(Cannes, 2024) “Emilia Perez”: Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana and Carla Sofia Gascon: Three Fantastic Women

The story of the transition of MtoF d’un caïd de la drogue mexicaine under the direction of a charitable association for the aid of gang victims, the new film by Jacques Audiard is an absurdity that was conceived as an adapted opera projectEkute (2018), a novel by Boris Razon. A musical comedy that combines a thriller with a femininity manifesto, the film is already in the works. Room in the city Demi, in a more militant version, or Almodovar’s asseche son of sentimentalism. The music is composed by Clément Ducolle, the passwords written in French by the singer Camille can be translated, so the choreography is provided by Damien Jalet, and the costumes are by Anthony Vaccarello (Saint Laurent, producer of the film).

In addition to the role (incarnated by the actress trans Karla Sofía Gascón), discover the character of the lawyer (Zoe Saldana) who accompanies Emilia in her new life and the cell of a fallen woman (Selena Gomez, all peroxide hair). We meet the three fantastic actresses on the terrace of the Marriott Hotel, in the same place where five years ago Selena flew over on our planes when she introduced us. The dead don’t die Jim Jarmusch. The alchemy between the three women is very tangible. Encadrée of two American stars, the Madrid actress is the intimidated woman: it is she who gives the floor to the author of the table, between a hesitant encore in English and a reply in Spanish.

«Jacques who chose me»

This is a place parallel to the career of Carla Sofia Gascon and the role offered by Audiard. After the premiere of “Life as an actor”, within six years there was a transition to the film “Ethan-son-actor”: “Jacques a vu quelque chose en moi. I understand that what I have approached the character is a refusal of the life of these people who can accompany the process of transition. Having done this, on the eve of my transition, I cannot be in communication with the rogue that I brought to life. “Mais le jouer m’a Furieusement Amusée.”

If Selena is defending herself against how she is treated: “She’s super rebellious and toxic, the complete opposite of me.”Zoe Saldana, on the other hand, is a retrospective in invisible memory: “I strive to do so because I despaired of finding the opportunity to change my life, I can fully identify with this desire.” Through dance scenes the actressAvatar This is, first of all, an investment physique and precision, the quality of work in blockbusters advertised in computer graphics is greater than in previous films: “When I got home, I saw a scene where I saw a movie that looked unusual.“.

Life is changing

Tour in the Paris region, film not on casting, opportunity to go in French, experience that Selena has qualifications “life changes” : “It’s better to live in Paris and I love the city, my little apartment, the kids are so gentle. I can have a “normal life” in France, and that’s very valuable to me. And then you’ll have a lot of pain!”

The last question before the actresses are released from entertainment, a reason for Carla to make a conclusion about parole, plus a question about introducing the people behind the screens: “All trans actors are endowed with the ability to act as they are. At this point, trans people become visible, and it is necessary for trans people to be played by trans people. Sinon, upon returning to the era of white blackface to play black characters. Although trans actors and trans actresses are not on a prison sentence, I cannot resist the fact that a cis person enjoys a trans personage, and the opposite. But it is in the core of a desire to have a prison sentence. I do not have enough money to see trans women who are prostitutes. It is a cliché that ends up stigmatizing our community. “I dream of the role of a boulanger or a poissonnière, but without questioning my transitivity, which is what causes the constraint.”

Emilia Perez Jacques Audiard with Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana and Carla Sofia Gascon (France). I performed at the competition on May 18.