Just a few days after He Xin returned from Hong Kong, the 55th Cannes International Film Festival in France announced on its official website the twenty-two films shortlisted for the main competition unit.
"Balzac and the Little Seamstress", which represents France, is among them.
In the original time and space, this movie was only shortlisted for the Un Certain Regard category, but here in order to increase the aura of the protagonist, the author specifically excluded a British movie and brought "The Little Seamstress" to a higher level.
Once the shortlist was announced, public opinion was in an uproar because there were a record six French films in the shortlist, which accounted for almost one-third.
The rest include three American films, two British films, and one each from Italy, Belgium, Russia, Portugal, Canada, and Israel.
Israel is considered a European country, and its football team always participates in the European Championships and never in the Asian Cup.
There are not many Asian films shortlisted, only four, one each from China, South Korea, Pakistan and Iran.
China’s finalist is Chief Jia’s “Ren Xiaoyao”.
Speaking of which, the film censorship system in Iran is much stricter than that in China! But their films are frequent visitors to the three major festivals in Europe, and their films have all been censored domestically. There is no such thing as
Underground film.
Therefore, some directors in our country often complain about the censorship system, saying that the censorship system stifles their inspiration, limits their performance, and other complaints, and they never examine themselves.
But after watching these Iranian movies, you will find that this complaint is pure nonsense. It is obviously because your level is not enough!
You can’t blame the toilet for constipation, right?
"I understand, thank you, Director Dai!"
On the set of "Conquest", He Xin had just hung up the phone, and Uncle Gao Qun quickly asked: "Has the trip to France been decided?"
He Xin smiled wryly and nodded: "It's decided, we'll leave on the 14th next month, and we may not be back until the 28th."
"..."
Uncle Gao Qun was speechless. Counting on his fingers, today was already April 27th, and there were only 16 days until the full shooting was completed. According to the current progress, the filming would definitely not be completed, so we could only wait for He Xin to come back on the 28th before continuing the filming.
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Century Hotel.
He Xin was half lying on the bed with his girlfriend in his arms. Every time at this time, he would feel a sense of worthiness to live in this world again.
"Where can I buy the house?"
"Huh, you only know how to care about this now?" Cheng Hao, immersed in the afterglow, lazily opened his eyes, pouted and said dissatisfiedly.
He Xin didn't explain either. Based on the experience of his previous life and the actual situation of getting along with his girlfriend now, he concluded that some things may seem trivial, but the more you explain them, the more entangled they become, and other incidents may occur as a result.
Small things can become big things.
So sometimes silence, no explanation, and changing the topic are the wisest choices.
He tightened his arms around his girlfriend, lowered his head and kissed her on the face, as if he hadn't heard anything, and then asked: "Existing house or off-plan house?"
Cheng Hao couldn't help but rolled his eyes, but he still answered honestly: "The existing house is just over there at the Cultural Park. When I came over, my mother had already started to decorate the house."
Although He Xin stayed in Qingdao for about ten days during the Chinese New Year, he had no idea where the cultural park was.
Seeing that he remained silent, Cheng Hao explained: "It's right by the Haibo River, and there's a traditional Chinese medicine hospital next to it."
"..."
"Oops! Diagonally across from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital is the vegetable market!"
"oh!"
He Xin suddenly realized it and said hurriedly: "It's a good place. It's convenient to buy groceries and see a doctor."
"When I was choosing a house, I was interested in this one. There is a cultural park behind the community. It has a good environment and is convenient for my dad to exercise."
"Very good! How big did you buy?"
"Big set, just over one hundred square meters."
As he spoke, Cheng Hao couldn't help but frown and said: "The price of houses in Qingdao has also risen sharply in the past two years. When I first entered college, it was only over two thousand, and now it is three thousand five thousand."
"Yes, it has risen quite dramatically." He Xin also nodded seriously, but secretly muttered in his heart: Girl, you have never seen the madness of later generations. The house prices have doubled and risen.
!
He has now bought the house in Tuanjie Lake. Sister Hong helped him cut it down to 380,000, with half the tax and fees. Although he borrowed more than 200,000 from the bank, he has no worries about this loan at all.
The rent is sufficient to cover the monthly repayments.
"Hey, why do you think Director Gao asked me to play a guest role like that?"
In the evening, Lao Gao made a big show of greeting Cheng Hao who came to visit the class. At the dinner table, the guy suddenly proposed that Cheng Hao play a guest role in the play. He said it was very simple, just one scene without any lines.
In this case, Cheng Hao could only nod in agreement. Later, she found out that the guest role she played was actually Tang Wei's girlfriend. When she returned to the hotel, she was still aggrieved.
"I can't find anyone."
He Xin looked indifferent. When he watched "Conquest" in his previous life, he didn't remember such a scene. It might have been edited in the later stages.
"But I always feel quite awkward. If I had known that I would be asked to play a guest role like this, I would definitely not have agreed." After saying that, Cheng Hao even pinched her boyfriend and said bitterly: "It's all your fault, I didn't know how to remind you.
Give me a break!"
He Xin quickly yelled at Qu: "I didn't know that Lao Gao would suddenly bring it up. Besides, I didn't know that he would let you guest star in this role!"
As he said that, he patted his girlfriend on the back and comforted him: "It's just a shot, very simple, just a hug at most. In the afternoon, didn't you hug Tangtang?"
Cheng Hao still frowned and said, "How can it be the same? It was a hug from a friend before, but that kind of hug... I feel uncomfortable anyway."
