‘Emilia Pérez’ Oscar Nominees Zoe Saldaña, Jacques Audiard & More Discuss Movie’s Inspiration And Impact

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A Deadline FYC screening event at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Linwood Dunn Theatre in Hollywood this week brought together Emilia Pérez director-screenwriter Jacques Audiard, stars Zoe Saldaña and Adriana Paz and artisans representing several of the film’s near-record 13 Oscar nominations and many other awards the film has won or been nominated for since debuting at the Cannes Film Festival in May, when it took Best Actress for its four female leads and a Jury Prize as well.

In addition to Audiard, Saldaña and Paz, Joining me were composers Camille and Clement Ducol, film editor Juliette Welfling, and sound supervisor and re-recording mixer Cyril Holtz.

Here’s the full conversation: It has been a tough week for Emilia Pérez and the people who made it what it is due to the controversy surrounding Best Actress Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón, the first trans performer to be nominated for an acting Academy Award, and whose shocking past tweets surfaced in the last week forcing her to cancel all her planned appearances and awards shows.

This FYC event, in the works for a while, went on as a screening and conversation I moderated and, social media frenzies aside, was designed to put the focus back where it belongs: the movie itself.