The sea breeze blows by, bringing with it a hint of sea smell, but it is not annoying...
In front of the Cannes Film Festival Palace, there is a buzz of people, and many reporters are already waiting. The sun has set on the seaside, giving this place its last ray of afterglow.
At this time, the red carpet for the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival could not accommodate more than ten people walking side by side, but it also provided space for more reporters and fans.
At this time, both movie fans and reporters are eagerly looking forward to it. The closing ceremony of the annual Cannes Film Festival is about to begin. Many movie fans are speculating about the major awards that will be won at this film festival.
Whose family!
When the first car drove up, the fans' reaction was relatively calm. After all, everyone knows that the first one to appear is often the least famous star.
But the reporters at the scene did not think so. Everyone knows that in this film festival, in order to highlight the importance of the participating films, the judges will take the lead and leave the rest of the excitement to the stars and crew!
They have been looking for Wu Jianye for two weeks, so this is the best time to interview Wu Jianye.
So when the car stopped at the entrance to the red carpet, many reporters were holding their cameras.
The first person to get out of the car was naturally the chairman of the jury of this film festival, Louis Malle!
After taking a few photos as usual, everyone was looking forward to the second one getting out of the car.
Did not disappoint everyone, after Louis Malle was followed by Wu Jianye, who made a huge splash at this film festival.
Wow!
Woo!
Cheers and boos flew together!
Those who cheered were Wu Jianye’s fans, while those who booed were those French men who were unhappy that Wu Jianye had become ‘good friends’ with their French goddesses Isabelle Adjani and Sophie Marceau one after another!
Although both Isabelle Adjani and Sophie Marceau once said in interviews that they and Wu Jianye are just good friends, some people have to believe this!
After Louis Malle heard the complicated sounds, he immediately understood the reason. He glanced at Wu Jianye with a wry smile and said with a smile: "Director Wu, it seems that not everyone likes you!"
In the previous opening ceremony, Wu Jianye received the highest cheers among the nine judges, but now the cheers are still there, but there are also a lot more boos.
After a few days of getting along with each other, Wu Jianye also understood the character of Mr. Louis Malle. Although he seemed a bit strict, he was actually an old kid in private.
He smiled and said, "It's okay, I just like to see them look like they can't stand me and there's nothing they can do about me!"
Louis Malle even cried and laughed in his heart when he heard this, but he still kept a smile on his face at all times: "You!"
Because it was the nine major judges, one car naturally couldn't fit it in. Instead, three cars arrived together, and the other judges also got out of the car one after another.
Wu Jianye, Louis Malle and another judge walked in front, forming a three-person square.
Everyone waved to reporters and slowly walked towards the entrance of the Palais des Festivals.
During this period, many reporters shouted Wu Jianye's name, hoping to interview him, but unfortunately on the entire red carpet, Wu Jianye was smiling and waving to everyone. As for being interviewed, that was
Impossible!
The other judges also knew what happened. Seeing Wu Jianye's unchanging expression, they all expressed their admiration in their hearts.
When the nine people came to the gate of the Festival Palace, they must be interviewed by the host.
However, this is the official host of the Cannes Film Festival after all, so it is naturally impossible to ask Wu Jianye about his scandal. This made the reporters in the audience a little angry when they saw him asking some questions that were neither salty nor bland.
, wishing he could go on stage and ask Wu Jianye questions in his place.
As Wu Jianye and others entered the Festival Palace, other stars and crew also walked on the red carpet.
Obviously, there were many more celebrities attending the closing ceremony than during the opening ceremony, and many Hollywood stars also came here.
And these Hollywood stars also caused a huge sensation.
It's just that after Wu Jianye's scandal broke out, the atmosphere at the scene always felt less lively than when Wu Jianye came here just now.
Halfway through the red carpet process, Chen Kaige also walked onto the red carpet with the crew of "Farewell My Concubine". In addition to Zhang Guoyi, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li, and Jiang Zhiqiang.
