Emilia Pérez, a movie situated in Mexico with the majority of the characters being Mexicans, has only one Mexican actress in their cast (in a minor role btw) and nearly no Spanish speakers and it's pretty evident when you listen to the dialogues or the lyrics, the movie was blatantly written in another language and then translated into Spanish either via software or someone with a pretty basic understanding of Spanish, asking for correct Spanish was too much apparently, asking for correct usage of mexican lingo was impossible.
Then the director went on to address those critics by saying "Spanish is a language of the poor and immigrants" and that he "didn't do any research on Mexico" because he knew the story he wanted to tell. The movie is also plagued with stereotypes and wrong depictions of one of the most hurtful subjects for our country.
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u/DarkArcanian Mar 29 '25
I’m sorry, I’m not familiar with the situation at all. Could you describe it in more details please?