Despite 13 nominations, “Emilia Perez” did not make a sensation at the Oscars. Jacques Audiard’s musical odyssey on the gender transition of a Mexican drug trafficker was widely shunned, after the scandal aroused by the ancient racist and Islamophobic tweets of her main actress, Karla Sofía Gascón.
Present during the ceremony, the interested party took it for her grade as soon as the Oscars opened. The master of ceremonies, Conan O’Brien immediately set foot in the dish, recalling the controversy. “Anora uses the word in F (« fuck ») 479 times. It is three times more than the record set by Karla Sofía Gascón agent, “he said in front of a hilarious room.
Then the camera turned to the actress. “Karla Sofía Gascón is here this evening,” he continued. “Karla, if you are about to tweet on the Oscars, don’t forget that my name is Jimmy Kimmel (In reference to the presenter of the Jimmy Kimmel Live who has hosted the Oscars several times) ”, Amused Conan O’Brien.
“Tonight we close the box”
Jacques Audiard has suffered from the ancient racist and Islamophobic tweets of Karla Sofía Gascón, who embodies the title role of his musical odyssey on the gender transition of a Mexican drug trafficker. Their emergence a few weeks earlier sealed the chances of the film, despite 13 nominations – a record for non -English -speaking production.
“There have been all these things in recent weeks that have been painful. We no longer talked about cinema, we talked about other things, “said Jacques Audiard when he arrived on the red carpet. “Tonight we close the box. Whatever happens, we close the box. (…) I want it to stop. I want to go on something else. »»
The feature film, mainly shot in Spanish, received only two Oscars: that of the best female support for Zoe Saldana and the best song, for “El Mal”, a flagship title where his lawyer’s character revolts against the corruption of Mexican society.