Charlotte Allen

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NOTE: This essay contains spoilers. The rise and fall of Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language movie musical Emilia Pérezmust be one of the swiftest turns of the wheel of cinematic fortune ever recorded. On 23 January 2025, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the Netflix-distributed film had been nominated for thirteen Oscars—the second-highest number of nominations in the Academy’s history.