"If the makeup and prosthetics ... that the character of Manitas/Emilia would be played by two different actors. But he quickly settled on Gascón, a 52-year-old Spanish actress who had herself ...

With her former family now back into her life, who are unaware of who she used to be, Emilia tries to reclaim parts of her old life ... Emilia and Manitas. The makeup work on her pre-transition ...

You can frame The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez in similar terms: One is about the insularity of a family business, the other representing the Academy’s increasingly international makeup.