After Nitram (“Martin” spelled backwards) premiered in Cannes, the audience rose to give it a seven-minute standing ovation, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
A controversial film about the deadliest mass shooting in Australia’s history has earned praise at the Cannes Film Festival.
Prior to its release, Nitram attracted criticism from Australian filmmaker Richard Keddie, who wrote in an op-ed for The Sydney Morning Herald: “Art does not justify a Martin Bryant movie …
Nitram, a drama-thriller by Australian director Justin Kurzel, focuses on the Port Arthur massacre, which left 35 people dead in 1996.