and Jacques Audiard for Best Original Song for “El Mal.” None of the winners mentioned Mexico or trans people in their acceptance speeches. Audiard, the film’s director, was offered an ...

The most-nominated non-English film in Oscar history, Emilia Pérez, may be set in Mexico with a Spanish script and song ...

thanks to its controversial plot and a different view of the drug phenomenon in Mexico, from the creation of French director Jacques Audiard. She is also expected to be present on Friday at the ...

Few films have caught more backlash during this year’s Academy Awards race than Emilia Pérez, the controversial musical from director Jacques Audiard. While the film debuted to rave reviews at ...

Mexico-set musical-thriller Emilia Pérez ... the award went to Hafsia Herzi for the movie Borgo. Jacques Audiard, the French writer and director of Emilia Pérez, earned César trophies for ...

She disagreed that Mexico was the centre of the film ... The musical by French director Jacques Audiard went into the Oscars leading the pack with the most nominations at 13, but its stars ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” is an Oscar contender unlike any other. It’s a musical, a trans parable, and a Mexico-set melodrama, all combined into one unique amalgamation by an ...

Jacques Audiard’s crime musical “Emilia Perez” won a raft of prizes, including best film and director, at the 50th edition of the Cesar Awards, France’s equivalent to the Oscars ...