Netflix Acquires Buzzy Cannes Film 'Emilia Pérez'

Spanish Language Musical Drama Stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and Édgar Ramírez

• Netflix has acquired Emilia Pérez for the U.S., Canada, the UK and Ireland.

• Director: Jacques Audiard

• Writers: Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius

• Producers:Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann, Anthony Vaccarello

• Executive Producer: Pauline Lamy

• Cast: Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and Édgar Ramírez 

• Logline: From renegade auteur Jacques Audiard comes Emilia Pérez, an audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations. Through liberating song and dance and bold visuals, this odyssey follows the journey of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. The fearsome cartel leader Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists Rita (Zoe Saldaña), an unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job, to help fake her death so that Emilia can finally live authentically as her true self. Written and directed by Audiard (Rust and Bone, A Prophet), the double Cannes-winning film also stars Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and Édgar Ramírez.