This is not the first time Kang Jianfei has been to Cannes. After staying in the hotel this time, he also had a meal with Cannes Film Excerpt Director Giles Jacob.
An international film festival must be all-encompassing. If only some European and American films participate in the Cannes Film Festival every year, it can only be considered a European and American film festival at most.
For the past decade, Giles Jacob has been the director of Cannes Film Excerpts, and has been committed to bringing the Cannes Film Festival to the world and constantly discovering excellent directors and films from Asia.
This time, "Trumen's World" participated in the Cannes Film Festival. Kang Jianfei, whom Giles Jacob took the initiative to contact, and was directly shortlisted for the main competition unit. In Giles Jacob's view, Kang Jianfei is not only an excellent director in Asia, but also "Trumen's World" is also excellent enough, and is very popular in Asia and the United States, which is conducive to increasing the attention of the Cannes Film Festival outside Europe.
Speaking of this year's Cannes Film Festival, there is another Hong Kong film that has participated and received extremely high praise. This Hong Kong film is Wong Kar-wai's "The Legend of Ah Fei".
While walking the red carpet, Kang Jianfei met the crew of "The Legend of Ah Fei". Wong Kar-wai, Leslie Cheung, Liu Jialing, Liu Dehua, Zhang Manyu and others were all there. Since Zhang Xueyou was a secondary supporting role and was preparing for a concert in Hong Kong, he did not follow him.
"Hello, Mr. Kang!" Wang Kar-wai took the initiative to come over and shook hands with Kang Jianfei. Although he became famous in the past two years, he received his salary under Kang Jianfei when he was with Chen Xunqi.
"Hello, "The Legend of A Fei" is well filmed." Kang Jianfei praised. His tone was quite like a senior who affirmed his juniors.
Kang Jianfei is not saying politely. Wong Kar-wai’s movies are really of high quality, but they are not suitable for watching with lovers in the cinema. Because they are too boring, and some places need to be watched repeatedly and carefully studied before they can be understood. Such movies are suitable for watching videotapes alone and savoring them slowly. Wong Kar-wai’s movietapes have always been very sales.
Wong Kar-wai is only the first battle in Cannes this year. He is quite flattered by the critics here and said, "I am very satisfied to be shortlisted. Mr. Kang's film is very promising to win the big prize this time."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "Then I wish we all win the award."
After talking to Wong Kar-wai, Kang Jianfei patted Zhang Guorong's shoulder beside him and said, "Rong Zai, he is dressed very handsome today, and he is better than those European handsome guys."
Zhang Guorong pointed at Tony Leung and smiled shyly, "Ah Hui is the most popular male star today."
After the two of them said hello, Liu Jialing couldn't wait to extend her hand to greet him: "Hello, Mr. Kang, I am Liu Jialing."
Kang Jianfei shook hands with her and smiled: "Are Miss Liu interested in coming to Oriental Entertainment? The company urgently needs a strong actress like you to join."
"Mr. Kang is joking. Oriental Entertainment Brokerage Company is hidden and crouching. I dare not compete with Honggu and the others." Liu Jialing used to not worry about taking part in the film. In addition, she was reluctant to share the money of the brokerage company, so she never found an agency or a broker. But being kidnapped last year really scared her. After filming "The Legend of Ah Fei", she was resting at home for more than half a year and she didn't take part in the filming. Recently, she is considering whether to join Oriental Entertainment Brokerage Company to seek asylum. Oriental Entertainment Brokerage Company's commission for second- and third-tier actors is too high, which is Liu Jialing's biggest concern.
Before Liu Jialing could express her opinion on joining the company, Kang Jianfei was already shaking hands with Liu Dehua: "Andai, I heard that you have opened a film company, which is a joyous congratulation."
Liu Dehua said in surprise: "My company has only been open for half a month. Mr. Kang is so well-informed."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "Are you a star? Of course, celebrities start a company and are concerned."
"I dare not call myself a star in front of Mr. Kang." Liu Dehua said modestly.
There are only a few Hong Kong filmmakers participating in Cannes this time. Zhang Manyu and Cherie Chung are having a happy chat. Tony Leung and Cheung seem to have a good relationship, and only Lan Jieying stands alone.
Kang Jianfei chatted with everyone for a while, and the red carpet show finally began.
When Zhang Guorong, Liu Jialing, Zhang Manyu, Liu Dehua walked the red carpet, they did not receive much attention, and even the reporters only took a symbolic photo and transferred their target.
And when Tony Leung walked onto the red carpet with Cherie Chung, the atmosphere suddenly became warm.
"Tony, Tony!"
"Brid, beam, beam!"
“…”
Some movie fans called Tony Leung’s English name, and some movie fans called his surname, which was quite like an international celebrity appearance. As for the beautiful woman Chung Chung around Tony Leung, she became an inconspicuous foil, which made Hong Gu, who is highly anticipated in Hong Kong, feel strange.
I dare not say anything else, but in France, Tony Leung is definitely the most popular Chinese star besides Bruce Lee.
