Jacques Audiard’s crime musical “Emilia Perez” won a raft of prizes, including best film and director, at the 50th edition of the Cesar Awards, France’s equivalent to the Oscars, on Friday in Paris.

Few films have caught more backlash during this year’s Academy Awards race than Emilia Pérez, the controversial musical from director Jacques Audiard. While the film debuted to rave reviews at the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Jacques Audiard poses after receiving three awards for the movie “Emilia Pérez” during the 50th Cesar ...

Jacques Audiard, who helmed the musical crime movie, went on stage to accept the award for Best Film Not in the English Language and mentioned Gascón, 52, in his speech after he previously ...

Emilia Perez' arrived at the awards season as one of the favorite films to win a significant number of accolades, thanks to its controversial plot and a different view of the drug ...

In his acceptance speech, director Jacques Audiard thanked the cast and notably ... the "incredibly talented people who made an amazing movie." Gascón has been quiet in recent weeks and has ...

Jacques Audiard’s crime musical “Emilia Perez ... having now won 12 awards throughout his career, with movies including “A Prophet,” “The Beat That My Heart Skipped,” “Rust ...

Jacques Audiard’s crime musical “Emilia Perez” won a raft of ... Likely the most timely and politically minded movie of this year’s race, Boris Lojkine’s “Souleymane’s Story” was nominated for eight ...