‘Emilia Perez’ Will Represent France at the Oscars Race for International Feature
France’s Oscar committee has selected Jacques Audiard’s exhilarating redemption thriller “Emilia Perez” for the international feature film race.
“Emilia Perez” stars Karla Sofía Gascón as a fearsome drug lord who embraces her true self as a woman.
The Spanish-language film earned one of Cannes’s longest standing ovations and went on to win the Jury Prize (in a jury presided over by Greta Gerwig), on top of a Best Actress Prize for the ensemble cast, including Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz.
Director's Jacques Audiard 2009 film “A Prophet” was one of the last of France’s submissions to receive a Best International Feature nomination.
“Emilia Pérez” was on a shortlist with three other Cannes premieres from this year: Grand Prix winner “All We Imagine as Light” from director Payal Kapadia, “The Count of Monte Cristo” from director Alexandre de La Patellière, and “Misericordia” from director Alain Guiraudie.