Kang Jianfei's name as director is also widely circulated in France, and has accumulated some movie fans. But for most viewers, they are still more familiar with the stars who appear on the screen all year round. So when Kang Jianfei held Lan Jieying's hand and walked the red carpet, although the photographer kaka pressed the shutter and worked tirelessly, only some hardcore fans were cheering, and the shouts from the fan area were far less than those from Tony Leung.
As soon as he stepped on the red carpet, Kang Jianfei felt Lan Jieying's body trembling slightly. He whispered: "Don't think too much, keep smiling, I'm there in everything."
This is the first time that Lan Jieying has participated in such an international film event. Although she usually acts on her own, she is actually introverted and sensitive. She is so nervous that she almost can't walk on such occasions.
Kang Jianfei waved his hand to the movie fans and whispered: "Stop ahead and let the reporter take a photo."
Lan Jieying felt Kang Jianfei's hand exerting force, and she immediately stopped knowingly, facing the camera with a stiff smile. After repeating it several times in a row, Lan Jieying's vest, who had walked the red carpet, was sweating and she held Kang Jianfei tightly. This man was her only support at the moment.
"It's okay, I'll get used to it after experiencing it a few more times." Kang Jianfei smiled and comforted.
But Lan Jieying felt embarrassed. She had walked the red carpet more than once in Hong Kong, but she was so nervous when she came to Cannes.
The crew of "Trumen's World" is gathered together, perhaps because of the special arrangement of the Cannes Film Festival Organizing Committee, and the crew of "The Legend of Ah Fei" from Hong Kong is next to it.
After sitting together and waiting for a while, the award ceremony finally began.
The awards were held, but unfortunately, from beginning to end, I had never heard of a single award-winning movie Kang Jianfei, and I didn't know the award-winning movie actor Kang Jianfei.
The only thing that made Kang Jianfei interesting is that the judges of the Cannes Film Festival became naughty again this year. The Cannes Film Festival, which has always only won the Best Actor Award, has added a Best Supporting Actor Award for the first time this year, which is simply unpredictable.
Tony Leung has the hope of becoming the Cannes Best Actor this year. He has good acting skills in "The World of Truman" and has a high reputation among film critics.
Unfortunately, the trophy for the best actor was taken away by American actor John Ttoro, who starred in the Coen brothers' "Barton Fink".
The Coen brothers are also super powerful in another time and space. "Blood Maze" has been rated as "Hitchcock Resurrection" by many people, and this "Batton Fink" is their true international film. From then on, the two brothers' films have won various trophies from major European film festivals to Hollywood Oscars, and they can be seen on podiums around the world.
When Tony Tony Tony heard the name of John Tetolo, he suddenly shrank on the chair as if he was disgusted. He had always hoped to win awards internationally. In addition, "The World of Truman" was very popular among film critics, so Tony Tony Tony has always been looking forward to the throne of the Cannes Best Actor.
The higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment, and Tony Leung doesn’t want to stay here anymore.
In the end, there are two grand prizes left, the jury grand prize and the Palme d'Or, which can be regarded as the silver prize and the gold prize in the best film respectively.
Since there was no nomination in advance, no one knew which film had the chance to win the award. The guess was purely redundant, and they were all waiting for the award presenter to announce the answer.
Kang Jianfei sat calmly on the chair. "The World of Truman" did not participate in the Cannes Film Festival in the original time and space, so he could not guess the result. But his intuition told him that the next trophy would likely be awarded to "The World of Truman".
"The one who won the special award of the jury was: Kang Jianfei, "The World of Truman", from Hong Kong!"
The applause was thunderous, but Kang Jianfei was surprised by his intuition. It was so accurate!
Kang Jianfei, Leung Ka Fai, Cherie Chung, and Lan Jieying hugged and celebrated, and was about to come on stage to receive the award. Wong Kar-wai, Zhang Guorong, and Liu Dehua also came to join in the fun, and shook hands one by one before letting him go up.
"Thank you!" Kang Jianfei took the trophy from the award presenter and delivered a speech in fluent English. "I'm very happy that I have never won the lottery, but this time I won the second prize in Cannes..."
Amid the laughter at the scene, Kang Jianfei continued: "Thanks to Mr. Giles Jacob, to the entire jury, and to all the colleagues in the crew of "Trumen's World". Finally, I like Cannes, the beach here is beautiful, and the bikini beauties on the beach are even more beautiful."
Kang Jianfei took the trophy down, and as soon as he got back to the seat, the trophy was snatched away by Chung Chuhong. She and Lan Jieying gathered together to study the trophy with a unique shape, and they didn't even care about the award ceremony behind them.
The first prize of the Palme d'Or was taken away by Coen's Brothers' "Barton Fink", a black humorous film that satirizes Hollywood's big producers. To be honest, "Barton Fink" is not better than "Truemon's World", but it is filmed more mysterious and obscure, and it is difficult for ordinary people to fully understand, and judges who happen to be familiar with the film industry can understand it. This makes the model look higher, at least higher than "Truemon's World", which is understandable. Coen's Brothers' strong personal style, and the jury awarded the Palme d'Or for Cannes' highest honor to "Barton Fink". (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!