The Spanish actress became the first transgender woman to win the best performer at the prestigious Film Festival.
Her career developed in Mexico, where she became one of the most recognized faces on television. In 2018, she presented her memoir and her new identity.
The closing of the Cannes Film Festival left a lot of room to cut and a strong commitment to the LGBTQ+ community that aims to function as a shock wave in the rest of the festivals and, above all, in next year's awards season.
It was in the Best Actress category where the Jury, led by Greta Gerwig, put aside prejudices to award Emilia Pérez's protagonists: Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz and Karla Sofía Gascón, the latter being the first woman trans to win the prestigious Palme d'Or.
Born in Madrid (Spain) under the name Carlos Gascón, the 52-year-old actress spent most of her career in Mexico, where she became one of the most recognized faces on television.
It was in 2018, at 46 years old, that she presented herself to the world with her new identity: Karla Sofía, which she talks about in her autobiography presented the same year: Karsia. An extraordinary story.
“To all trans people who are suffering hate and denigration every day as they denigrate us. This is for you, thank you very much. Tomorrow, surely, this news that you see here will be full of comments from terrible people saying the same old things to all of us. I just want to send a message of hope to all of them. As with Emilia Pérez, we all have the opportunity to change for the better, to be better people. So, let's see if you change, bastards," Gascón said upon receiving the award.
Directed by Jacques Audiard, the film follows Rita, an overqualified and underrated lawyer from a large law firm who one day receives an unexpected offer: to help the feared boss of a cartel retire from his business and disappear forever, becoming the woman he wants. has always dreamed of being.
Although Emilia Pérez has already been presented, the general public will have to wait until August 28 to see it, since only then will it be released in commercial cinemas in France, the country that produced the film and will be in charge of its distribution.
