Emilia Pérez: the film’s wildly unrealistic representation of Mexican narco-violence and trans lives is insulting

By Ailsa Peate, Lecturer in Latin American and Museum Studies, University of Westminster

You would think that Jacques Audiard’s 13-time Oscar-nominated Emilia Pérez was the most watched film of the year given the discussion it has generated. The Mexican-set, French-made film’s opening weekend in Mexico tells a different story.

Emilia Pérez sees the eponymous antagonist-heroine experience a transformation, undergoing gender-affirming procedures in order to leave behind her former dangerous, violent life as a cartel leader in Mexico.

It came eighth at the box office in Mexico, which is hardly surprising.…

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