Natalia Albin
LightNews LightNews
banner
nataliaalbin.bsky.social
Natalia Albin
@nataliaalbin.bsky.social
43 followers 150 following 11 posts
London-based mexican writer of essays, film journalism, poetry and fiction.

Also run a creative studio focused on telling the stories of other creatives in film, music and literature through good design.
Posts Replies Media Videos
nataliaalbin.bsky.social
well Emilia Pérez is now on Netflix so.
In its lowest moments, Emilia Pérez uses Mexico’s femicides and disappearances as an easy way out, a narrative trigger for characters. But overall, Mexico is used as an aesthetic backdrop to situate a project and make it appear more ambitious in international cinema. Audiard has no real interest in Mexico, the problems it faces, the language, the diction, the culture, or what drug trafficking and violence truly mean in the country. This is not only implied in his interviews, but it’s also evident in the script and production, with cultural references that make no sense and nonexistent locations. Of course, the film was made by a French crew in France; the music even uses the word "excitada" to mean “excited” (reader, excitada means horny). This is not writing that seeks rhythmic freedom through a lack of knowing the language, as Audiard has claimed. It’s lazy writing. Perhaps it can be justified by saying ‘it’s fantasy,’ but I find it negligent to use the pain of a country and then defend lack of research with such a weak argument.
November 14, 2024 at 10:35 AM