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Transgender crime musical is surprise hit of the Golden Globes: Emilia Perez about a fearsome tattooed Mexican cartel boss who becomes a woman is now tipped for Oscar glory
Emilia Perez was the big winner at Sunday's Golden Globes, scooping four prizes after receiving the most nominations ahead of the 82nd ceremony.
On paper the genre-bending crime musical which centres around a cartel boss who undergoes gender confirmation surgery is an unlikely success story for Netflix, which has been streaming the film since November. But the movie has been quietly adding to its plaudits for months, starting with the huge splash it made at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize and the first Best Actress Award for an ensemble. David Opie for Yahoo declared: 'It’s the film’s preoccupation with the surface exterior of Emilia herself that ends up being tedious, playing into transphobic tropes long thought banished to the realms of hell where Buffalo Bill’s dress and Ace Ventura’s hair wax can be found.'
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