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Huneven slowly fashioned a larger arc from bits and pieces of other stories, until she had created a full-bodied, cohesive narrative.

Fittingly for a story about fighting inhumanity with full-bodied self-expression, the choreography is shot in long, wide takes that capture every dip, shimmy and spin.

In his review for The Times, Robert Abele hailed “Audiard’s full-bodied, colorful epic” as a “satisfying movie movie” and a “good,” “imaginative” musical.

The performance is full-bodied and ravenous, and its nuance must be seen to be believed.

A lawyer, a kingpin, and his wife walk into a musical, and “Emilia Pérez” is born, Frenchman Jacques Audiard’s full-bodied, colorful epic about transformation, redemption and finding one’s voice in a hard world.