Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofía Gascón main actors

Karla Sofia Gascon enters her lead role with full force in the official trailer for Emilia Perez. The film, streaming on Netflix beginning November 13, follows Gascón in the title role of a Mexican cartel leader who fakes her own death to evade authorities and ultimately undergo a gender confirmation procedure. In the new clip from the film, which also stars Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez, sex, secrets and cartel drama revive ghosts from the past.

As the trailer begins, Emilia Peréz sits at a dining table just a few seats away from Rita Moro Castro (Saldana), the lawyer who helped her with her grand escape plan. They haven't seen each other in years – and Emilia doesn't look the same as she used to. It is only through a casual remark that Rita makes the connection and in that moment realizes with whom she is reunited.

Their reunion is full of quiet emotions conveyed through expressive glances and lingering glances. However, the same cannot be said for the state of Emilia's relationship with Jessi Del Monte (Gomez), her wife, who spends most of the trailer completely falling apart. There are snippets of moments from their life together, but even these are presented alongside the sound of blaring weapons and scenes of gruesome kidnappings.

The new trailer is the first to lay out the film's premise more clearly, waiting until it's almost over before moving on to one of its most important elements: it's also a musical. Near the end of the clip, Saldana performs a show in the middle of a dinner table and Gomez screams amidst a crowd of dancers.

“Emilia Pérez is a phenomenal role,” Gascón told Netflix TUDUM. “It's a dream role that's hard to find because it has so much depth and richness. And for an actor to commit to that, it takes a lot of dedication and a lot of work because you have two voices that also sing with a Mexican accent. It’s so huge.”

The film was written and directed by Jacques Audiard. Adriana Paz and Édgar Ramírez can also be seen. French songwriter and composer duo Clément Ducol and Camille were responsible for the original score and music.

In a review by Emilia Perezwhich premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, Rolling StoneDavid Fear from 's wrote: “We absolutely love Audiard's work, and Emilia Perez proves he refuses to play it safe; The same amount of tongue-in-cheek gestures and sincere, tender conversations make this one of the biggest turnarounds in his career.”