Less than two weeks ago, the movie was flying high, with 13 Academy Award nods. Then came a social media scandal and a serious backlash
The rise and fall of Emilia Pérez: how did it all go so wrong for the Oscar-nominated film and its star?
At least part of this debacle has been self-inflicted. When Gascón won joint best actress at Cannes last May, the first transgender performer to have done so, she tearfully dedicated the award to all trans people “who suffer” and anticipated the online hate that was sure to follow: “Tomorrow, there will be plenty of comments from terrible people saying the same things about all of us trans people,” she said.
The traditional sentiment at this stage should be, “And it was all going so well”, except it wasn’t really. From the outset, Emilia Pérez has been battered by such a barrage of criticism and mockery, it’s a mystery to many how it got nominated for anything at all.
Audiard, who does not speak Spanish, was pretty blithe about all this initially. “I didn’t study much,” he said. “What I needed to know I already knew a little bit.” But when confronted atDespite Gascón’s heartfelt Cannes speech, many LGBTQ+ viewers have also found the film’s portrayal of trans people riddled with damaging stereotypes.
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