EMILIA PÉREZ (2024)

A trans ex cartel boss seeks to reunite with her wife and children by posing as a long-lost aunt — as told in musical form

With the help of a lawyer, a notorious Mexican cartel boss secretly seeks gender affirming care to become a woman while also attempting to leave her criminal past behind. In order to succeed, she must fake her own death, leaving her wife and two children behind. Several years later, the woman now known as Emilia Perez wants to return to Mexico and reconnect with her family by posing as a long-lost aunt.