When Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez was announced as a frontrunner at the 2025 Oscars with 13 nominations, including Best Picture, the internet responded the way it always does—with memes and confusion (and a bunch of hit tweets).

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Emilia Pérez is set in Mexico and tackles sensitive topics like drug trafficking, gang violence and missing persons. Critics note that someone who hasn’t lived in Mexico under such threats might not be the best person to tell such a story, and some even accused the movie of perpetuating stereotypes.