Fashion
‘You’re playing with one of our biggest wars’: Why some Mexican people are upset about Oscar-tipped film Emilia Pérez
French director Jacques Audiard’s musical about a Mexican drug lord is a frontrunner for the Academy Awards’ big prizes. But its depiction of the country is stoking criticism.
Rarely is a film so successful with critics and awards voters, yet so controversial to its detractors. Emilia Pérez, written and directed by French auteur Jacques Audiard, won both the Cannes Film Festival jury prize and a joint best actress prize for its four leads back in May. More recently, the Spanish language musical, set in Mexico but mostly filmed in France, has won four Golden Globes, five European Film Awards and been nominated for eleven Baftas. It’s now a favourite to lead the way at this year’s Oscars, when the nominations are announced tomorrow.