Many of the initial hugging combinations have been exhausted and the actors will have to think up new ones. She seems emotional as they start talking, and tells Corbet, “Thank you.”Ĥ:11 Binoche hugs Assayas. It has begun!ģ:44 Now that the ice is broken, Stewart turns to Moretz and gives her a hug, too.ģ:56 Brady Corbet, who has a small role in the film, leans in to give Stewart a hug. Perhaps that’s why she suddenly lurches to life and envelopes her director, Assayas, in a big hug. Stewart rocks back and forth on her feet and casts her eyes at the ground, like, “Here we go.”ģ:26 Endless hugs are the lifeblood of any Cannes standing ovation, and while Binoche is a veteran of the fest who should be well-versed in the protocol, Stewart, too, is no slouch: She was here just recently for On the Road. Stewart and Moretz give small nods, taking in all the applause graciously. In the middle of the theater, Stewart, Binoche, Moretz, and director Olivier Assayas stand up as the audience around them cheers.ģ:02 Kristen Stewart bites her lower lip for the first time (but not the last).ģ:10 The applause continues. The audience leaps to its feet to applaud. Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, and Chlo ë Grace Moretz are all vigorously hailed as their names appear onscreen.ġ:03 By this time, the closing credits are touting the sound department, and the applause begins to lull.ġ:19 Enough of those boring, un-famous people! Now that the separate title cards are dealt with and the complete closing-credits crawl has begun, the cast members’ names appear onscreen again and the audience has permission to clap once more.ġ:36 As soon as the famous names are out of sight and the crawl has moved on to the electricians and the line producer, the applause dries up yet again.ģ:00 The credits are over and the lights come on. :00 The film ends, the first title card comes up, and the applause begins in the darkened theater. How exactly do those mega ovations work? For an inside look, Vulture liveblogged the standing ovation at tonight’s premiere of the drama Clouds of Sils Maria, starring Kristen Stewart and Juliette Binoche.
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“Jessica Chastain was two rows up,” Carell recalled to me earlier this week, “and I’ve never met Jessica Chastain, but I kept looking at her, like, ’ What do I do?’” Indeed, many stars aren’t sure how to handle those sustained bouts of applause, which can wax and wane for over ten minutes at some premieres here. The Cannes Film Festival is famous for its lengthy standing ovations, but they can be daunting if you don’t know what you’re getting into, as Steve Carell discovered this week when the ovation wouldn’t end after the premiere of his new film Foxcatcher. (L-R) Actresses Kristen Stewart, Juliette Binoche, director Olivier Assayas and Chloe Grace Moretz attend the “Clouds Of Sils Maria” premiere during the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival on in Cannes, France.