Amid her critical acclaim and awards nominations, Gascón has been mired in controversy over resurfaced social media posts.

The most nominated film at this year’s Oscars is a confused mess.

Emilia Pérez is set in Mexico and tackles sensitive topics like drug trafficking, gang violence and missing persons. Critics note that someone who hasn’t lived in Mexico under such threats might not ...

"Emilia Pérez is everything that is bad in a film: stereotypes, ignorance, lack of respect, making money from one of the most serious humanitarian crises in the world (mass disappearances in Mexico)," ...

Emilia Pérez' criticized for depiction of Mexican drug war Others have criticized the movie for its sanitized depiction of the Mexican drug war. "Emilia ... time as cartel boss," Hansford wrote ...

Emilia sings at one point that she is “Half he, half she/ Half dad, half aunt/ Half rich, half poor/ Half boss, half queen/ Half there, half here.” In fact, until she decides she has to bring ...

Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” swept France’s 30th ... the 15-year-old daughter of a mafia boss on the run. The best documentary award went to “Dahomey,” a dreamlike and discursive ...

Emilia tells Rita she has regrets about the role she played in murdering so many people and plunging Mexico into perpetual chaos. Rita urges her boss to do something about it. The two set up an ...