Historic photo: De Niro, DiCaprio and Scorsese on the steps of Cannes

Two days after the arrival of the legend Harrison Ford, who was celebrated with a very exciting Palme d’Or as part of the presentation of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Fortune, the Cannes Film Festival hosts the second competitive event. Major with the Flower Moon Assassins. Writing the history of Cannes.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro have signed Martin Scorsese in the same film, this is a first. This is what made Climbing the Stairs a historic moment for the Cannes Film Festival and for world cinema more broadly. A few shots of this red carpet, both glamorous and cinephile, that brought these three holy monsters together.

A dark western. A (true) story of greed, violence and death. A lesser-known page in United States history. Movie-river (3h26), Flower Moon Assassins It promises to be a dark and epic production, shot with flashes of very Scorsese violence. Adapted from David Grann’s best-selling book, the feature film examines the FBI’s first major investigation in 1920s Oklahoma, when a series of murders targeted members of the Osage Native American community who made their fortunes after the discovery of oil. his land

Signed feature film Martin Scorsese In Cannes, which hasn’t happened since 1986 (!) and then Hours, which won the filmmaker the stage prize. Ten years earlier, he won the Palme d’Or for his essential Taxi Driver, a masterpiece Robert DeNiro About the night wanderings of a Vietnam veteran taxi driver. President of the jury in 1998, in March 2002 he returned to the Croisette with pictures, but only the first twenty minutes of New York Gangs. His first collaboration is certain Leonardo DiCaprio.

Gangs of New YorkAviator, The Departed, Shutter Island and Wolf of Wall Street. Leonardo DiCapriowhich ends up getting few (about one film a year). Martin Scorsese His favorite director, but also a mentor in his (impressive) cinephile career (we know the actor is a regular in French cinema). Twenty-one years later, their first step on stage together to reveal the prologue Gangs of New York (That was May 21, 2002) and ten years after their last collaboration, they meet again in Cannes. Flower Moon Assassins.

Samuel L. Jackson in Tarantino, Brad Pitt in Fincher, Toshiro Mifune in Kurosawa… Cinema regularly offers legendary collaborations between actor and filmmaker. Tandem Robert DeNiro / Martin Scorsese Undoubtedly the most notable, with a total of nine feature films since 1973: Mean Streets, Taxi driver, New York, New York, Raging Bull, La Waltz of the Dolls, Les Nerfs, Les Franchises, Casino and The Irishman. At the age of 79 and 80, the actor and the director made their tenth film together Flower Moon Assassins.

Leonardo DiCaprio in front Robert DeNiro ? We tend to forget, but Flower Moon Assassins It does not mark the first collaboration between the two actors. In 1993’s Secret Wounds, teenager Leo confronts his tyrannical stepfather (and his favorite actor): Impressed by his young partner, from Niro He advised her warmly Martin Scorsese. According to the director, this is a rare step on the part of the actor. Three years later, DiCaprio and De Niro reunited for the film Simple Secrets.

Therefore, we have to wait until 2023 Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro gathered in a feature film. And this is their favorite filmmaker. Martin Scorsesewho cares for him Flower Moon Assassins. Even if he almost did it before, inside Gangs of New York, which De Niro chose to turn down in favor of Daniel Day-Lewis. It will also decrease infiltrators. Anecdotally, let’s recall the existence of the 2015 commercial short The Audition, directed by Scorsese and up against DiCaprio and De Niro (and Brad Pitt!) for the role. You can watch the full video below:

In this celebration of the Scorsese / De Niro / DiCaprio trio, let’s not forget the announcement Flower Moon Assassins, Lily Gladstone. Seen in Kelly Reichardt’s films (A Certain Woman, First Cow) and television, Blackfeet and Nimipuu Ancestral Camps actor Scorsese, Ernest Burkhart’s Osage Companion (Leonardo DiCaprio), whose uncle, a rich breeder, embodies Robert De Niro, is suspected of involvement in the murders. As he told her The Hollywood ReporterThe career-challenged actor was in the process of online registration for a data analysis course, a seasonal job at the Ministry of Agriculture (!), when certain Martin Scorsese Called him on video…

In Flower Moon AssassinsJesse Plemons plays Tom White, an FBI agent assigned to investigate the serial murders of members of the Osage community. The actor, who is known to the general public for his role in Breaking Bad and his participation in Black Mirror, has already collaborated. Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro on Irish. He will be accompanied to Cannes by his companion Kirsten Dunst.

I am excited about this topic after reading David Grann’s book, Martin Scorsese approached the Osage Nation to include the community at the center of the project and filming. Thus, several of its members made their way to the Cannes steps for this world premiere, including Yancey Red Corn and Chief Standing Bear, on the left in this photo. We also recognize, on the right, Tantu Cardinal, a Canadian actor of Cree descent, most notably seen in Dances with Wolves or Legends of the Fall.

Produced by Apple with an impressive budget of $200 million, Flower Moon Assassins It will hit the big screen in France on October 18, 2023.