EMILIA PEREZ An original musical narrative that worked for me, despite some low expectation due to some friends' response to the movie. While I undertand it might not be culturally aware of its own subject (something that I personally wasn't aware too until someone explained to me why), I consider Emilia Perez to be an engaging and well-executed narrative. Songs are not that impactful with the exception of "Mi Camino", but Clément Ducol's score is soaring and emotive, Paul Guilhaume's cinematography work is beautiful and the sound department excels. The ensemble cast delivers a strong ensemble work here, but the film belongs to Zoe Saldaña who's simply exceptional - commanding, intense and magnetic, she makes for a great leading lady. Adriana Paz truly shines in her few scenes and Gascón is very good as well, but it was Selena Gomez who impressed me the most (despite her Spanish not being up to the task, I was pleasantly surprised by the dramatic intensity...
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