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón on Crafting Cannes Standout ‘Emilia Pérez’: ‘This Movie Is About the Power of Femininity’
'Emilia Pérez' stars Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón discuss the musical crime drama, which premiered at Cannes on Saturday.
At the center of the Spanish-language movie are three women – Rita (Zoe Saldaña), Jessi ( Selena Gomez) and the title character Emilia Pérez (Karla Sofía Gascón) — who become forever bonded by their traumatic experiences in Mexico City’s cartel-run underbelly. The confounding elements of the film are what first attracted Saldaña to her role, an overworked lawyer who is kidnapped by a druglord (Gascón) and tasked with assisting her character on a mission to get gender-affirming surgery. Ahead of “Emilia Pérez’s” Cannes debut on Saturday night — where the film received a nine-minute standing ovation, the biggest of the fest so far — the trio echoed feelings of nervousness and excitement.
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