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‘Eddington’ Cannes Premiere Gets Nearly Seven-Minute Ovation That Moves Joaquin Phoenix To Tears
Making his Cannes Film Festival Competition debut, Ari Aster unveiled 'Eddington' in Cannes this evening, drawing a nearly seven-minute ovation.
Joaquin Phoenix, left, and Pedro Pascal in Ari Aster's 'Eddington'A24 Making his Cannes Film Festival Competition debut, Ari Aster unveiled Eddington this evening, with the psychological western lassoing a nearly seven-minute ovation that included scattered clapping during the credits. The thriller/black comedy is set in May 2020 and stars Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, Clifton Collins Jr. and Amélie Hoeferle. Phoenix plays small-town Sheriff Joe Cross in the eponymous New Mexico town, where he challenges Mayor Ted Garcia (Pascal) as the Covid pandemic is creating high tension.
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