(16 Jan 2025)
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Mexico City, Mexico – 15 January 2025
1. ‘Emilia Perez’ director Jacques Audiard, second from left, and main stars Karla Sofía Gascón and Adriana Paz, during press conference
2. SOUNDBITE (French) Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez’ director:
"So, in short, this (film) could only be made really, really thoughtfully — carefully and thoughtfully."
3. Close of Gascón
4. Close of Paz
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez’ director:
"If you see the film, you won’t learn anything from me, and you may find that I’m only grazing the surface of the issue (of Mexico’s forcibly disappeared)."
6. Audiard during press conference, UPSOUND (French): "If that’s the case, I apologize"
7. Gascón posing for photos
8. Audiard during press conference, UPSOUND (French): "I had to find actors with a certain reputation."
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez’ director:
"There’s lots and lots of talent here (in Mexico), lots and lots of it. The issue was to be able to finance my film."
10. Gascón and Paz during press conference
11. Audiard and Gascón during press conference
12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Adriana Paz, ‘Emilia Perez’ co-star:
"(The film’s theme) touches me very closely. I mean, I was born here, I grew up here, I was kidnapped 18 years ago and I am here today… I don’t know, because something protected me. But it hurts me that people are taking it that way and that they are reacting so violently."
13. Paz crying during press conference, UPSOUND (Spanish): "And they (photos of the disappeared in public spaces) have become part of the landscape, and so it becomes normal, but it’s not."
14. Various of Paz, Audiard and Gascón posing for photos
15. ‘Emilia Perez’ red carpet
16. Audiard (middle) posing for photos
17. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Karla Sofía Gascón, ‘Emilia Perez’ co-star:
"I’m very happy for the BAFTA. This is one of the most prestigious nominations I’ve had these days, over the last months."
18. Gascón and Paz singing along with band
STORYLINE:
The director and lead stars of ‘Emilia Perez,’ a gonzo trans-Mexican drug lord musical that is sweeping international film awards, told journalists on Wednesday the difficulty of making a movie that touches on the pain of human disappearances.
They also responded to negative reviews the film has received in Mexico ahead of its national release in theaters on Jan. 23.
Director Jacques Audiard told journalists in Mexico City that after his first trip to Mexico in the 1970s, he was moved by the thousands of human disappearances that continue to plague the country as a result of violence from organized crime.
While Audiard defended the film, he apologized to those who "find that I’m only grazing the surface of the issue."
Adriana Paz, the only Mexican main actor, burst into tears as she recalled her own kidnapping decades ago and dismissed criticism of the musical.
The film tells the story of a Mexican drug lord who fakes his own death to transition before emerging as a heroine searching for the disappeared.
Zoe Saldaña stars as Rita, a Mexico City lawyer hired by the cartel kingpin Manitas to help him flee Mexico for gender confirmation surgery. This turns out to be the beginning of a relationship that will continue between Rita and Emilia Perez (Karla Sofía Gascón).
Emilia returns years later, posing as Manitas’ sister, to stay close to her children who are living with her ex-wife (Selena Gomez).
AP video by Martín Silva Rey
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