Martin Scorsese will return to Cannes 37 years later. The director will visit the most important event in the world for the first time since he was there in 1986 with Whoa, what a night! He will do it to present his new film, the highly anticipated Killers of the flower moon, which has been shot by Apple Studios. Cannes has confirmed what was an insistent rumor for weeks. Scorsese’s film was the most desired title by all, and the director of the contest, Thierry Frémaux, had publicly said that his goal was to get the film to be on the Croissette. He has made it. On Saturday, May 20, there will be the debut of what promises to be the most desired red carpet in Cannes, as it will bring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro, the two leading men and Scorsese’s fetish actors, to the French city.
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Killers of the flower moon will be presented in its world premiere, and it seems that it will not compete for the Palme d’Or. It is an adaptation by Eric Roth of David Grann’s acclaimed bestseller of the same title. Killers of the Flower Moon is set in 1920s Oklahoma and chronicles the serial murders of several members of the oil-rich Osage Indian Nation: a series of brutal crimes that came to be known as ‘the reign of terror’. The film, in addition to having Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro in its cast, has Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, Jillian Dion and Tantoo Cardinal.
Scorsese has a Palme d’Or in his showcase, which he won in 1976 for Taxi Driver, his masterpiece that began its triumphant path in Cannes. Ten years later she presented there Jo, what a night!, with which she won the award for Best Director, and since then she has not returned to the Gran Teatro Lumiere. The presence of Killers of the flower moon It is also a success for Apple Studios, since the platform confirms with this agreement that its bet goes through theaters, something that Netflix refused to do and for this reason it has been out of the contest for years.
A few days ago Apple TV + confirmed the big screen premiere worldwide of the film, which will arrive in Spain on October 20 from Paramount. An announcement that also paved the way for the presentation of the film in Cannes. An announcement that comes two weeks before an official section is known where there is expected to be a Spanish presence. Pedro Almodóvar already confirmed that his short strange way of life would appear there, and many French media consider Víctor Erice’s visit as probable with Close the eyes, his first film in 30 years.