On the evening of May 29th, "Sowon" was screened on time at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes!
Although this is Cannes, I have to say that as long as there are Chinese players here, even here is the home court.
No, the small venue with four to five hundred people was packed to the rafters, and Li Yi and others discovered that reporters and movie fans from China actually occupied less than half.
In fact, because "Sowon" was in a hurry, there was no time to promote it at all, but the audience was looking forward to it!
For domestic movie fans and reporters, the director is Li Yi and this is a movie directed by a dog, which is enough to make them look forward to it.
In particular, this movie can only be seen in advance here, and the domestic schedule has not been set yet.
For this reason, many fans and reporters from far and wide are looking forward to this movie.
In fact, it doesn't mean that there hasn't been any news about "Su Yuan" in China before. At least, many people know what type of movie it is.
The subject matter of "Suwon" may not seem like much in foreign countries, but in our country, it is an unprecedented first time!
In addition, although this movie is low-key, and although it is a reality-themed film, it cannot withstand the unprecedentedly strong lineup, and it is a new film by dog director Li Yi. For this reason, so many people come from far away just to have a sneak peek.
Because this movie passed the Cannes Film Festival, God knows how long it will take before it is officially released.
Of course, those who can travel to Cannes, especially during the film festival, are either reporters sent by the company or movie fans with a small fortune.
For example, Liu Fei and Chen Jingning.
For example, Lu Xinguang and Chu Xixi.
For example, Li Yi's old acquaintance, Penguin reporter Li Wen, Film Weekly reporter Zhou Qingquan, etc.
"I didn't expect Director Dog to have such a strong appeal here in Cannes?" Liu Fei looked at the packed screening hall. Although many of them were domestic faces, more of them were foreign faces.
It's quite emotional.
"Is this normal? I heard that "Su Yuan" made an exception at Cannes, and not long after Li Yigang won the Oscar for Best Picture, the lead actor Chen Wen is also the best actor at Cannes. Is it strange that so many people came?" Chen Jingning
Not that I take it seriously.
The fact is just as Chen Jingning said.
"This movie hasn't been promoted in China yet. I just know it's about a minor being sexually assaulted. I don't know what the style is?" Liu Fei said curiously.
"It should be more depressing, right? The subject matter is so sensitive, and it premiered directly in Cannes. It's obviously for the awards. I guess it will be different from Director Li's previous style." Chen Jingning guessed.
At this time, the movie officially started showing.
The screening room suddenly became quiet.
All eyes are focused on the big screen.
"Sowon" is definitely a special one even among reality-themed films.
Because this movie tells this story from the softest perspective!
The beginning of the film is still the iconic subtitle "Director Li Yi's work" that makes people familiar with Li Yi smile knowingly!
Amidst the soft and soothing background music, what appeared on the big screen was a figure floating in the wind, flying in the wind.
The camera followed the kite to Suyuan's home.
There is nothing much to say in the opening part, it just explains the character background of the movie.
Suyuan is a beautiful and ordinary little girl who is in elementary school. She lives with her parents at home on the corner of the street.
The family runs a grocery store named after her, Suyuan. Her mother is busy day and night as the proprietress, and her father does heavy work in the factory.
In short, this is a happy family although not rich.
Although not rich, everyone is doing their best to play their role.
Suyuan is well-behaved and sensible. Her father does heavy physical work in the factory to support the family. Since the family is not wealthy, her mother has been living a careful budget.
Suyuan's mother is pregnant again, but this is not a very happy thing for a family that is not originally wealthy.
According to Suyuan's mother, if one of them is so tired, how can they support two?
In the classroom, Suyuan looked out the window at the kites flying in the wind, with a smile on her face, looking so innocent and cute.
Suyuan also has a playmate, Han Xiaorong, the son of her father's good friend and boss, the factory director.
The interaction between the children seems childish, but interesting.
Although the family of three occasionally bickers, it is full of warmth and life.
In the morning, Suyuan watched TV and sang songs from the cartoon Coconut, but she was worried that her mother had forgotten to tie her hair again.
The hair my father tied was ugly and painful.
In the end, she had no choice but to use a hairpin to hold her hair in place while complaining.
The weather was unfavorable and it started to rain. Due to Suyuan's problem with tying her hair, it was too late and all the other classmates had already left.
Dad went to the store to look for an umbrella, and vaguely saw a figure outside the window. When he raised his head and went out to look, he only saw a rolling wine bottle.
Audiences who knew the subject matter of this movie couldn't help but become a little nervous.
Especially when her mother chased Suyuan out to take her to the school gate, but she was rejected by Suyuan, that bad premonition filled the hearts of the audience even more.
Suyuan's mother told Suyuan to take the main road. Suyuan was very obedient. She didn't take the path closer to the school several times when she saw it.
Just because of this, she was later than other classmates...
At this time, a dirty man was staring at Suyuan who was walking by the road. Suyuan was walking around the corner and was stopped by a big man who was soaked in the rain. Suyuan looked at the school in front of her and said that she was about to be late.
, no one knew that this was the last time Suyuan saw the school. The big man lied about borrowing an umbrella to hide from the rain... and approached Suyuan step by step...
Although there was no scene of the beastly act in the camera, the broken umbrella, pens and school supplies scattered on the floor, the blood-stained bunny doll, and... the bruised Suyuan made countless people laugh.
Everyone couldn’t help but cover their mouths!
Everyone understands what happened!
Suyuan, who was injured and bruised, chose to call the police afterwards. The police quickly arrived and sent Suyuan to the nearest hospital. After receiving the notice from the police, Suyuan's parents came to the hospital and listened to the doctor talking about Suyuan's injuries.
Affection.
They simply can't imagine it and don't want to believe it is true.
One moment, I was fine and going to school happily, and the next moment...
The moment her mother saw Suyuan, she fainted with sadness. On the seat outside the operating room, her mother kept feeling guilty and blaming herself. If she hadn't let her daughter take that road, wouldn't things have happened?
But there is no if.
Similarly, when everyone looked at the child lying on the hospital bed, beaten and bruised all over, and it was almost impossible to tell that this was the cute and strong child from before, many people couldn't help but have red eyes.
