Emilia Pérez The film has received 13 nominations in the 2025 Oscar Hope, but the film faces several different controversies.
Karla Sofía Gascón A powerful Mexican mob boss, the center of musicals, hiring lawyers (Zoe Sadanya) Help her fake her death and undergo gender-affirming surgery. Gascón became the first publicly trans woman to be nominated for Best Actress in the Golden Globes and Academy Awards.
Directed by French director Jacques Audiard,,,,, Emilia Pérez It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in France in May 2024, where it was immediately warmly welcomed. Gascon, Saldania, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz Honored by Best Actress Emilia Pérez Received a jury prize. However, criticism is once the film hit Netflix in September of the following year.
The actors and staff are aware of the controversy, and the director encourages people to watch movies before they form opinions. “I want to tell the people involved in this controversy that the film hasn’t even been released in Mexico. They haven’t seen it yet.” Audiard discussed CNNENESPAñol in an interview on January 15. “So, if you want to criticize this movie, criticize it after you’ve watched it. Then we’ll discuss it.”
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Here are the biggest controversy Emilia Pérez critic:
Mexican representative
Emilia Pérez Located in Mexico and address sensitive topics such as drug trafficking, gang violence and missing persons. Critics point out that people who do not live in Mexico under such threats may not be the best person to tell the story, and some even accused the film of continuing the stereotype.
“I apologize if there is a Mexican discovering scandal in Emilia,” Odiard told CNNENESPAñol.
This is not just a theme that triggers a rebound. Gascon is from Spain, not Mexico. Paz is the only Mexican actor born among the leaders. The film is also made in Mexico, but Odiade filmed Emilia Pérez in France.
“I came to the Boy Scouts location. At that time, I had everything to do to shoot a movie here,” Odiard added. “All of this, overall, in the natural position. In the end I couldn’t do it. I thought I could do it at Churubusco Studios when I couldn’t do it in a natural place.” “But there are more financial facilities in France. But the Art Director came here to go to Mexico for research. She found a lot of elements. We even came here to come here to Mexico. We even came here to come here to Mexico. [and] Rehearsed. ”
Suspicious Spanish
Many Spanish-speaking audiences raised their eyebrows while watching Emilia Pérez. Audiard wrote the script and French singer Camille wrote the songs, both of which had to work with the translator because neither could speak Spanish. Songs and dialogues have been criticized for being ti-footed and awkward, with several social media users pointing out that English subtitles are not accurate translations.
“Camille works with a great translator, Karla Aviles, who is Mexican.” The New York Times November. “But throughout the shooting, we encountered a Spanish accent.
Audiard thanked CNN en Espanol in January, explaining: “While I don’t speak Spanish, I think it’s very musical and I want to do an opera in Spanish.”
Meanwhile, Gomez doesn’t speak Spanish, with his performance in the film facing objections, with critics claiming they can tell her that she doesn’t know what she is talking about. Eugenio Derbez called her accent “undeniable” and added: “I don’t think she knows what she is saying. If she doesn’t know what she is saying, she can’t give herself any nuance.”
Gomez responded directly through Tiktok in December 2024. “I know where you come from,” Gomez commented in Spanish. “Sorry. I did my best in the time I gave.” He later apologized for his comments.
Trans representation
Glaad called Emilia Pérez in an article “a regression of transgender representation.” The film is clearly missing in the GLAAD Media Award nomination on Wednesday, January 22. The winners are praised for their meaningful LGBTQ+ community.
Many trans people have cited various issues in the film, and the transition from the portrayal of impractical gender performance surgery to Emilia seems to be equated with morality.
Autostraddle lashed out the film as “unique cis nonsense” as they were filled with overly stances about trans people. “It has nothing to do with offense or something that is not allowed,” critic Drew Burnett Gregory wrote. “It’s boring. I don’t understand why the choice of films that otherwise shaky in films undermines a shallow understanding of its titular character.”
Meanwhile, Pink News notes that the biggest crime is that it simply doesn’t look like an honest transition story. “The key is not that trans representatives must be perfect, but that they must be serious, and Emilia Pérez is not serious,” wrote critic Amelia Hansford.
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Using AI
Sound designer Cyril Holtz An artificial intelligence company was used to change Gasco’s voice, said. For a song released before Emilia had a gender-performing operation, the director hoped Emilia would sound different. They use AI to blend the sounds of Gascón and Camille who write musical numbers.
“It’s even more complicated as Karla Sofía is really difficult because some parts of the field are really hard, especially because she’s transitioning and she says in French that the registry is no longer her registry.”
Gascon’s past social media activities
After past social media posts resurfaced online, the film’s star began to face widespread opposition in January 2025 and was translated by multiple media outlets. Some posts have written about Muslims in her native Spain back in 2016, and George FloydHe was killed by police in 2020. Other information targets several religions. Gascon also slammed the 2021 Academy Awards in a separate position.
“As a person in a marginalized community, I understand this kind of suffering very much and am very sorry for those who cause pain,” according to the Associated Press. “I have fought for a better world all my life. I believe that light will always outweigh the darkness.”
However, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos Tell type In March 2025, if the opportunity arises, he will work with this star again. He said, “Yes. When people make mistakes, you have to have some grace, we have grace.”
He added that social media censorship often doesn’t delve into someone’s profile. “We usually censorship is mostly headlines,” he explained. “Is someone’s social media stuff headlines before? Then, I’m not on Twitter, so I’m not coming in and looking at other people’s Twitter.”
