With 20 minutes of applause, "The Black Ball" has the biggest 2nd ovation in Cannes

The feature film "The Black Ball", by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, starring Penélope Cruz, received a 20-minute ovation at its screening at the Cannes Film Festival.

With the long applause at the Grand Théâtre Lumière world premiere, the production now occupies second place in history for the longest standing ovation for a film, alongside "Farenheit 9/11". The record is held by "Pan's Labyrinth", which received 22 minutes of applause in 2006.

The official synopsis of "The Black Ball" - which does not yet have a title in Portuguese - tells the story of three men in three different eras: 1932, 1937 and 2017. "Three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, by pain and heritage, and by one of the last unfinished works of the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca", describes Deadline.

Thrilled by the audience's warm reception on the French Riviera, director Javier Ambrossi told the crowd: "For everyone who thinks we are going to roll back our LGBTQ+ rights, I have bad news."

In addition to Penélope Cruz, the production features musician Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau and Glenn Close. There is no release date scheduled for Brazil yet.

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Source: CNN