Selena Gomez was overwhelmed with love at the Cannes Film Festival!
The singer and actress (31) burst into tears while filming Emilia Perez received a standing ovation of several minutes at the event on Saturday, May 18, according to Diversity and Deadline.
Gomez wept as the crowd rose to cheer and applaud at the Palais after the film was screened there, per Diversity.
The outlet also reported that Gomez’s co-stars in the new film, Zoe Saldaña and Édgar Ramírez, embraced in response to the standing ovation, while director Jacques Audiard waved his hat from the balcony where he sat.
Gomez’s new film ‘Emilia Pérez’ received a 9-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18.
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Selena Gomez wowed in a beautiful black and white dress at the Cannes Film Festival — check out her look!
IN Emilia PerezGomez plays the wife of feared drug cartel leader Manitas (played by Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón) who enlists lawyer Rita (Saldaña) to help him secretly complete a sex-change operation to become a woman as he nears retirement from the job.
The film is divided into four acts and also features original songs performed by the cast, per Diversity.
Earlier that evening, Gomez made a glamorous entrance to the Cannes Film Festival, joining the film’s cast and director on the red carpet.
She wore a black velvet dress with white bardot sleeves by Saint Laurent with Santoni heels and a Diamond Swan Bulgari necklace.
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Gomez broke down in tears reacting to the film’s positive response.
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Gomez described her latest role in Emilia Perez as “one of the most challenging things I’ve done.”
Talking about Brainless podcast in January, the actress said. “There’s this scene where they leave me – I don’t give anything – and I remember channeling the moment when I first had to go to rehab and leaving… I felt like it was just becoming that came out when I remembered that first moment and I was terrified so it felt really cathartic.”
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“I feel like I have these moments in my life that happen and I can take advantage of it and it’s actually a great feeling, like it’s a good feeling after I’ve had a good cry or something,” she continued.
Despite the many roles she’s played so far, Gomez teased her acting career: “I don’t think I’ve even touched the surface of what I know I’m capable of doing.”
“I am very selective, otherwise I have been in all the films that have been offered to me. I just fight for my roles and I’m always auditioning, so I like to earn it,” she added.
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