Emilia Pérez
An Innovative and Operatic Musical Drama
A highly stylized affair that boldly challenges conventions and breaks new ground in the genre.
Emilia Pérez
Directed by Jacques Audiard • 2024
Official Synopsis
Rita is an overqualified and undervalued lawyer working at a large firm that is more interested in getting criminals off the hook than bringing them to justice. She finds an unexpected way out when a feared Mexican cartel boss, Juan "Manitas" Del Monte, recruits her for a top-secret mission. Manitas wants to retire from the criminal underworld permanently to fake his own death and undergo gender-affirming surgery, finally becoming the woman he has always dreamed of being: Emilia Pérez. Jacques Audiard delivers a bold, genre-defying musical crime comedy-drama about transformation, redemption, and identity.
Expanded Ensemble
- Karla Sofía Gascón as Juan "Manitas" Del Monte / Emilia Pérez
- Zoe Saldaña as Rita Moro Castro
- Selena Gomez as Jessi Del Monte
- Adriana Paz as Epifanía
- Mark Ivanir as Dr. Wasserman
- James Gerard as Gilbert
Expanded Architects
- Director: Jacques Audiard
- Screenplay: Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain
- Producers: Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann
- Cinematography: Paul Guilhaume
- Film Editor: Juliette Welfling
- Music Composers: Clément Ducol, Camille
Official Promotional Trailer
Production Info & Specifications
| Financial Budget | $27 Million (€25 Million) |
| Global Box Office | $33.2 Million |
| Capture Format | Digital (Sony VENICE 2) • 2.39:1 Anamorphic Layout |
| Primary Locations | Bry-sur-Marne Studios, Paris, France |
| Production Label | Netflix • Why Not Productions • Page 114 |
