‘Emilia Pérez’ Starring Zoe Saldaña And Selena Gomez Scores 11-Minute Ovation At Cannes World Premiere
deadline.comJacques Audiard’s latest movie, the Spanish-language musical crime comedy Emilia Pérez, had its competition world premiere Saturday in Cannes, where it received a an ovation that lasted more than 11 minutes.
Stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and Édgar Ramirez were all in attendance for the first big premiere of Cannes’ first weekend, after a festival that has already seen the likes of Megalopolis and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga among the big Hollywood movies playing here.
The ovation came as the credits rolled on the pic. At some point Audiard took the microphone to thank the audience at the Palais.
After he finished, the applause resumed for two-minutes-plus more, with Saldaña, Gascón and Gomez coming to tears. A bashful Selena Gomez basks in the applause after the premiere of ‘Emilia Perez’ #Cannes2024 pic.twitter.com/zjWlDvtqOeStar of ‘Emilia Perez’ Zoe Saldana gets emotional after the film’s premiere at the #CannesFilmFestival pic.twitter.com/3BjlyN07Kf Cannes veteran and Rust & Bone filmmaker Audiard is back in competition following 2021’s Paris, 13th District.
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