"My dear classmate Cheng, I'm going to criticize you for this. There are no big or small roles, no distinctions between high and low. If you feel uncomfortable, how can you be a qualified actor?"
"Oh, I almost forgot, you stole the show with this kind of role! Hey, tell me, how did you act at that time?"
"It's very simple, just treat the other person as a woman." This guy said matter-of-factly.
"Then tell me more about the details when you and Hu Jun were acting! I remember you two were still doing that... ugh, how disgusting!"
"What's so disgusting? Lu Fang was right next to me when we were filming, and she didn't say anything."
"Ah? So you were seen by Sister Lu Fang?"
"Of course not. I mean shooting daily scenes, and Sister Lu Fang is watching from the side."
This guy didn't dare to say that when he and Hu Jun were filming that scene, the set wasn't even cleared, and the female recorder of the crew was nearby. Not to mention that when filming this scene, Lao Guan was afraid that he wouldn't be able to let go.
, I talked to him for a long time, but as soon as Lao Guan finished speaking, this guy took off his clothes readily, without any psychological burden at all.
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Cheng Hao, Tang Wei, and Jiang Shan are all alumni of China National Theater Academy. Although Cheng Hao and Tang Wei are the same age, and even have a birthday two months younger than Tang Wei, she is three years older than Tang Wei, so Tang Tang still has to address her respectfully:
"Sister!"
When facing Jiang Shan, a senior sister from the Class of 1987 who was once famous all over the country, one has to respectfully shout: "Teacher Jiang!"
"No, you should just call me Sister Shan like Xiao He."
Although it was their first meeting, Jiang Shan held Cheng Hao's hand enthusiastically and said with a smile: "I watched your performance in "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog". When the Dong girl you played came out, I
I was just wondering who this girl is? She is so beautiful and she can act so well!"
Cheng Hao was so embarrassed by Jiang Shan's praise that he hurriedly said: "Sister Shan, you're so grateful!"
"Where are you!" Jiang Shan said, looking at He Xinda: "Our Xiao He still has good taste, no wonder he often mentions you in front of me!"
Jiang Shan went back to the capital to see her children yesterday and just arrived in the afternoon. After finishing filming tonight's scene, her role has been completed. The crew specially prepared flowers and cakes for her to celebrate after filming.
This is a play between three women. Li Li was frightened when she learned that Liu Huaqiang had killed Wu Tian, and quickly went to inform Fan Dong, another eldest brother on the road who had a grudge against Liu Huaqiang.
Ya Nan, played by Tang Wei, is Fan Dong's wife. Li Li didn't find Fan Dong, so she told Ya Nan about the situation, but unexpectedly found that Ya Nan was with a beautiful woman.
Then Li Li warned Yanan very seriously not to let Fan Dong know, otherwise she would not be able to reap the consequences. From this, Yanan came up with the idea of finding someone to hack Li Dong to death and frame the blame on Liu Huaqiang.
The vicious woman played by Tang Wei has a role in almost one episode of the play. This girl is very excited and serious, and has been preparing for this for a long time.
Cheng Hao is a temporary guest star, with no lines in the whole process. His appearance in the camera is mainly to let Li Li find out about Yanan's coming out.
I have to say that Lao Gao is quite trendy and actually designed such a bridge.
But during the rehearsal process before filming started, He Xin couldn't help but frown as he watched.
Although Cheng Hao was just a temporary guest appearance, he didn't want his girlfriend's performance to be too bad. During the rehearsal, Tang Wei hugged Cheng Hao while talking to Jiang Shan, which seemed too deliberate.
He couldn't help but interrupt: "Tangtang, don't hug me. The relationship between you should be secretive and ambiguous. You may be very affectionate in private, but you still have to avoid it in front of outsiders."
As he spoke, he mused: "In this way, you two sit normally, but you have to make eye contact, that kind of look... uh, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, you should understand, and then it's best to
Add some small movements, such as hooking your fingers, and it is through your eyes and small movements that Sister Shan discovers the relationship between you."
After saying that, he turned to Uncle Gao Qun and said, "Director, what do you think?"
Lao Gao actually didn't understand much about this. When he heard He Xin's words just now, his eyes suddenly lit up and he hurriedly said: "Okay, what you said is good, let's rearrange it according to this."
Jiang Shan's performance remained unchanged. Tang Wei and Cheng Hao were obviously smart girls. They quickly understood what he meant and performed well during rehearsals.
Especially Cheng Hao, who has far more experience in filming than Tang Wei, and can draw inferences from one instance to another. Sitting next to Tang Wei, except for his affectionate eyes and flirtatious fingers, when he heard Li Li mention the name Fan Dong
When doing so, she also showed a hint of disdain and disgust, which is very consistent with a lesbian's dislike of men, especially her love rivals.
"Okay! Passed!"
This scene was much better than what Uncle Gao Qun had imagined. After the filming was completed smoothly, Lao Gao was very happy and even laughed at He Xin: "You can become a director!"
"I can't be a director."
Compared with actors, directors have a higher threshold. Aesthetics and technology can determine the upper limit of a director.
For example, Uncle Gao Qun, he became a monk halfway, and his development was obviously limited by the lack of technology in later generations. The reason why "The Wind" was successful was that it was co-directed by Chen Guofu and him. The interrogation room scenes clearly have
Chen Guofu's style.
However, "Western Wind" directed by Lao Gao alone is much worse in terms of lens language.
He Xin is not as ambitious as the big golden retriever next door. He has always thought about becoming a director. An An has been an actor before and has gained both fame and fortune. Isn't that great?