American director Martin Scorsese's new film about murders on a Native American reservation in the US state of Oklahoma in the 1920s received a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival, the biggest applause at the festival so far.
The thunderous applause of the audience lasted for nine minutes, and continued even after the lights came on, the American magazine "Variety" reported. N1.
The film "Killers of the Flower Moon" lasts three hours and 26 minutes, and the main roles are played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone.
"This was such a moving experience, I don't think I've ever experienced anything like this," said Scorsese after a screening of the film.
The new film investigates a series of murders of wealthy Indians from the Osage tribe, which took place in the county of the same name. It also deals with the beginnings of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States of America.
Such reactions at the festival bode well for streaming platform Apple TV+, which reportedly gave Scorsese a $200 million budget to adapt the popular 2017 book of the same name.
Gladstone, who plays a wealthy woman from the Osage tribe, received rave reviews for her performance and had to hold back tears as the audience applauded at the Cannes screening. Social media users are already predicting that she will be awarded for this role.
The applause might have lasted longer if Scorsese hadn't been handed a microphone to deliver his speech, in which the "Good Guys" director thanked the Osage tribe and Apple.
"Apple was great to us," he said while recalling filming in Oklahoma. "This was a phenomenal experience," he added.
DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Gladstone and Jesse Plemons, who star in the film, walked the red carpet in Cannes ahead of the screening.
"Killers of the Flower Moon" will begin showing in theaters on October 20, and will appear on Apple's streaming platform at a later date.
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