Ema

Ema (R)

Movie |

Chile | Adoption

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  • Genre(s): Drama
  • Language(s): Español (Spanish)
  • Director(s): Pablo Larraín, Oscar Godoy
  • Cast(s): Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael García Bernal, Santiago Cabrera, Paola Giannini, Mariana Loyola See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 47min
  • Music: Mauricio Castañeda,Roberto Espinoza,Pablo Bahamóndez,Roberto Zuñiga,Soledad Andrade
  • Award(s): Alacran Music in Film 2020 (Won)
    Golden Lion 2019 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: My Dearest Señorita, The Giant Falls
  • Story:

    Ema is a magnetic and impulsive dancer in a reggaeton troupe. Her toxic marriage to choreographer Gastón is beyond repair, following a decision to give up on their adopted child Polo. She sets out on a mission to get him back, not caring who she’ll need to fight, seduce or destroy to make it happen. Directed by Pablo Larraín. Starring Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael García Bernal, Santiago Cabrera in the prominent roles.

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6.7/10
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STORY AND RATINGS

Story

Ema is a magnetic and impulsive dancer in a reggaeton troupe. Her toxic marriage to choreographer Gastón is beyond repair, following a decision to give up on their adopted child Polo. She sets out on a mission to get him back, not caring who she’ll need to fight, seduce or destroy to make it happen. Directed by Pablo Larraín. Starring Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael García Bernal, Santiago Cabrera in the prominent roles.

Ratings

6.7/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
Alacran Music in Film Award

Best Score | 2020 | Nicolas

UNIMED Award

2019 | Pablo

Sant Jordi Award

Best Actress in a Foreign Film Millor actriu en pellcula estrangera | 2021 | Mariana Di

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Award

Best IberoAmerican Film Melhor Filme IberoAmericano | 2022 | Pablo

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Nominations
Golden Lion Award

Best Film | 2019 | Pablo

Halfway Award

Best Original Score | 2020 | Nicolas

Golden Carp Film - International Award

Best Film Editing | 2021 | Sebastián

Sant Jordi Award

Best Foreign Film Millor pellcula estrangera | 2021 | Pablo

Grand Prix Award

2020 | Pablo

GWNYFCA Award

Best Foreign Film | 2020

Audience Award

City of Donostia Audience Award | 2019 | Pablo

Queer Lion Award

2019 | Pablo

(director) | 2019 | Pablo

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

The actors were never given the entire script during the production.

In preparation for the role, Mariana Di Girólamo took dancing lessons. She also went to ballet and Pilates classes to improve her posture and make her look like a professional dancer.

Nicolas Jaar began composing the score before the filming wrapped. Pablo Larraín listened to the score on set.

Pablo Larraín's first film set in present-day Chile.

This is the third film directed by Pablo Larraín in which Gael García Bernal has starred.

Popular Dialogues

"Ema: I'm going to horrify you. Aníbal: Horrify me? Ema: When you know what I'm doing, and why. You will be horrified. Aníbal: Why wait? Scare me now."

"Gastón: It's prison music. It's music to listen to in prison. [imitates beats] Gastón: The whole damn day. To keep you from thinking. To forget about the prison you're in and recreate it in your mind. To forget about the bars you have in front of you. That's it. [imitates beats] Gastón: It's a hypnotic rhythm that turns you into a fool. It's an illusion of freedom. So that people don't think. Yes, no, sex, drugs, yes. Heroin yes, orgies yes. But the next day, boom! You have to go to work. And you were convinced by someone. That if you moved your little hips, you'd be freer. But no. Not at all. It's falling asleep in defeat. Living in Ibiza. Picking up and moving to LA. To take selfies there all the time. And to do exactly the same thing. It's a culture of violence. Where women become purely sexual objects. And men are beasts who always screw women over. All while trying to fuck them. That's just what they want. That's the rhythm. [imitates beats] Gastón: "Don't rebel, don't think. Give it to me, give it to me." I can't believe you're dancing reggaeton, for Christ's sake! Everything we studied and felt. Everything we've practiced. And with you! All those damn fights we had. All the struggles. How we laughed at all of them! You laughed at all these girls. The very same ones. Laughing your ass off, huh. Screw them! Screw reggaeton. Fuck everything! I'm sick of this. Ema: Polo liked reggaeton. Gastón: Who is Polo? Sonia: You saw us dancing and you said, "Nice." What's nice? I don't know what that means. I guess you do. Because you're smarter than us, right? The only thing I know is, I don't like what I feel when I see something nice. Now I like dancing much more. Because it's like fucking, happy. With a flushed face, cussing. Hot, crazy, sexy, moving. And all of the sudden, bam! I'm surrounded by people. And they're all as horny as me. Moving as if they were fucking. But with music. It's delicious, motherfucker. That's life. And I dance life. Today, you're alive and you're here, because someone at some point got hot and had an orgasm. And today, that orgasm can be danced."