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Joaquin Phoenix Tears Up During 5-Minute Cannes Standing Ovation for MAGA Western ‘Eddington’
"Eddington," Ari Aster's modern Western starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Austin Butler and Pedro Pascal, earned a standing ovation at Cannes.
“ Eddington,” Ari Aster ‘s COVID-era contemporary Western starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Austin Butler and Pedro Pascal, earned a 5-minute standing ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere on Friday. “Eddington” is Aster’s follow-up to 2023’s “Beau Is Afraid,” which also starred Phoenix as a paranoid man who embarks on a surreal journey to get to his mother’s funeral, facing his greatest fears along the way. “Midsommar,” his well-reviewed sophomore film starring Florence Pugh, and “Beau Is Afraid” both skipped the festival circuit and went straight into theaters.
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