Quentin Tarantino has already received the first reviews of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" ("Once Upon a Time in Hollywood").
The film is an extravagant recreation of Hollywood in 1969, before the murders committed by followers of Charles Manson, the leader, and mastermind of the so-called Manson family, in August 1969 in Los Angeles, California.
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian finds it "utterly outrageous, misleading, irresponsible and also brilliant".
It has also been compared to Pulp Fiction, Tarantino's milestone in pop culture, 25 years after its launch at the festival.
1. Pitt and DiCaprio are the new Redford and Newman
Leonardo DiCaprio plays Rick Dalton, an alcoholic actor who gets cowboy parts; and Brad Pitt gives life to Cliff Boon, a double of films and best friend of the previous character.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, both deliver "killer" performances, "full of irony and pleasing chemistry."
"It's hard not to remember the energy the previous best couple in a Tarantino movie, John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson had in 'Pulp Fiction,'" adds Time Out magazine.
Robert Redford and Paul Newman made two classic movies together, "The Sting" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid."
Should we expect a remake of either movie in the future with Pitt and DiCaprio?
2. Hollywood represents itself on screen
The film represents various personalities from the film industry, which is why Variety magazine calls it a "spectacular nostalgic collage" that pays homage to the lost era of Hollywood.
Rafal Zawierucha plays director Roman Polanski, and Margot Robbie plays his wife, Sharon Tate, in the months leading up to his tragic murder by the Manson Family.
Mike Moh and Damian Lewis play actors, Bruce Lee and Steve McQueen, among other performers who give life to well-known figures of the time.
3. The Manson murders are only part of the movie.
Before the Cannes screening, there was speculation that the film would revolve around the impact of Charles Manson's crimes on Hollywood.
In 1969, his followers, known as the Manson Family, killed nine people, including Sharon Tate, who was eight and a half months pregnant, while Polanski was filming abroad.
One of Manson's young followers, Susan Atkins, stabbed the actress and scrawled "PIG" on her front door in her blood.
The murders shocked the US film industry at the time and are credited with bringing a bloody end to the free love generation and counterculture of the 1960s.
However, Tarantino's film rejects this narrative and begins six months before the crimes.
A Manson song plays in the film, but the bloodshed isn't the main focus.
It is still a mystery how the crimes are depicted in the film since Tarantino sent a letter to the public in Cannes asking them not to reveal anything about the plot.
4. DiCaprio sets fire to the Nazis
The trailer shows DiCaprio's character, Dalton, burning Nazis on a film set during a flashback to his apparent glory days as an actor.
It's a wry nod to Tarantino's 2009 Inglourious Basterds, and typical of the director's penchant for over-the-top violence.
5. Lack of diversity
When the release of the film was announced, users on social networks criticized the fact that the cast was all white.
MikeMoh's involvement as Bruce Lee brings a brief flash of racial diversity, but the trailer is still overwhelmingly white.
This whitewashing has sparked a lively debate on social media, especially over Tarantino's support for black talent in the '90s, long before #OscarsSoWhite.
The director has previously received criticism for using the word "nigger" (a derogatory way of referring to a black person) in scripts, but actors such as Samuel L. Jackson and Jamie Foxx have defended it as simply reflecting realistic speech. of the characters in question.
