Madonna had nothing but praise for Selena Gomez’s new film, Emilia Pérez.
The Queen of Pop, 66, declared the Jacques Audiard-directed film a “masterpiece” with “incredible performances” in new Instagram posts.
The Papa Don’t Preach hitmaker shared four stories on social media, after partying with the cast following the film’s screening at the New York Film Festival on Monday.
In one photo he was next to Selena, while they posed with the other stars of the film Edgar Ramírez, Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Adriana Paz and the dancer and choreographer Damien Jalet.
Madonna looked radiant, dressed in a cozy black fur jacket and a cape of silver chains around her neck.
Madonna, 66, praised Selena Gomez’s new film Emilia Pérez, calling it a “masterpiece” with “incredible performances” in new Instagram posts.
Her blonde locks were parted in the middle and cascaded in waves.
The star also shared two posters from the film on her Instagram Stories.
“Wow,” he wrote in pink letters on one of the signs.
Selena plays Jessi Del Monte, the wife of a transgender Mexican cartel leader, in Audiard’s critically acclaimed film arriving in select theaters November 1 before streaming November 13 on Netflix.
“Making this movie was worth all the blood, sweat and tears,” Gomez, who has 648.8 million followers on social media, gushed last week.
‘I’m extremely proud of this project, Jacques, @karsiagascon @zoesaldana @adytapaz @edgarramirez25 (the whole family) and I can’t wait for everyone to see it! This movie changed my life!’
Emilia Pérez currently has a critical approval rating of 87% (from 63 reviews) on Rotten Tomatoes.
Gascón plays his on-screen wife Emilia Pérez. Ramírez plays Gustavo Brun while Zoe plays Rita Moro Castro.
He shared four Stories on his Instagram, after partying with the cast following the film’s screening at the New York Film Festival on Monday; Seen hugging choreographer Damien Jalet.
The star also shared two posters from the film on her Instagram Stories.
‘Wow,’ he wrote in pink letters on one of the signs.
Selena plays Jessi Del Monte, the transgender wife of the Mexican cartel leader, in Jacques Audiard’s critically acclaimed film arriving in select theaters November 1 before streaming November 13 on Netflix.
Saldana has a supporting role in the daring film
She plays the cartel’s male leader, Juan ‘Small Hands’ Del Monte, who happens to be the female Emilia.
Meanwhile, Ramírez plays Gustavo Brun in the Spanish-language film.
Saldana has a supporting role in the daring film.
The cast of Emilia Perez will head to Northern California this Saturday for the Mill Valley Film Festival, which will honor the cast with the outstanding performance trophy.
The first trailer for Netflix’s Emilia Pérez was shared in August.
The film is based on Audiard’s opera libretto of the same name, which in turn was loosely adapted from Boris Razon’s 2018 novel Écoute.
According to IMDB the synopsis of the film is: ‘Lawyer Rita receives an unexpected offer.’
“She has to help a feared cartel boss retire from his business and disappear forever, becoming the woman she always dreamed of being.”
In May, the film’s stars (pictured left to right: Selena, Edgar and Saldana) attended the premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
In the film, Rita is tasked with helping fugitive cartel leader Emilia undergo sex reassignment surgery to evade authorities and affirm her gender.
In May, the film’s stars attended the premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
It was there that Gómez wiped tears from her eyes after receiving an impressive nine-minute ovation.
Hulu subscribers can currently watch Selena as artist Mabel Mora in the 10-episode fourth season of Only Murders in the Building, airing every Tuesday.