TIFF 2024 – Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana Attend the “Emilia Pérez” Premiere

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Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana attended the “Emilia Pérez” premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival last night (Sept. 9th).

Featuring fearless performances from Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and Karla Sofía Gascón, the latest from director Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone, TIFF ’12; The Sisters Brothers, TIFF ’18) audaciously merges pop opera, narco thriller, and gender affirmation drama.

Rita Moro Castro (Saldaña) is a Mexico City defense attorney whose brilliant strategies have kept many murderous but wildly affluent clients out of jail. Her reputation draws the attention of Manitas Del Monte (Gascón), a notorious kingpin, who is secretly transitioning. He hires Rita to arrange an itinerary of under-the-table procedures with the world’s best surgeons, while making a plan for the wife (Gomez) and kids he’s leaving behind. The process is a success, Manitas’ murder is staged, and Emilia Pérez is born. This new identity affords Emilia the ability to create a whole new life for herself, but the past begins to creep back, threatening to undo everything she and Rita have worked so hard to achieve.

TORONTO, ON – Sept. 09 – Selena Gomez attends the “Emilia Pérez” premiere during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 09, 2024. (Photo: Myles Herod for Aesthetic Magazine)

TORONTO, ON – Sept. 09 – Zoe Saldana attends the “Emilia Pérez” premiere during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 09, 2024. (Photo: Myles Herod for Aesthetic Magazine)

TORONTO, ON – Sept. 09 – Selena Gomez attends the “Emilia Pérez” premiere during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 09, 2024. (Photo: Myles Herod for Aesthetic Magazine)

TORONTO, ON – Sept. 09 – Zoe Saldana attends the “Emilia Pérez” premiere during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 09, 2024. (Photo: Myles Herod for Aesthetic Magazine)

TORONTO, ON – Sept. 09 – Selena Gomez attends the “Emilia Pérez” premiere during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 09, 2024. (Photo: Myles Herod for Aesthetic Magazine)

TORONTO, ON – Sept. 09 – Zoe Saldana attends the “Emilia Pérez” premiere during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 09, 2024. (Photo: Myles Herod for Aesthetic Magazine)

TORONTO, ON – Sept. 09 – Selena Gomez attends the “Emilia Pérez” premiere during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 09, 2024. (Photo: Myles Herod for Aesthetic Magazine)

TORONTO, ON – Sept. 09 – Zoe Saldana attends the “Emilia Pérez” premiere during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 09, 2024. (Photo: Myles Herod for Aesthetic Magazine)

TORONTO, ON – Sept. 09 – Selena Gomez attends the “Emilia Pérez” premiere during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 09, 2024. (Photo: Myles Herod for Aesthetic Magazine)

TORONTO, ON – Sept. 09 – Zoe Saldana attends the “Emilia Pérez” premiere during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 09, 2024. (Photo: Myles Herod for Aesthetic Magazine)

TORONTO, ON – Sept. 09 – Selena Gomez attends the “Emilia Pérez” premiere during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 09, 2024. (Photo: Myles Herod for Aesthetic Magazine)

TORONTO, ON – Sept. 09 – Selena Gomez attends the “Emilia Pérez” premiere during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 09, 2024. (Photo: Myles Herod for Aesthetic Magazine)

TORONTO, ON – Sept. 09 – Selena Gomez attends the “Emilia Pérez” premiere during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 09, 2024. (Photo: Myles Herod for Aesthetic Magazine)

TORONTO, ON – Sept. 09 – Selena Gomez attends the “Emilia Pérez” premiere during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 09, 2024. (Photo: Myles Herod for Aesthetic Magazine)

TORONTO, ON – Sept. 09 – Selena Gomez attends the “Emilia Pérez” premiere during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 09, 2024. (Photo: Myles Herod for Aesthetic Magazine)

TORONTO, ON – Sept. 09 – Selena Gomez attends the “Emilia Pérez” premiere during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 09, 2024. (Photo: Myles Herod for Aesthetic Magazine)