Kevin Costner’s adventure epic ‘Horizon: An American Saga’ premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19, receiving a 7-minute standing ovation.
Kevin Costner (69 years old) was very emotional when the movie received applause and chants: “Kevin! Kevin! Kevin!”. In the speech, Costner thanked the audience and promised there would be “three more parts” of the series, with the next part expected to hit theaters in August 2024.
Kevin Costner said: “What a great moment, not only for me but also for the actors who were with me – who trusted me and continued to work together. It was an exciting job. You and I were so happy to do it. I will never forget this, and neither will my children.”
The two-part film revolves around the expansion of the American West, told from the perspective of ranchers, farmers and soldiers building a life with the indigenous people. This was a deeply personal project for Kevin Costner, who invested much of his fortune in making the film worth more than $100 million, including mortgaging the farm. He directed and starred in a film he produced and co-wrote.
In the movie, Costner travels through the 19th century Wild West. On the way, he has sex with a damsel in distress who is 33 years younger than him, and shoots and kills a very cruel settler…
Costner has achieved box office success with Open Range, Dances With Wolves. Both were directed by him. Costner also won an Oscar for producing and directing Dances with Wolves.
Actors participating in Horizon: An American Saga also include Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Giovanni Ribisi, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston…
Meanwhile, the Spanish-language musical film Emilia Perez starring Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez and Karla Sofía Gascon received the biggest acclaim at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival to date.
Selena Gomez wiped away tears as the audience applauded for nine minutes, accompanied by lots of cheers, whistles and cheers. During a standing ovation, director Jacques Audiard waved his hat in the balcony as stars Zoe Saldana and Edgar Ramírez hugged each other emotionally. There was thunderous applause for Gascon, who stars in the film as a drug cartel leader seeking gender reassignment surgery.
In Audiard’s film, Saldana plays Rita, a “highly qualified and underrated” lawyer whose firm is more about helping criminals than seeking justice. She finds an unexpected escape when a feared drug cartel leader Manitas (Gascon) recruits her to assist him in secretly completing a sex change campaign to become the woman he’s always been. desire. Selena Gomez plays his unexpected wife.
Filmmaker Jacques Audiard is regularly present at the Cannes Film Festival, winning the 2015 Palme d’Or for the film Deepan. His first film – 1994’s Watch the Men Fall – won three César awards, including best first film.
Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga opens on June 28 in the US and the second part will hit theaters on August 16.
