By: Amit kumaR Agarwal
At the BAFTA, director Jacques Audiard thanked Karla Sofia Gascon, the lead star of his film Emilia Perez, as he accepted the golden BAFTA in the Best Film Not in the English Language category. Interestingly, Karla Sofia Gascon gave the ceremony, held at London's Royal Albert Hall on Sunday, a miss.
While media is speculating her 'miss' on the controversy her old tweets ignited; there is no denying the fact that Emilia Perez, is on a winning spree ever-since its big win at Cannes Film Festival in 2024.
Emilia Perez, a Spanish-language French musical crime film, also stars Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez. The film follows a Mexican cartel leader (Karla) who enlists a lawyer (Zoe) to help the cartel leader disappear and transition into a woman. The movie beat out the Hindi-Malayalam film All We Imagine as Light, I’m Still Here (Portuguese), Kneecap (Irish/English), and The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Persian) to win the honour.
During his speech, Jacques expressed his gratitude to the entire team, including Karla; "Above all, I would like to thank all the wonderful artists who brought this film to life and who are here with us tonight. My dear Zoe, my dear Selena, Giorgini, Paul, Juliet, Camille, Clement, Julia and your team, but also you, my dear Karla Sofia, that I kiss. I’m deeply proud of what we achieved together. Long live Emilia Perez," he added.