Teaser for Emilia Perez: Lawyer Zoe Saldaña enters the cartel business

Teaser for Emilia Perez: Lawyer Zoe Saldaña enters the cartel business

Netflix released the first teaser for one of the most eagerly awaited films of the year on Monday morning – the Spanish-language musical crime comedy “Emilia Peréz” by Jacques Audiard (“A Prophet”), which won several awards when it premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Emilia Peréz hits select theaters in the U.S. and Canada on November 1 before premiering on the streamer on November 13. With song, dance, and bold imagery, the film tells the story of four remarkable women in Mexico, each seeking their own happiness. Among them is Rita (Zoe Saldaña), a misunderstood lawyer stuck in a dead-end job who helps fearsome cartel leader Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón) fake her death so she can finally be authentic and live her true self.

The film, which also starred Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz and Edgar Ramírez, received an 11-minute standing ovation at its premiere in competition at Cannes and won the Jury Prize and the Best Actress Award, shared by the female ensemble members, as well as the Cannes Soundtrack Award.

At Cannes, Netflix secured the North American and UK rights to the film, which was one of the most talked-about films on the market this year. In her review for Deadline at the time, Stephanie Bunbury said of the film: “On paper, it looks totally insane. A mostly Spanish-language musical about a Mexican drug lord who undergoes a sex change, with former Disney teen star Selena Gomez as the gangster’s wife… but here it is on screen, a musical wonder.”

Written by Audiard, Thomas Bidegain and Léa Mysius, Emilia Peréz was the former French filmmaker’s seventh film to be released at Cannes. Pascal Caucheteux, Audiard, Valérie Schermann and Anthony Vaccarello produced, with Pauline Lamy serving as executive producer.

Check out the long first teaser for the film above.

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