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Elsa Keslassy
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Getty Images Andy Garcia’s long-gestating passion project “Diamond” earned a warm seven-minute long standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday night, bringing a dose of old-school Hollywood glamour to the Croisette with a sprawling ensemble cast led by Vicky Krieps and Rosemarie DeWitt, who were on hand for the premiere.
Garcia was visibly moved as he grabbed the mic and said, “The greatest reward that anyone could have as a director is to have colleagues like Dustin and Bill, and Yul Vazquez, and LaTanya Richardson, and Brendan Fraser, and Demián Bichir, and Rachel Ticotin. They come and bless your movie. That is one’s greatest reward, when people you admire, you look up to, you’re inspired by, trust you, and want to play in your world for a little bit. And without their support and without their inspiration, this would not be the film that it is.”
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