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“Emilia Perez” and the diversity stars of the Golden Globes
Two months before the Oscars: “Emilia Perez” by Jacques Audiard dominated the Golden Globes by winning four trophies, including best comedy.
Actors Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramirez, Selena Gomez, director Jacques Audiard, Karla Sofia Gascon, and Zoe Saldana pose with the Best Motion Picture/Comedy or Musical award for “Emilia Perez” at the 2025 Golden Globes.
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The Golden Globes on Sunday honored “Emilia Perez”, the unclassifiable work of Jacques Audiard, which notably won the prize for best international film, during a ceremony which for the moment crowns very diverse winners.
Halfway through the ceremony, the French filmmaker’s musical odyssey on the gender transition of a Mexican drug trafficker had three statuettes with a Golden Globe for best supporting actress, for Zoe Saldaña, brilliant as a lawyer kidnapped by the heroine of the film, and the prize for best song for French artists Camille and Clément Ducol, who composed the original soundtrack.
Jacques Audiard dedicated his Globe for best international film “to all those who feel worried today”. “This award is addressed to them, as an exhortation to keep their heads held high, to continue to fight and hope for better days,” insisted the French filmmaker.
With 10 nominations, his film, awarded at Cannes and promoted by Netflix, however, did not succeed in being a hit, two months before the Oscars.
The French director was beaten by Brady Corbet for the prize for best director, for “The Brutalist”, a long portrait of an architect who survived the Holocaust trying to rebuild his life in the United States.
The Demi Moore sensation
Awarded and very noticed at Cannes, the star of “Emilia Perez” Karla Sofía Gascón has not had the same success with Hollywood. The transgender actress was beaten by the American Demi Moore, rewarded for her very committed performance in another French film, “The Substance.”
Demi Moore, best female performance in a musical or comedy film for “The Substance”.
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In this horrific fable by Coralie Fargeat, which does not skimp on the gore, the 62-year-old actress plays a former Hollywood glory addicted to a youth serum. A substance that generates a rejuvenated double of itself, with destructive impulses.
Demi Moore thanked the Frenchwoman for “this magical, daring, courageous, off the beaten track, completely crazy script”, which allowed her to finally be recognized during a major ceremony.
“I’m in shock,” insisted the actress. “I’ve been doing this job for a long time, over 45 years, and this is the first time I’ve won anything as an actress.”
Comedian Nikki Glaser opened the evening with a deluge of good jokes, including tackling “Challengers,” a comedy about a love triangle with Zendaya.
“This movie was more sexually charged than Diddy’s credit card,” the rapper currently in custody on multiple charges of rape and sexual assault, she joked.
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