Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language cartel musical has garnered a lot of buzz this Oscar season — good and bad. Here's everything to know about the 'Emilia Pérez' discourse.

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The Netflix film picked up 13 Oscar nominations including best actress (Karla Sofía Gascón), best director (Jacques Audiard) and best supporting actress (Zoe Saldaña) on Thursday.

French director Jacques Audiard told AFP Thursday that he was "extremely thrilled" after his film "Emilia Perez" shattered the record for the most Oscar nominations for a non-English-language film on Thursday.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The nominees for the 97th Academy Awards have been announced. Leading the way is Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” a Spanish language, French-made film, with 13 nominations, including best picture and best actress for Karla Sofía Gascón, making her the first openly trans actor ever nominated for an Oscar.

Emilia Pérez' star Karla Sofía Gascón has become the first openly transgender actor to be nominated for an Academy Award.

Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” dominated with 13 nominations, including best picture and best actress for Karla Sophia Gascon, making her the first openly trans actor ever nominated for an Oscar.

The Spanish language, French-made, musical film dominated the Oscar nominations with a leading 13 nominations.

"Emilia Pérez", a transgender cartel musical made by French director Jacques Audiard, topped this year's Oscar nominations, earning 13 nods in an announcement on Thursday. It was followed by the

Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language, French-made film dominated the nominations with a leading 13 nominations, including best picture and best actress for Karla Sophia Gascon, making her the first openly trans actor ever nominated for an Oscar.

The sweeping Spanish-language operatic musical defies easy ... Some have asked why the movie, which is helmed by a French director, Jacques Audiard, was not filmed in Mexico despite being set ...

Despite its huge international success, including a leading 13 Oscar nominations, "Emilia Perez" faces criticism in Mexico, where the transgender narco-musical has been accused of trivializing raging drug-related violence.