The touching (and very French) speech by Jacques Audiard, director of Emilia Pérez, at the 2025 Golden Globes

Emilia Perez continues the successes at the start of the evening of the Golden Globes. After Zoe Saldaña’s victory in the Best Supporting Actress category, Jacques Audiard took the stage to receive the award for Best Non-English Language Film. The opportunity for the filmmaker to deliver a great moment of French culture in this still very American ceremony. Everything was there: the pen of the speech, the depth of the words, the clumsiness of the start and a subtly shifted tone in the middle of the sometimes very fixed glitz and glitter of Hollywood. Let’s say it: Jacques Audiard signed the most touching speech of the ceremony – so far. “Since I’m superstitious, I didn’t prepare anything… I’m lying! he began mischievously, brandishing a paper. First of all, happy new year everyone. Health and morale because in 2025 we will need it! Thank you for celebrating through us a certain idea of ​​unreason. I never had a sister and I think that’s why I made this film. If I had more sisters in the world, maybe it would be better. »

The director continued with a message of hope: “In these troubled times, I would likeEmilia Perez may be a light for all those who are not fortunate enough to count among their friends a woman as powerful and passionate as Karla Sofía Gascón, at the same time as a comforting caress addressed to all those who feel worried today. This award is addressed to them as an exhortation to keep their heads held high, to continue fighting, and to hope for better days. As Emilia Pérez would say: “Bingo!” I was a little boring, I apologize! »

Emilia Perez dominates the nominations of these 82^e Golden Globes. Remember: in a Mexico undermined by cartels, lawyer Rita Moreno (Zoe Saldaña) accepts money from a drug trafficker (Karla Sofía Gascón) for a confusing mission: facilitate her gender transition, camouflage her future identity and shelter his wife (Selena Gomez) and children abroad. She finds herself guardian of a heavy secret which confronts her with her own moral limits. Jacques Audiard signs a breathtaking cinematic object at the crossroads of musical drama, queer fable and thriller. The explosive soundtrack imagined by Clément Ducol and Camille, winners of the Golden Globe for Best Original Song for The Evilpowerfully performed by Zoe Saldaña, carries the narrative tension as much as it subtly underlines the humor, kitsch and raw poetry. The four actresses (along with Adriana Paz), were rewarded with a historic Collective Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival and continue their wild ride into the awards season with great success.