Emilia Pérez is the film on everyone’s lips right now. And, given the countless awards nominations it’s already receiving—spanning the 2025 Golden Globes, Cannes and Critics Choice, to name a few—we will continue to talk about it for months to come. We still have the Oscars to come, after all.
The genre-bending film boasts a seriously stacked cast including Zoe Saldaña (who won a Golden Globe for her performance), Selena Gomez, Edgar Ramirez and Karla Sofía Gascón.
So what do you need to know about the film and where can you watch it for yourself? Scroll on for all the details.
What Is The Movie Emilia Pérez About?
In short, Emilia Pérez tells the story of a high-powered lawyer, Rita (Zoe Saldana), who is recruited by the Mexican cartel to help their leader (Karla Sofía Gascón) fake their death before undergoing gender-affirming procedures.
“Rita wishes that she would just have this one opportunity, just any opportunity that will make her break out and break this glass ceiling that she finds herself never being able to shatter,” Saldaña tells Tudum. “And when the opportunity presents itself, she doesn’t think twice. She just takes it.
The decision also impacts Emilia’s wife, Jessi, played by Selena Gomez.
A genre-blurring film, Emilia Pérez is described as “an action movie that’s not an action movie, a drama that’s not a drama, a comedy that’s not a comedy” by Gascon. But what does that mean exactly?
Well, the film is at its core a musical, which director Jacques Audiard says is as he was creating it became “closer to an opera libretto than to a film script.”
Where Can You Watch Emilia Pérez In Australia?
Emilia Pérez is a Netflix original film meaning we can guarantee it will launch on the platform here in Australia. Exactly when however, remains to be confirmed.
Currently the film is streaming on the site in the US, Canada and the UK, so we can only cross our fingers that Australia won’t be far behind.
For those eager to see it first, Emilia Pérez will be getting an earlier cinema release and will be screening nationally from January 16th.
How Many Golden Globes Did Emilia Pérez Get?
Emilia Pérez received 10 Golden Globe nominations of which it took out the award for four:
- Best Picture — Musical or Comedy;
- Best Non-English Language Motion Picture
- Best Supporting Female Actor — Motion Picture (Zoe Saldaña)
- Best Song — Motion Picture
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