When the Applause Just Won’t End
The Cannes Film Festival is infamous for its protracted standing ovations. Thank “prestige hierarchy.”
Four minutes for Flag Day. Five minutes for Aline. Nine minutes for The French Dispatch.
The Cannes Film Festival, which concludes today, has long held an unusual reputation for its lengthy standing ovations. The tradition—which perhaps reached an apotheosis when received 22 minutes of applause in 2006—has at times attracted . Although standing ovations are common responses to great art, a prolonged ceremony can get awkward—just watch the team its way through seven minutes of clapping in 2019. Other times they turn performative: This year, Adam Driver lit as the camera panned’s five minutes of acclaim.
