Could Emilia Perez lose her Oscars nominations? The academy already did before

The OSCARS AWARDS They are the most important ceremony of popular cinema, with a very high level of prestige. The statuettes of Best movieBest Director, Best Actor and Best Actress are the most coveted in the industry, and an honor even reaching a nomination.

“Emilia Perez“, the French musical set in Mexico about the gender transition of the head of a drug trafficking poster and the lawyer who will help him hide and flee from the law, reached surprising thirteen nominations. However, a series of controversies and statements of its protagonist could cost him a suspension.

The controversies around “Emilia Perez”

The film became a popular topic since its launch due to several factors. Emilia Pérez tells the story of a leader of a Mexican poster, played by Karla Sofía Gascónwhich seeks to disappear and undergo gender reassignment surgery with the help of a lawyer, interpreted by Zoe Saldaña. The film combines musical and crime elements, and also has the participation of Selena Gómez and Édgar Ramírez in prominent roles.

To begin with, the pop singer was the criticism center for her Spanish pronunciationand Gomez clips were viralized using unusual idioms In Mexico and with a very strong American accent. His case worsened because the singer has Latin family, so a more natural performance.

On the other hand, Jacques Audiard, The film director was harshly criticized for his choice of scenarios and contextualization of the work, being Mexicans in the most affected networks. They considered that the movie was “Cultural clichés loaded“And a constant disrespect of the problem of drug trafficking in the country. In addition, some sayings of it resurfaced where” Spanish is a language of emerging countries, of Poor and migrant people“

Finally, the protagonist of this infamous film, Karla Sofía Gascónbegan his advertising campaign with his left foot, saying that she only represents herselfwhen he was consulted about the importance of the representation of trans women in the cinema. In addition, they made a “folder” with old tweets where he criticized immigrants, Islam and several other religions, kpop singers and even his elected partner, Selena Gómez, trying to “millionaire rat“

The possible cancellation of the Oscar to their 13 nominations

However, all these controversies and controversies are not enough to put the candidacy in From this movie to the Oscars. So,Why talk about it?

It turns out that Gascón, is a recent interview in the framework of the promotion of “Emilia Pérez”, said that part of the cast of the Competitive Brazilian film for best film “I’M Still Here“I was doing a discredit campaign against his name, and they were lying to harm her. These sayings, pointing directly to a direct opponent, are something that the academy Do not see with good eyes.

The last time that Hollywood Film Academy revoked a nomination Eight years. A day before the gala of its 89th edition, held in 2017, the nomination of Greg P. Russella sound engineer from the movie “13 hours. The secret soldiers of Benghazi” for wanting contact the jury To talk about your work in the film.

There are other examples of nominees who violated the rules. In 2011, the short film “Tuba Atlantic“He stayed out of the Oscars because he had issued in the Norwegian television Before its projection in cinemas, which goes against the standards.

Yes ok There is no decision takenand there is almost a month for the ceremony, so it only remains to wait for the academy deprive them of their thirteen nominations.