Cinema at the Kunstforum:

The overqualified but exploited lawyer wastes her talents in a large law firm. One day she is offered a way out: cartel boss Manitas del Monte wants her help to get out of the mafia world. Rita is to draw a line under his dubious life's work, organize a new life for his wife Jessi and the children and implement a plan he has kept secret for years: he wants to completely transform himself into the woman he has always been deep down.

Emilia Pérez is a witty, rousing and award-winning musical thriller that thrills with vitality and energy and features a terrific star cast. This profound masterpiece is a fascinating tragedy about guilt and atonement, about love and passion and about corruption and power.