Robert De Niro greets fans at photocall of Killers Of The Flower Moon at Cannes Film Festival

Martin Scorsese’s highly anticipated new epic Killers Of The Flower Moon had its world premiere this weekend at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.

The 3-hour, 26-minute drama ended up receiving a nine-minute standing ovation from the audience, which is said to be the longest of the festival, which began on May 16. Variety.

The western crime drama is the latest pairing with the critically acclaimed director for both Robert de Niro and Leonardo Di Caprio.

In fact, this is the eleventh film De Niro has collaborated with Scorsese on and the seventh for DiCaprio during their impressive career.

Ahead of the debut screening, De Niro showed a burst of enthusiasm and greeted the dozens of fans lined up along a barrier, then joined Scorsese and co-stars, including Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons and Cara Jade Myers, for a photo call for a picturesque setting in the marina of Cannes.

De Niro, 79, shook hands and said hello to a number of people who seemed over the moon about meeting the legendary actor.

The New York City native, who just welcomed a daughter with girlfriend Tiffany Chen in April, looked fit dressed in black slacks with a gray blazer over a tan shirt.

The Raging Bull star then posed in front of the sea of ​​photographers gathered for the photo op, lined up in front of and behind the two-time Academy Award winner.

Not one to like to keep all the spotlight to himself during photo ops, the longtime protagonist would join his Killers Of The Flower Moon colleagues for even more rounds of photo ops.

At one point, the cast and some people behind the scenes lined up with Scorsese for one last hurray for photographers.

Co-written by Scorsese and Eric Roth, Flowers Of The Moon tells the true story of the “reign of terror” that killed two dozen Native Americans.

The $200 million Apple-backed film, based on a 2017 book of the same name by David Grann, is Scorsese’s first foray into the Western genre.

Like the best-selling book, the screenplay depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-rich Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma.

Good sign: Killers Of The Flower Moon received a nine-minute standing ovation after its world premiere screening at the Cannes Film Festival, according to Deadline; the showing came after De Niro and the rest of the team finished the photocall

Star-studded: The Oscar-winning actor greeted fans who gathered at a barrier at the photocall and premiere screening of the drama film that also stars Leonardo DiCaprio

Frequent collaborators: Along with Killers Of The Flower Moon, De Niro has now collaborated with Marton Scorsese on eleven films spanning their illustrious career; co-star Leonardo DiCaprio has now starred in seven of Scorsese’s films

Scenic: Some of the cast joined Scorsese for a series of photos (pictured from third left to third right) Janae Collins, Jesse Plemons, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Lily Gladstone, Leonardo Dicaprio and Cara Jade Myers pose during a photocall for the movie Killers of the Flower Moon at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France

Epic Story: Flowers Of The Moon, co-written by Scorsese, 80, and Eric Roth, tells the true story of the “reign of terror” that left two dozen Native Americans dead; De Niro, Scorsese also posed with co-stars Lily Gladstone and DiCaprio

First Timer: The $200 million Apple-backed movie based on a 2017 book of the same name by David Grann is Scorsese’s first foray into the Western genre

The subsequent investigation into the murders, led by then 29-year-old J. Edgar Hoover and former Texas Ranger Tom White, helped found Hoover’s FBI.

Principal photography began in April 2021, with shooting in Osage County and Washington County, namely Pawhuska, Fairfax, and Bartlesville, all of which are in Oklahoma.

DiCaprio plays Ernest Burkhart, the strong-willed cousin of William Hale (Robert De Niro), a local businessman who wants Osage’s oil rights.

After a six-month shoot, the Oscar winner was quoted as boasting that he believes this is his best work to date, according to the film’s costume designer Jacqueline West, as told to deadline.

In addition to the stars mentioned above, the stellar cast also includes recent Academy Award winner Brendan Fraser, John Lithgow, Tantoo Cardinal, Jillian Dion, William Belleau, Scott Shepherd, and a number of others.

DiCaprio plays Ernest Burkhart, the strong-willed cousin of William Hale (Robert De Niro)

De Niro plays a local businessman who wants Osage’s oil rights in the drama film

High praise: DiCaprio is quoted as boasting that he believes this is his best work to date, according to Deadline, the stellar cast also includes recent Oscar winner Branden Fraser

Killers Of The Flower Moon is scheduled to hit select theaters on October 6, before going wide in the United States on October 20.

It is also slated to have an unspecified streaming release on Apple TV+.

With Killers Of The Flower Moon (2023) as De Niro’s eleventh Scorsese film, the other films include Mean Streets (1973), Taxi Driver (1976), New York New York (1977), Raging Bull (1980), The King of Comedy (1983), Goodfellas (1990), Cape Fear (1991), Casino (1995), The Audition (2015), The Irishman (2019).

As for DiCaprio, his seven collaborations with the famed filmmaker also include Gangs Of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), Shutter Island (2010), The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013) and The Audition . (2016).