Fresh off its accolades at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, including the Jury Prize win and a Palme d’Or nomination, EMILIA PEREZ is the Mexican musical thriller that took Cannes by storm, opening in cinemas January 16. Overqualified and undervalued, Rita is a lawyer at a large firm that is more interested in getting criminals off the hook than bringing them to justice. One day, she is given an unexpected way out, when cartel leader Manitas hires her to help him withdraw from his business and realise a plan he has been secretly preparing for years: to become the woman he has always dreamt of being.