“Manages to arrest and intrigue, if only because you truly don’t know what the frenetic narrative’s next move is.”
—Natalia Keogan, AV Club

“It’s a gloriously original tribute to anyone who truly dares to go their own way, but particularly the amazing women who do it under extreme fire.”
—Nick Howells, London Evening Standard

From renegade auteur Jacques Audiard comes EMILIA PÉREZ, an audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations. Through liberating song and dance and bold visuals, this odyssey follows the journey of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. The fearsome cartel leader Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists Rita (Zoe Saldaña), an unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job, to help fake her death so that Emilia can finally live authentically as her true self.