Summary
- Emilia Pérez has an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score – spotlights the genre-bending Spanish-language film with Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña.
- The teaser trailer focuses on musical numbers, visuals, and genre fusion. The film releases in select theaters this fall and on Netflix on November 13.
- The film has been praised as a bold musical crime thriller that defies conventions and tells a trans story, highlighted by an ensemble performance, attracting major award-season hype.
The Emilia Pérez trailer shows Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña in Netflix’s crime musical with an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score. Written and directed by Jacques Audiard, based on the opera of the same, the genre-bending Spanish-language film follows a disgruntled lawyer tasked with assisting an escaped Mexican cartel leader who is seeking gender reassignment surgery to evade the authorities and affirm her true identity. Other than Saldaña and Gomez in lead roles, the cast also includes Karla Sofía Gascón, Adriana Paz, Mark Ivanir, and Édgar Ramírez (Borderlands).
Now, Netflix has unveiled the first official teaser trailer for their upcoming crime musical, Emilia Pérez. Watch it below:
The teaser trailer is considerably light on plot and features no dialogue, and instead chooses to showcase many of the movie’s moving musical numbers, stunning visuals, genre fusion, and standout performances from Saldaña, Gascón, and Gomez.
Emilia Pérez releases in select theaters this fall and on Netflix on November 13.
Emilia Pérez Is Already Heavily Hyped Ahead Of Its Netflix Release
It Was A Huge Hit At Cannes & Has An 88% Rotten Tomatoes Score
Following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, where it received an extended standing ovation, Emilia Pérez is already heavily hyped and could be a major award-season contender for Netflix. The film competed for but did not win the festival’s highest honor in the Palme d’Or, though it did take home the Jury Prize, and its entire female ensemble – consisting of Saldaña, Gascón, Gomez, and Paz – won the Best Actress award. Soon after its premiere, Netflix outbid several studios and secured the film’s distribution rights for $8 million.
Overall, after its premiere at Cannes, reviews praised Emilia Pérez as a bold musical crime thriller that defies genre conventions while proudly telling a trans story, elevated by Gascón’s performance in the eponymous role, resulting in an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score. The teaser trailer highlights the immense acclaim for the movie, with critics calling it “a gorgeous musical epic” that is “bracingly original” and “unlike anything we have ever seen.” There is also much praise for the film’s three female leads, including Gascón who “electrifies,” Saldaña who “brings a burning intensity,” and Gomez who “is sparking on all cylinders.”
One critic also calls Emilia Pérez “a miraculous movie.”
Other than its unique blend of genres, the most exciting aspect of Emilia Pérez is its cast, which won the Best Actress award at Cannes and could be recognized further this coming awards season. Saldaña has starred in some of the highest-grossing movies ever made but has yet to add a major award nomination to her list of accomplishments. Gomez, fresh off her first Emmy nomination for acting in Only Murders in the Building, could also see her first Oscar nomination. However, of the three, the newcomer in Gascón might have the best chance of being nominated and even winning.
Source: Netflix
