For the filmmaker Jacques Audiard, creating a movie musical meant learning the genre conventions from scratch.

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The multi-hyphenate star performs the role almost entirely in Spanish, which she learned while working on "Selena & Chef."

Editor Juliette Welfling has come to expect the unexpected from director Jacques Audiard. She’s cut all 10 of his French films, but “Emilia Pérez” (now streaming on Netflix) is the most experimental yet.

Karla Sofía Gascón could make history as the first openly transgender Best Actress Oscar nominee – but you can’t help but wish this Netflix musical-crime-drama was better than it is

The movie musical could use a radical reimagining, and Jacques Audiard gives it his best shot with Emilia Pérez, an unconventional mixture of crime picture, soap opera, heartwarming fable, and song-and-dance showstopper.

Netflix's latest blockbuster, Emilia Pérez, has finally dropped on the streaming service - but is the genre-bending film based on real events? Here's everything you need to know