Emilia Pérez: This director award inspires the Filmruhm-Land!

Emilia Pérez: This director award inspires the Filmruhm-Land!

Luzern, Schweiz - Jacques Audiard, the celebrated French director, was awarded the European Film Award for his outstanding direction in the film "Emilia Pérez". In this captivating music comedy, which deals with the life of a Mexican antitrust chief who is undergoing gender adaptation, Audiard focuses on the challenges and dreams of a transperson. The film, which is a mixture of social drama and musical elements, impresses with a strong cast, which includes pop star Selena Gomez. As Black Forest messenger Lucerne, where Audiard was able to prevail against well -known competitors such as Pedro Almodóvar.

an extraordinary film project

"Emilia Pérez" tells the story of Rita, a lawyer who desperately tries to survive in a corrupt legal system. Her life is dramatic when she receives an incredible offer from the notorious drug boss Manitas - to help him with his transition to a woman. This combination of serious topics and the form of a musical creates an incomparable access to complex social issues, as Audiard explained in an interview taz . The film, which was produced in both Spanish and English, shows the possibilities of cultural discussion and also includes the fates of women suffering from the violence of the drug war.

Audiard, who is already known for his sensitive and ironic films, is with “Emilia Pérez” as a director who is willing to raise the courage to take up controversial topics and to master the tension between realism and theatrics. His decision not to make the film on site in Mexico, but in a studio in Paris, illustrates his artistic approach, which focuses on the content and emotional truth. The possibility of transfiguration and the pursuit of identity are central elements in the room, while the film at the same time denounces the emotional monsters of the Mexican drug war.