Selena Gomez’s new film Emilia Perez has released a first trailer after its success at the Cannes Film Festival.
Screenplay and direction: Jacques Audiard (Paris, 13th district), the Spanish-language musical crime dramedy is about disgruntled lawyer Rita Moro Castro, who is kidnapped to help Mexican cartel leader Juan “Manitas” Del Monte undergo gender reassignment surgery.
The film stars Karla Sofía Gascón in the title role and Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Zoe Saldaña in the role of Rita, as well as Dr. Death‘s Edgar Ramírez and Adriana Paz.
Emilia Perez will be released in select cinemas in the UK and Ireland on October 25th, before hitting Netflix on November 13th.
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In the trailer, we see Rita being hired to help Emilia escape the authorities and finally live her true self.
Some time later, the lawyer and the protagonist meet again at a dinner party. Emilia asks Rita for help once again, as she intends to be reunited with her children in Mexico.
The trailer is interspersed with neon-drenched musical numbers in which both Saldaña and Gomez appear with the rest of the cast.
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Described as “a musical for our time” by The timesThe film received mostly positive reviews and won the Jury Prize and the Best Actress award for its female ensemble at Cannes last month.
The official synopsis of the film reads: “Emilia Perez tells the story of Rita (Saldaña), an overqualified and undervalued lawyer in a large firm who is more concerned with absolving criminals of responsibility than bringing them to justice.
“One day, an unexpected escape presents itself to her when cartel boss Manitas (Gascón) hires her to help him exit his business and carry out a plan he has been secretly preparing for years: to become the woman he always wanted to be.”
Emilia Perez will be released in select theaters on October 25th and on Netflix on November 13th.
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