One of the most lauded films of the year, Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez has just scooped the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language.
In accepting the prize, Audiard, speaking through a translator, wished the audience a “Happy New Year, health and nerves of steel — because in 2025 you’ll need it.”
He noted that he never had a sister and said that was perhaps the reason he made this film about sisterhood. “If there were more sisters in the world, it might be a better place.”
Audiard went on to thank “all my sisters” including Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, Pathé’s Jérome Seydoux, the team at Why Not Productions and “of course Roeg Sutherland, big sister to us all.”
In these troubled times, Audiard continued, “I hope Emilia Pérez will be a beacon of light for those who aren’t lucky enough to count among their friends a woman as powerful and passionate as (the film’s star) Karla Sofía Gascón… At the same time time, a comforting hug to all people today who are worried – this prize is also dedicated to them. I urge them to keep their heads held high, to continue to fight and to hope for better days ahead.”
Emilia Pérez world premiered at Cannes, where it earned its four actresses – Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz – a collective Best Actress award, and also clinched the Jury Prize. Netflix swooped on U.S. rights in the wake of the Cannes premiere.
Implementing song, dance and visuals, Emilia Pérez chronicles the journeys of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. Among them is Rita, an unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job, who agrees to help the fearsome cartel leader Emilia fake her death so that she can finally live authentically as her true self.
Coming into this evening, Emilia Pérez led the field of Globe nominations with 10 including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Gascón, Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture for Gomez and Saldaña (the latter winning the Globe), Best Director, Screenplay, Original Score and two mentions in Original Song.
It has already taken prizes from the AFI and the European Film Awards alongside dozens of of other wins and more than 150 nominations. It has 15 mentions on the BAFTA longlists and is France’s entry for the International Feature Oscar, making the shortlist last month.
Other films vying in the Globes Non-English Language category this evening included All We Imagine as Light, The Girl with the Needle, I’m Still Here, The Seed of the Sacred Fig and Vermiglio.
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