Emilia Perez – 8

An audacious petit-opera from director Jacques Audiard, with four leading ladies, engaging singing and a message about human potential. All this in a setting reminiscent of Narcos. Zoe Saldana is winning awards, Selena Gomez is terrific, but it is Karla Sofia Gascon that does the real acting. The story has improbabilities, like every opera, but the musical numbers locate us in the realm of magic realism. As I say, an audacious film that is gentle, sweet, violent and thought-provoking, all at once.