‘Emilia Pérez’s Karla Sofía Gascón Courts Controversy With ‘The Life Lift’

Following the reveal of past social media posts that made headlines for all the wrong reasons, Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón is once again courting controversy with her new film, The Life Lift. First-timer Italian director Stefania Rossella Grassi is set to helm the project, which will also star Vincent Gallo – who’s no stranger to controversy himself – and depict Gascón as a psychiatrist who “embodies both God and the devil.”

Variety broke the news about The Life Lift today, which is said to be a psychological thriller that has Gallo portraying a man named Gabriel “who lives in a small New York apartment and becomes persecuted by Post-its left in the building’s elevator.” It’s giving off series The X-Files vibes already. Materials obtained by the outlet regarding the film note that the messages “order him to commit atrocious murders of three other tenants who, in turn, want to kill their next-of-kin.”

Grassi mentioned that The Life Lift is already in development, and has a budget of around $3 million. Filming is expected to get underway late in 2025 and last until February 2026. Described as “perturbing, livid and hypnotic,” no release date has been set yet, nor has it been revealed how Gascón’s psychiatrist character fits into the plot; though it’s assumed that she will play second to Gallo’s obviously disturbed Gabriel, holding some sort of control over him.

More to come…

Source: Variety