Emotional Johnny Depp Receives Seven-Minute Standing Ovation For Comeback

On Tuesday, Johnny Depp was overtaken with emotion after his film received an encore performance at the Cannes Film Festival.

Variety released a video of an affected Depp during a five-minute standing ovation for his film "Jeanne du Barry," in which he acts as the former King of France, Louis XV.

It was the actor's first film endeavour since a defamation trial with his ex-wife Amber Heard last summer. A jury found them both liable for defamation in their lawsuits against each other, but awarded significantly more damages to Depp.

At the film's Cannes press conference, Depp discussed "abstract whispers" and stated, "The majority of what you've been reading the last four or five years...with regard to me and my life is fantastically, horrifically written fiction."

"The focus should simply be on the fact that it's a miracle to get a film made about something you care about in the first place," he says. "You win right there."

According to Variety, Depp added, "I don't feel boycotted by Hollywood because I don't think about Hollywood."

"Jeanne du Barry" chronicles the narrative of Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry, also known as Madame du Barry, who was King Louis XV's mistress.

Cannes president Thierry Frémaux told Deadline in April that the decision to launch the festival with the Depp feature was "a beautiful film."

"The opening film must also be released concurrently in French cinemas; we do not place platform films in that slot because we want France to participate in the festival," Frémaux explained. "The film is a success, and Johnny Depp [as King Louis XV] is magnificent in it."