American cinema returns in force to Cannes this Saturday (20), with the premiere of "Killers of the Flower Moon" by Martin Scorsese, about serial murders of indigenous people, with two of his favorite actors, Robert de Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio.
âMay Decemberâ, by fellow American Todd Haynes, walks the red carpet with a pair of stars, Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, in a story related to the entertainment industry.
At 80 years old, Scorsese returns to the Croisette, but this time out of competition. In 1976, he won the Palme d'Or with âTaxi Driverâ, in 1986 he won the award for best director for âAfter Hoursâ, and was president of the festival's jury in 1998.
Robert de Niro, aged 79, stars in the film alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, aged 48. DiCaprio plays Ernest Burkhart, a man in love with an indigenous woman (Lily Gladstone) who finds himself involved in a conspiracy by a powerful farmer, William Hale (Roberto De Niro), greedy for oil, to expropriate land from the Osage tribe. An FBI agent, played by Jesse Plemons, tries to solve the murders.
Scorsese presented the film a few weeks ago in his country and, at the time, declared that he wanted to show how some Americans âwere capable of rationalizing violence â including against those they loved â by simply saying: 'This is civilization. One group enters and another leaves,â he explained.
The film addresses âa forgotten part of our past,â said DiCaprio, who initially playsaria the FBI investigator, but chose to play the killer after spending time with the Osage indigenous people, who suffered violence. The story was shot in the actual location of the events. The script was revised until the last day of filming, according to Scorsese, who wanted to âdo rightâ by the indigenous people.
At 3h30, âKillers of the Flower Moonâ is part of a series of long-term films that have been one of the trends in this edition of the Cannes Festival.
Of the 21 productions competing for the Palme d'Or, others that exceed 2h30 are the Chinese âYouth (Spring)â (3h32), the Turkish âAbout Dry Grassesâ (3h17) and the French âAnatomie d'une chuteâ (2h31 ).
Todd Haynes is the author of an original filmography, in which he has alternated works of fiction (âDark Watersâ) with biopics (âI'm Not Thereâ, about Bob Dylan, played by different actors) and documentaries, such as the one about the musical group âVelvet Undergroundâ, which he presented at Cannes two years ago.
In 2015, she also caused a sensation at Cannes with âCarolâ, a story about an impossible lesbian relationship, played by Cate Blanchett.
The young French-Senegalese Ramata-Toulaye Sy, 36, will add a note of freshness with âBanel & Adamaâ, a love story.
This post was last modified on May 20, 2023 13:13
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