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Israeli Actor Mark Ivanir Stars in ‘Emilia Perez,’ the Oscar-Nominated Film Making History

JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli actor Mark Ivanir stars in "Emilia Perez," a musical film by Jacques Audiard about a drug cartel boss undergoing gender-affirming surgery. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Israeli ActorOscarEmilia PerezMark IvanirNon English FilmGender Affirming SurgeryJacques AudiardDr. WassermanMusical FilmZoe Saldana

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Wassermans office in Tel Aviv (the Israeli citys name flashes in a big font over the screen) where Rita, Saldanas character, asks him to come perform the surgery on her mysterious client in Mexico."
Mexico
"asks him to come perform the surgery on her mysterious client in Mexico."
Ukraine
"hit home for Ivanir, who was born in Ukraine long after World War II."
United States
"helped him settle with his family in the U.S."

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