‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Receives 9-Minute Standing Ovation At Cannes Premiere – Deadline

Martin ScorseseThe awaited epic Moonflower Killers just had its world premiere at the cannes Film Festival, where the public delivered the film as the protagonist Leonardo Dicaprio, robert deniro and Lily Gladstone a nine-minute standing ovation.

Joining Scorsese for the first screening were his frequent collaborators and stars De Niro and DiCaprio, as well as Gladstone, who received some of the heartiest cheers and applause in the standing ovation that followed the film’s 3 hour, 26 minute screening. It started 40 minutes later than scheduled.

He Apple Original Movies The drama was adapted for the screen by Eric Roth and Scorsese from the factual book by David Grann. It is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-rich Osage Nation, a series of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror. The result was the formation of the FBI.

In the early 20th century, oil brought a fortune to the Osage Nation, whose members became some of the richest people in the world virtually overnight. The wealth of these Native Americans immediately attracted white interlopers, who manipulated, extorted, and stole whatever Osage money they could before resorting to murder.

Told through the romance between Ernest Burkhart (DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Gladstone), Moonflower Killers is an epic western crime saga, where true love meets unspeakable betrayal.

Along with DiCaprio, De Niro, and Gladstone, the film also stars Jesse Plemons, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, Jillian Dion, and Tantoo Cardinal.

Moonflower Killers opens in theaters October through paramount images and then it moves to global streaming on Apple TV+.