In order to create a high-end premiere hall for "Fangfang", DreamWorks spent a lot of money on this. It would be fine to make a cheaper one, just like those low-cost movies, just go to ordinary beach cinemas to be released, but then there would be no publicity.
Although DreamWorks' European distribution company has few formal employees, it has a wide relationship in the European film industry. In fact, after learning that Kang Jianfei's new film invited Sophie Marceau to be the heroine, two French film manufacturers took the initiative to come to discuss the film purchase last year.
The agency and theater company of "Fangfang" in France have basically agreed to the issuer and the only change is the price. It depends on whether "Fangfang" can win the award in Cannes, and whether it will win the big or small prize. Finally, it will increase the basic price code to negotiate.
Now "Fangfang" is about to premiere at the film festival. The quality of the publicity effect determines how much money the agent and theater companies can make. Like Kang Jianfei, they care about the success of the film's premiere.
With the help of local French filmmakers, reporters gathered on the night of the release of "Fangfang" and many famous film critics were invited to come. Ordinary audiences came in the name of "Sophie Marceau's nude drama" almost squeezed out the screening room.
When the crew's main creators appeared in the premiere hall, Kang Jianfei and Liang Jiahui were directly ignored. The ordinary audience behind were almost all Sophie Marceau fans, shouting her French nickname for several minutes.
The premiere host finally calmed down the excitement of the fans. At the warning of Kang Jianfei, Sophie Marceau walked to the front of the stage with a microphone in his hand and waved to the fans below. After the reporters took a while, Sophie Marceau began to promote: "I'm glad you can attend the premiere of "Fang Fang" today. This is my first movie outside France. Although the shooting process was a bit hard, it was a very interesting experience. Mr. Kang Jianfei is a great one.
Director, his work "A Chinese Ghost Story" was popular in France last year. I think many people should have watched it. And his other movie "Mr. Smiths" was popular in North America two months ago and received a North American box office of 55 million US dollars... And Mr. Liang Jiahui behind me, he is the male lead of this film, and he gave me a lot of help during the filming of the movie... Finally, I hope everyone can fall in love with "Fangfang" and continue to support and work hard as always. Thank you!"
This sentence was definitely not something that Sophie Marceau could not say. At that time, she would only stand by the director like a little lady for reporters to take photos. After a few years of experience, although Sophie Marceau is still second-class sometimes, he is much more mature than before.
After Sophie Marceau praised Kang Jianfei and Liang Jiahui, he promoted "Fangfang" and himself, and then handed over the microphone to Kang Jianfei.
This is Sophie Marceau's home court. Kang Jianfei and Liang Jiahui can only get along well with each other. After interacting with movie fans, the Cantonese version of "Fang Fang" with bilingual subtitles in English and French was officially premiered.
The lights in the screening hall went out, the reporters' cameras were closed, and the Oriental Dream Factory logo appeared on the big screen.
The movie opens with a bedroom, and Liang Jiahui holds a gift box and asks: "What is this?"
"Valentine's Day Gift." Lan Jieying's cousin sat on the bed and quietly unbuttoned the first button of her top.
"Isn't Valentine's Day over early?" Liang Jiahui opened the gift box and took out a pair of cloth shoes from it.
"Chinese Valentine's Day. Chinese Valentine's Day," said Lan Jieying. "That was made by my grandmother for you, and it is very light to wear."
Liang Jiahui raised his eyebrows helplessly and said, "I can wear these shoes to accompany her to watch Cantonese opera."
"The real gift is here." Lan Jieying unbuttoned the second button of her clothes, revealing the nipples/grooves that were faintly visible inside. She turned over gently, and the spring light under her short skirt was suddenly bleak but she couldn't see anything clearly. With her soft twisted waist and charming eyes, her charming look was simply fascinating to a man.
French people like art and romance, and there is a special Oriental subtle in Chinese films. This subtlety is not very popular with Americans, but it is just right for Europe. It is not unreasonable that so many Chinese films won awards in Europe later.
The face of an oriental beauty like Lan Jieying may not be enough for French audiences to like, but the half-hidden temptation she just in the film just now just aroused the itch in the hearts of French men.
The seduction of the beautiful woman on Valentine's Day made the audience think that there would be a passionate scene soon, but who knew that the male protagonist turned around and left unnaturally.
Next was the appearance of Sophie Marceau, and the swimming scene at the beach soon appeared. Sophie Marceau took off her clothes while walking, and jumped into the sea with her naked upper body and only wearing a pair of underwear.
