MEXICO CITY — The movie “Emilia Pérez ... In its opening last weekend, Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language, French-made melodrama finished eighth in Mexican box-office receipts, well ...

The star of Jacques Audiard’s showy new musical about ... Set largely in present-day Mexico City, the fast-track story follows a beleaguered lawyer, Rita (a very good Saldaña), who’s hired ...

What Audiard's wild Mexican musical lacks in psychological ... a former cartel crime lord called Manitas in Mexico City, has enlisted Rita’s help to find a doctor to perform her gender ...

The movie by French director Jacques Audiard debuted in Mexico on Thursday on the heels of wins at Cannes and the Golden Globes, as well at 13 Oscar nominations – a record for a non-English ...

From “Kokomo City” and “Crossing” to “I Saw ... films about transgender subjects can or should be. Director Jacques Audiard’s genre-defying musical, “Emilia Pérez” — a stylized ...

Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” hits ... Set against the neon-lit backdrop of Mexico City, “Emilia Pérez” is as vibrant as its setting. The story revolves around Rita (Zoe Saldaña ...

The movie is France’s entry for this season’s Oscars; takes place in Mexico, London ... if only because writer-director Jacques Audiard asks us to swallow this flaming baked Alaska whole ...