Meza added that, in her opinion, the film was “designed for export.” “When you go to resorts in Mexico, tourists can buy things that look like they’re from Mexico, but they’re made somewhere else,” she says. “While this film may have references to Mexican culture and may talk about Mexico, it was not made in Mexico.”
Filmmaker’s Defense
However, amidst the criticism, some of the accusations surrounding the film are inaccurate. For example, one post about X called the director “a Frenchman who’s never set foot in Mexico.” However, Audiard told the BBC that he had considered going to Mexico several times to shoot the film there and to cast the main roles.
“I had this idea of making an Emilia Pérez opera, but it got a little scary and I felt like I needed to inject some realism into it,” he says. “So I went to Mexico and did some on-site scouting during the casting process as well. I went there probably two or three times, and something just didn’t work out. I realized what the image was.” [the film] It just doesn’t seem to match the reality of Mexican streets. It was too ordinary, too real. I had a more stylized vision in my mind. So we brought it to Paris and reinjected the operatic DNA into it. ”
“And, maybe this is a bit presumptuous, but did Shakespeare need to go all the way to Verona to write a story about that place?” he added.
Judging by the film’s success during awards season, many critics and voters must agree with Audiard, or at least believe that Emilia Perez has strong artistic merit regardless of this issue.
British film critic James Mottram says, “When I saw this film, I felt it was very fresh.” “So a brand new take on a cartel story, a very unusual musical, a transgender story. These three Just combining the two elements together is a feat of storytelling dexterity, and I admire the film’s courage more than anything else. had been featured in movies like The Heartbeat, but this felt like something entirely new. And as a critic, that’s what you always look for to be divisive. Someone who takes subjects and puts a new spin on them..
“Emilia Pérez is both an opera and a melodrama, a fantasy in a sense, and I don’t think it should be a serious depiction of a cartel. But it’s difficult, but I can understand why.” Mexican Some people are upset that this is a very sensitive topic for them, and not many people were involved in the production.
“We’ve also heard complaints from the trans community about this. Audiards are really being attacked from all angles, and perhaps rightly so, but whenever you do something dangerous and divisive, I think it’s going to happen.”
Director Jacques Audiard said he came up with the idea for the film after reading the novel Ecute by French author Boris Razon. The novel featured a supporting character in one chapter of a drug lord who “wanted to turn,” but “Boris wasn’t following through on that.” Ideas,” says Audiard.
