After criticism, the answer came (now) through the audiovisual environment. A group of Mexican artists made a short film where they satirize the French culture after the controversies that have involved the movie “Emilia Pérez”.
It’s the movie with but it is also one of the most controversial. “Emilia Pérez” has led to debates about the representation of Mexican culture and in the country criticism has been many.
In recent days, a group of Mexican actors has made a kind of (or not) tribute to the movie that quickly conquered netizens. The short film Held by director Camila Aurora is about 30 minutes and portrays several French clichés.
The all -unusual story speaks of love, in the Romeo and Juliet style, between Johanne, an heiress of the largest baguette producer in France, and Aguto Ratatouille, the heir to the largest croissant producer in the country. Like the original movie, this one also opted for the musical style.
Héctor Guillén, one of the project’s screenwriters, already had, through social networks, attacked the film.
As crand the controversy …
The criticisms have been many and come from behind. Firstly because the film was recorded in a studio in France by a director, also he French, and who doesn’t know how to speak Spanish.
To this, it is added the fact that only one actress, Adriana Paz, to be Mexican. Moreover, Karla Sofa Gascon is Spanish and Zoë Saldaña and Selena Gomez are American.
The criticism also speaks of the stereotyped representation of Mexicans, the lack of cultural authenticity and the use of artificial intelligence in voices.
Furthermore, Several activists questioned the transsexual representation of the film, observing the use of identity as a “inherently redemptive” tool for the criminal protagonist.
