“Emilia Perez” follows a Mexican cartel leader (Karla Sofia Gascon) who wants to transition into a woman and escape his dangerous lifestyle. Manitas seeks out underrated lawyer Rita (Zoe ...

For an enormous, life-changing sum of money, Rita agrees to help Manitas complete transitioning and live an authentic life as a woman named Emilia Pérez. They do this in secret, faking Manitas ...

Four years later, Manitas – now known as Emilia Pérez – tries to reunite with her family by posing as Manitas’ distant cousin. As a scholar of gender and sexuality in Latin America, I study LGBTQ+ ...

Emilia Pérez follows the journey of widely feared cartel lord Juan “Manitas” Del Monte who becomes a woman named Emilia Pérez by enlisting the help of an overworked and unappreciated lawyer ...

“Emilia Perez” was an awards show favorite ... Gascón plays dual roles in the gritty film: first, that of Juan “Manitas” Del Monte, a murderous Mexican gang leader who dreams of living ...

After some song-and-dance numbers involving plastic surgeons around the world, including one who can’t sing a note, Manitas emerges from surgery as Emilia Pérez (Karla Sofía Gascón ...

“Emilia Perez” was an awards show favorite ... Gascón plays dual roles in the gritty film: first, that of Juan “Manitas” Del Monte, a murderous Mexican gang leader who dreams of living ...

Four years later, Manitas – now known as Emilia Pérez – tries to reunite with her family by posing as Manitas’ distant cousin. As a scholar of gender and sexuality in Latin America ...

“It is so beautiful to see a movie that is cinema,” gushed Mexican director Guillermo del Toro. Another Mexican filmmaker, Issa López, who directed “True Detective: Night Country,” called ...