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Quentin Tarantino surrounded by actors and actresses of his film, on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival, May 21. REUTERS / Stephane Mahe

It was the most anticipated film of the Festival. Superstars Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio received a triumphal welcome in Cannes alongside American director Quentin Tarantino, presenting Tuesday "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood", a film nominated for the Palme d'Or. Quentin Tarantino has already received this award in 1994 for "Pulp fiction". Before stepping on the red carpet, the two Hollywood actors have indulged themselves in the game of selfies and autographs with the many fans gathered behind barriers near the red carpet, for some since the morning.

Los Angeles, 1969. In 2:45, "Once upon a time ... in Hollywood" (translate "Once upon a time .... in Hollywood") plunges us into the hippie period alongside Rick Dalton, a western actor easy trigger specialized in the roles of villain.

The film shot in 35 mm pays tribute to Sergio Leone, the master of the spaghetti western. As usual, Quentin Tarantino has fun pasticher the series of the time, sows the memories of a child who was already dreaming of cinema, repeuple his film old posters series B.

Bruce Lee to Steve McQueen

Leonardo DiCaprio plays this popular actor assigned to mediocre roles, who lives on the hill of the stars with for only friend its waterfall lining incarnated by Brad Pitt. In search of recognition, the two men cross the road of Bruce Lee or Steve McQueen in jubilant face to face.

They also have actress Sharon Tate as her neighbor, played by Margot Robbie and then companion of the then outstanding director Roman Polanski. Full of television and film references from America in the 1960s, Quentin Tarantino's film resuscitates the banal murderous visual universe of the small screen, the hallucinogenic drug atmosphere, and by the magic of the cinema we propose to change the course of the film. 'history.