EMILIA PÉREZ

Jury Prize, Best Actress Award, Cannes 2024


Original language: Spanish

Subtitles: English, Romanian


Directed by: Jacques Audiard 

Country: France

Year of production: 2024

Length: 130 minutes

Genre: musical drama

Overqualified and undervalued, Rita is a lawyer at a large firm that is more interested in getting criminals off the hook than bringing them to justice. One day, she is given an unexpected way out, when cartel leader Manitas hires her to help him withdraw from his business and realize a plan he has been secretly preparing for years: to become the woman he has always dreamt of being.