Most of the men wore black suits, white shirts, and black bows. Only Zhang Guoyuan put a white bow on his white shirt, which matched his temperament and made him look like he was walking out of a castle.
Like a noble prince.
Of course, it was Zhang Guoyi who attracted the most attention from reporters in the entire crew.
Gong Li was wearing a black and white dress, which was quite satisfactory. Compared with other female stars, she was much more conservative. There was no way to compare it with her role in "The Golden Armor"!
Several people walked slowly on the red carpet, and at the same time cooperated with the reporters at the scene to take photos. Just like Gong Li's dress, it was quite satisfactory!
.......
Wu Jianye sat in his seat and saw Chen Kaige and others entering. Just like at the opening ceremony, everyone nodded and greeted each other without saying anything.
However, one can see a trace of unconcealable joy on Chen Kaige's face.
Whether it is the Berlin Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival or the current Cannes Film Festival, there is actually an unspoken rule, that is, before the closing ceremony begins, the participating films will be told whether it is necessary to continue to stay in the film festival.
Those who received the notice, although they did not say it explicitly, have already told them through this unspoken rule that your film has won an award and you need to stay to receive the award.
Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if the award-winning film leaves the festival early and no one accepts the award during the awards ceremony.
Of course, you won’t tell the other party what awards you won!
Chen Kaige received such a notice. Although he didn't know what awards his film had won, at least he had won one!
When the opening ceremony ended, the sky turned completely dark.
Inside the festival palace, the lights are bright at this time. The process at this time is actually no different from that at the opening ceremony. The host is still talking on the stage, making everyone laugh.
After two sounds.
As the chairman of the jury, Louis Mahler will bring other judges to the stage to speak. The content of this speech is more about explaining their criteria for this selection!
Then they stepped off the stage, and with the end of the opening song and dance, the 46th Cannes Film Festival officially began!
Compared to when everyone else was looking forward to various awards, Wu Jianye was much more relaxed. As a judge at this Cannes Film Festival, he naturally knew early on who would win each award.
However, each judge has a contract with the Cannes Film Festival and cannot be disclosed before the awards are announced!
Naturally, the less important awards were awarded first. Wu Jianye sat in the audience and showed a much more serious attitude than when he attended the Academy Awards.
After all, these award-winning films were all voted for by themselves.
It's a sense of participation.
At the same time, Wu Jianye also clearly knows that these less important awards are only relative to the entire film industry, but for the winner himself, they are extremely important.
For example, awards such as the International Film Critics Award, Catholic Contribution Award, and Best Cinematography Award are not that important to Wu Jianye or ordinary movie fans. The people who come up to receive the awards are not that familiar, but as long as they win this award
It is a great encouragement to these people, and they even have a certain prestige in their niche industry.
For example, Chen Yingxiong from Vietnam won the Golden Camera Award for "Green Papaya Scent". At this time, he was crying and expressing all kinds of thanks.
Regarding such a gesture, the longer Wu Jianye stays in this industry, the more he understands how these people think.
First of all, it must be said that Cannes, one of the three major film festivals in Europe, has an authority that outsiders cannot understand. Being able to win such an award is indeed a great encouragement to them.
Everyone needs encouragement!
Whether you are an ordinary person, the richest man, or an industry leader, you all need encouragement, but this encouragement must be in contrast to the identity of the person being encouraged.
If a beggar encourages the richest man, the richest man may not even give the beggar a chance.
If a newcomer in the industry gives encouragement to an industry boss, the industry boss will only politely say thank you, but when he turns around, he may ask who is that idiot!
The asymmetry in status will create a stronger sense of honor.
This year's Cannes Film Festival is definitely an unforgettable film for Asian films. For example, "A Dream of Life" shot by Hou Hsiao-ling from Wanwan won the Jury Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Everyone knows that Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or at this Cannes Film Festival. In fact, in addition to this award, "Farewell My Concubine" also won the International Federation of Film Critics Award.
