Cannes 2024: Best Actress Award for Karla Sofía Gascón

[Stavros]

"The Cannes Film Festival has awarded Best Actress to the ensemble cast of “trans gangster musical” Emilia Pérez, making actress Karla Sofía Gascón the first trans woman to win the award. Alongside Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and Adriana Paz, Sofía Gascón won the award for the Spanish-language musical about a lawyer (Saldaña) who’s hired to help a cartel leader (Sofía Gascón) escape Mexico to seek gender reassignment surgery."
Cannes Awards Best Actress To First Trans Woman - Star Observer (https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/cannes-awards-best-actress-to-first-trans-woman/231140)

Where and when the film will be shown I do not know -if it's the UK, don't hold your breath!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/world-news/2024/05/26/TELEMMGLPICT000379522060_17167477343040_trans_NvBQ zQNjv4Bqv7p-9JJwoH6KXFj4YmMEHgIPUy8VVZPB9O-DE-AdIVY.jpeg?imwidth=680

[kornivilkolak]

A cartel leader to seek sex change? Sounds so familiar

I read a news of a Colombian gangboss who became a woman to escape being arrested. Name was Giovanni Rebolledo and changed to Roselinda

[Stavros]

A cartel leader to seek sex change? Sounds so familiar

I read a news of a Colombian gangboss who became a woman to escape being arrested. Name was Giovanni Rebolledo and changed to Roselinda

Interesting, but set to music? I am not a fan of musicals but would give this a go if it is ever on show or on DVD.

[Stavros]

And for every step forward someone has to stick out their foot to trip it up.

"The first transgender woman to be awarded the best actress prize at the Cannes film festival (https://www.theguardian.com/film/cannesfilmfestival) filed a legal complaint on Wednesday over a “sexist insult” from a far-right politician after her win."
Trans actor Karla Sofía Gascón sues French far-right politician after ‘sexist insult’ | Film | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/29/trans-actor-karla-sofia-gascon-sues-french-far-right-politician-after-sexist-insult)

[Nikka]

very nic congratulations!

[Stavros]

very nic congratulations!

Do you do musicals, Nikka?