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Baftas 2025: Emilia Perez director Jacques Audiard shows support for Karla Sofia Gascon after controversy

Emilia Perez director Jacques Audiard showed support for Karla Sofia Gascón in his acceptance speech for best film not in the English language at the Bafta film awards in London on Sunday, 16 February.

The film follows four women in Mexico and sees cartel leader (Gascón) enlist lawyer Rita (Zoe Saldana) to help fake her death so she can live as her true self, Emilia.

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