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2. Weeks after publicly disavowing her, Emilia Peréz director Jacques Audiard thanked the film's embattled star Karla Sofía Gascón in his BAFTAs acceptance speech:
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“Above all, I would like to thank all the wonderful artists who brought this film to life and who are here with us tonight,” he said, translated by an interpreter, while accepting the award for Best Film Not in the English Language. “My dear Zoe, my dear Selena, Giorgini, Paul, Juliet, Camille, Clement, Julia and your team, but also you, my dear Karla Sofía, that I kiss. I’m deeply proud of what we achieved together. Long live Emilia Pérez!”
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