Chen Kaige stepped onto the podium for the first time and looked very happy. However, Wu Jianye, who was familiar with Chen Kaige, saw a trace of disappointment in his eyes. This is understandable. After all, in everyone's hearts, everyone
I think that if you win one grand prize, you will basically have no chance of receiving other prizes.
A simple International Federation of Film Critics Award is obviously not enough to satisfy Chen Kaige!
After delivering his acceptance speech, Chen Kaige left.
The subsequent awards were uneventful, but when it came to the Best Actor award, the atmosphere in the festival palace became tense.
Wu Jianye glanced back and could see nervous expressions on Zhang Guoyuan and Zhang Fengyi's faces.
Wu Jianye smiled slightly and said nothing!
The award presenter on the stage, after some teasing, took out the envelope that had been prepared.
"Wow!" An exaggerated expression made the atmosphere in the audience even more tense.
"The winner of the Best Actor at the 46th Cannes Film Festival is..."
Nervous music played in the film festival palace, and every nominated actor flashed on the big screen.
Wu Jianye looked through the screen and saw Zhang Guoyi sitting there with a smile on his face.
"...... Zhang Guoyuan from the movie "Farewell My Concubine"!"
Bang bang bang!
By this time, Wu Jianye had already stood up and started applauding.
When I turned around, I saw that the crew of "Farewell My Concubine" was already excited. The entire crew stood up and hugged Zhang Guoyi, who also had an excited expression on his face.
In another time and space, Zhang Guoyi did not win the Best Actor at this Cannes Film Festival, but David Thewlis, the actor of the British film "Red Fruit", won the Best Actor at this session.
prize!
There have been two rumors here. The first one is that the jury is playing a balance game and believes that "Farewell My Concubine" has already won the Palme d'Or, so it should not give the best actor award to Zhang Guoyi.
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Another rumor is that among the nine judges, Gary Oldman voted for Leslie Cheung for Best Actress!
This made Zhang Guoyi miss the best actor award!
But no matter which rumor it was, Wu Jianye had never encountered it.
However, when watching the movie, Wu Jianye deliberately told the other eight judges that this was the vote for best actor. I don’t know if you heard Wu Jianye’s suggestion.
But in the end, when the votes were counted, Leslie Cheung did win the Best Actor award at this Cannes Film Festival, beating David Thewlis by one vote.
However, this also made Zhang Guoyuan and Ge You the first Chinese actor to win the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival!
Zhang Guoyi adjusted his suit and walked elegantly towards the podium.
When passing by where the judges were sitting, Wu Jianye took the initiative to go over and hug and encourage Zhang Guoyi!
"Congratulations!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
"Thank you!" Zhang Guoyi also said seriously.
Wu Jianye: "This is what you deserve!"
In Wu Jianye's opinion, Zhang Guoyuan's performance is indeed better than that of David Thewlis. A person who has never been exposed to Peking Opera can perform so perfectly in the movie. In addition, Zhang Guoyuan's affection for the character Cheng Dieyi
To portray, Wu Jianye believes that Zhang Guoyuan deserves the title!
After receiving the trophy from the award-presenting guests, Zhang Guoyuan expressed his gratitude to the conference.
However, in order to avoid suspicion, Zhang Guoyuan did not mention Wu Jianye's name. Even if he could participate in this movie, it was Wu Jianye who pulled the strings!
Zhang Guoyi's appropriate acceptance speech once again received applause from the audience.
After he returned to his place, Zhang Fengyi showed an expression of envy. However, as the person who has played the most opposite roles with Zhang Guoyi in the movie, he understood what Zhang Guoyi had paid for this movie. Besides being envious, he was also happy for him!
Chen Kaige also sent his blessings, but the depression in his heart became more and more obvious!
The award ceremony continued, and the awards were announced one by one. Until the last time when the most important award of the Cannes Film Festival was to be awarded, the atmosphere reached its climax.
On the podium, under the introduction of the host, Wu Jianye and Isabelle Adjani walked onto the podium as the presenters of the Palme d'Or!