It was the day of Martin Scorsese and so it was. From 10am people were expected in front of the Palais du Festival to watch the stars of the Montee des Marches and then wait a long time until the afternoon for the premiere. Finally, Killers of Flower Moon, the new work of the US director, was the coup of General Delegate Thierry Fremaux at the announced event in Cannes out of competition.
Cannes, it’s Scorsese’s day with “Killers of the Flower Moon”
To accompany him Leonardo DiCaprio, the protagonist, with Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstonemany Indians with their traditional costumes, very colorful, protagonists of the film, a delegation of 150 people for the film, which will be shown on October 19th in Italy with 01 simultaneously worldwide.
On the red carpet, they marched among the many stars who came to applaud Scorsese. Cate Blanchett, Isabelle Huppert, Kate Hudson, Tobey Maguire, Salma Hayek, Robbie Williams, Paul Dano, Gaspar Noe, Rossy De Palma. The crowd behind the fence held up placards with hearts, posters, saints and anything showing Leo DiCaprio’s face, very young girls had also turned up from Italy, all with mobile phones and notebooks in case there was an autograph chance. something that took place on time, albeit under the watchful eyes of the bodyguards, in short, an incredible look that the stars photographed themselves, going against the festival’s strict rule of no red carpet photos.
In the hall of the great director, 80 years old and with an indomitable passion for cinema, the entire audience of the Grand Theater Lumiere, full in any order and number of seats, applauded him for a long time with a standing ovation, which he returned by himself shook hands with many of his colleagues, such as Costa Gavras, Claude Lelouch and Alfonso Cuaron in the front row, to greet him. This is the eighth film in the Cannes selection for Scorsese, who won the 1976 Palme d’Or for Taxi Driver and the 1986 Best Director award for Out of Hours. So this is a really eventful return.