Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" wows Cannes, while De Niro slams Trump's presidency.
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At the Cannes Film Festival press conference for "Killers of the Flower Moon," Robert De Niro compared his character to Donald Trump, calling the former president "stupid." The crime epic, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone, tells the story of the murders of Osage tribe members in the early 1920s after major oil deposits were discovered on their land. The film was met with a 9-minute standing ovation at its premiere.
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