Rebecca’s Take The daring “Emilia Perez” is a journey of self-discovery. It’s a tense crime thriller and intense drama. It’s a moving story of rebirth and redemption. And it’s also a stirring musical.
Despite the film’s storyline taking place in Mexico, EmiliaPerez is a French production ... Before we know it, Manitas has undergone a radical transformation and reenters the world as Emilia ...
The film follows Manitas Del Monte, a drug lord who undergoes gender-affirming surgery to become Emilia Pérez, subsequently faking her own death and attempting to reconnect with her family.