"Have it done!"
A burst of exclamations sounded in the screening room, and then... there was no more. Since it was a long-range shot, the audience could only see Sophie Marceau's smooth back from a distance.
As for the nude scenes, they are all scammers.
However, Sophie Marceau's fans were still amazed by the shocking glance just now. Because of Gao Meng's company's intentional creation, Sophie Marceau has been showing off as a jade girl over the years, and has not made many passionate videos like another time and space.
If Kang Jianfei really let Sophie Marceau show himself as a sexy image and shoot passionate nude scenes in the film, the effect will definitely be negative, and he will be scolded by Sophie Marceau's fans.
In another time and space, the old Polish director asked the innocent Sophie Marceau to suddenly shoot passionate scenes. After the film was released, it attracted curses and abuses from all French media and movie fans. It was like a beautiful oil painting stained, and Sophie Marceau's image of a jade girl jumped around instantly. Many of her original fans even vowed not to watch her movies anymore. Later, after several years, Sophie Marceau's sexy image was gradually accepted by the public, and finally she was hailed as the number one beauty in France.
Why is the movie "Fangfang" so popular? It is because although Sophie Marceau took off her clothes, her overall image is fresh and sunny. This positioning is very easy to gain the recognition and pursuit of the audience.
This is how the audience in the screening room feels. They see Sophie Marceau take off her clothes and she can see her naked back, but no one is disgusted at all, nor do they think that their goddess has been blasphemed. Because judging from the heroine's dialogue and behavior, Sophie Marceau looks so natural and honest in taking off her clothes, and will not make people have unhealthy ideas at all.
The whole movie is basically in Cantonese dialogue, with only Sophie Marceau and her grandmother, as well as some clips of Sophie Marceau returning to France, using French dialogue.
The difference in language does not bring obstacles to viewing, and both critics and audiences watched it with relish. At least this film has a bright and humorous pace, which is far more interesting than most of the difficult art films that participated in film festivals.
The male protagonist played by Liang Jiahui began to pursue the female protagonist, but because of the existence of his cousin, and a reason that is difficult to say, he always retreats and restrains at critical moments.
The male protagonist fell in love with the female protagonist, but he had no money when he was an intern. In order to find a restaurant worthy of the female protagonist, he arranged for the female protagonist to a luxury house and said that it was his home. Then he said that he did not wear the key, so the two of them climbed over the wall.
Halfway through dinner, the owner of the mansion went home. A humorous and witty conversation made the audience in the screening room laugh happily.
Then the male protagonist spent half a month's salary to bribe an employee of the crew and took the female protagonist into the studio, saying that she wanted to take her back to Vienna 300 years ago.
When the male and female protagonists were wearing dresses and dancing in cheerful music, it seemed that the entire screening room was flowing back in time, and everyone traveled back three hundred years ago with the film.
This is the best part of the first half of "Fang Fang". When Liang Jiahui was seen playing European medieval discrimination and fighting against the air, the film critics invited in the screening room finally faced the movie.
It can definitely be called a classic shot. A film critic from Paris couldn't help but sit up straight and excitedly made a brief record in the small notebook.
The rhythm of the movie fell at last, and then lays the foundation and takes the audience upwards step by step. Finally, when the male protagonist's crew was hammered, the last one of the movie came.
Knock it, knock it quickly!
Seeing the male protagonist who was hesitant and still struggling in his heart, many viewers urged him softly.
"boom!"
"Crazy!"
"Smack it..."
The glass wall shattered and splashed, and the hero and heroine finally got married. In the movie's subtitles and theme songs, thunderous applause rang out in the screening room.
Kang Jianfei felt the atmosphere at the scene and finally smiled proudly, putting down the stone hanging in his heart.
Kang Jianfei's "Fang Fang" has been greatly changed compared to the original version. The whole storyline has not been greatly changed, but the details have long been beyond recognition. To be honest, many of the details of the original version are very rough, and after being processed by Kang Jianfei, it becomes very delicate and tastes with lingering taste.
Just listening to the nearly ten minutes of applause in the screening room, you know that Kang Jianfei's changes have been recognized by the audience.
On the second day of its premiere, the Cannes Film Festival magazine "Screen" gave the following comment on "Fangfang": "Sophie Marceau's image breakthrough is surprising, and Tony Liang Jiahui's performance is also very exciting. This is a romance film that makes people shine."
A total of 4 points were perfect, and the score given by the magazine was 3.2. Although the score was not very high, it has been recognized by film critics and magazines.
Chapter completed!