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Oscar winner Regina King, "Luther" star Idris
Elba and "Da 5 Bloods" actor Jonathan Majors feature in the
movie about an outlaw who joins forces with his old gang to hunt
down a crime boss recently freed from jail.
The movie, whose cast also includes "Joker" actress Zazie Beetz
and Oscar nominee LaKeith Stanfield, is inspired by real-life
African American cowboys.
"It feels amazing ... 'The Harder They Fall' lived in my head
for so long ever since I was a child," director Jeymes Samuel
told Reuters.
"The characters in it are all real characters. The story is
fictional. I assembled them all in one place, one time, like the
Avengers."
Elba, who was joined on the red carpet by his co-stars as well
as rapper Jay-Z, a producer on the film, plays crime boss Rufus
Buck, a role he described as "completely different" to his to
his role as a murder detective in popular television series
"Luther".
"I was like to try and give a spectrum to the fans, so people
see me in different roles," he said. "This is a bad guy ... and
it’s in a Western and I love Westerns."
The 65th edition of the festival will feature 159 feature films,
including 21 world premieres over 12 days. Stars of hugely
popular television drama "Succession" will also premiere its
third series.
Highly anticipated films showing at the festival include
"Spencer", starring Kristen Stewart as the late Princess Diana,
Wes Anderson's love letter to journalism "The French Dispatch"
and coming-of-age drama "The Tender Bar" directed by George
Clooney.
"The Tragedy of Macbeth", starring Oscar winners Denzel
Washington and Frances McDormand, will close the festival on
Oct. 17.
(Reporting by Sarah Mills; Additional reporting by Marie-Louise
Gumuchian; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Lisa
Shumaker)
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