Backlash was swift for “Emilia Pérez” after it won four Golden Globes at Sunday night’s ceremony, with detractors dismissing it as “racist” and filled with “stereotypes” about its Mexican characters, scoffing at French director Jacques Audiard’s grasp of Latine culture and even calling it “retrograde trash.”
However, the film, which won Best Film (Comedy or Musical), Best Film Not in the English Language, Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña and Best Song, has also earned its defenders since premiering at the 2024 Cannes International Film Festival, where it won the Jury Award and Best Actress for its trio of leads: Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Karla Sofía Gascón.