Cannes, as a famous tourist resort city, does not have a large urban area. In fact, among European cities, with the exception of very large cities such as London, Paris, and Berlin, other cities cannot compare with domestic scale in terms of scale, with hundreds of thousands
The population is already considered a big city.
There is a main road several kilometers long from north to south in Cannes, but the busiest places are concentrated in the coastal area. The entire urban area is a bit like a shovel. The main road is a handle. In addition to the shops on both sides of the street, if it extends out, there are residents.
area and various holiday villas.
The Shovel part is concentrated with large and small hotels, shops, restaurants and cinemas. Of course, as the main venue of the city's most distinctive film festival, the Festival Palace is in the most prime location of the city.
It's like the tip of a shovel in the center, with the beach on one side and the yacht area on the other.
The wide and clean promenade stretches on both sides, with beaches and bays on one side and elegant hotels on the other. Most of the hotels are ancient buildings from the last century, but there are also very modern buildings. The green belt in the middle of the promenade is full of flowers and tall palm trees.
Come alive under the bright Mediterranean sun.
He Xin and Chen Kun must make a pilgrimage to the Movie Palace first. There are twenty-five cinemas and screening rooms in the entire Movie Palace. The large auditorium that can accommodate 1,000 people is being arranged nervously because the opening ceremony will be held the next day.
Other cinemas range from as small as 35 seats to as large as 300 people in the atrium.
In order to attract tourists, there is also an official souvenir shop and a casino in the movie palace. The two of them went in to visit out of curiosity, and it was very lively inside. Fortunately, they were not gamblers like Wang Banbi and Yan Wang, they were just watching.
The flower came out after looking around.
Afterwards, the two took a boat trip to the famous Sainte-Marguerite Island. It was once a famous military fortress in France, but the most attractive thing for tourists is that it was the prison where the legendary Man in the Iron Mask was held, and it still looks like a model.
Get a decent prison cell for the Iron Masked Man.
He Xin especially loved watching the movie "The Man in the Iron Mask" in his previous life. It was through this movie that he got to know Louis XIV, Louis Philippe, D'Artagnan and Fouquet and other famous figures in French history.
Later, DiCaprio also made a version of "The Man in the Iron Mask", but when He Xin saw it, he felt that the picture was too delicate and not as good-looking as the 1977 version.
Having Chen Kun by my side who can speak a little bit of simple English and simple French makes it much more convenient whether it is for fun or shopping.
Chen Kun is also a little confused. Why does this guy like to buy things like women? Cannes Film Festival commemorative hats, wallets, France's unique Grasse perfume, and various colorful bags that reflect the city's logo.
Cicada, this guy bought a lot of them and said he was taking them back to give away.
What's even weirder is that Chen Kun saw that he also bought condiments such as thyme and rosemary.
Chen Kun couldn't help but asked strangely: "Why did you buy these?"
"Take it back to stew the meat!"
"There are so many of these in the vegetable market, why do you still buy them here?"
"Well, it's made in France after all. Go back and try it to see if there's any difference."
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On the 15th, at 7 pm, the 55th Cannes Film Festival opened.
Zhou Xun and Chen Kun's manager Li Xiaowan, who came with them, were very nervous. After lunch that day, Zhou Xunti sneaked into the room and started styling and trying on dresses.
Li Xiaowan is well-known in the industry. He Xin, one of Rong Xingda's two bosses, met her for the first time when departing from the Capital Airport.
Although she was very enthusiastic at the time, the first impression is really important. He Xin didn't like this person very much from the beginning. He felt that his eyes were too sharp and he looked very strong. He was very different from his manager Chang Ji.
Hong's gentle and kind face are simply two extremes.
Of course, this may just be his personal feeling, but the rejection in his heart still made him only remain superficially polite to Li Xiaowan.
Although the hotel where he stayed was only a ten-minute walk from the Cinema Palace, Dai Sijie, who was dressed in fine clothes, brought a Citroën business car with him when he came over.
Think about it, you can't walk down the street in a dress or hail a taxi.
Although He Xin was no longer a rookie walking on the red carpet for the first time, when they arrived at the scene, they were still shocked by the scene in front of them.
There are cheering fans on both sides of the long red carpet, strong and serious security guards, and reporters armed with guns and cannons. Apart from these, the biggest difference from the red carpets of other film festivals or award ceremonies is that apart from the fans,
Including the reporters who took photos and the security guards who maintained order, everyone was wearing formal suits and small bow ties, giving them a strong sense of high-end.
As the creator of the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival has always been the strongest in inheriting and protecting red carpet culture. All guests attending the opening ceremony and reporters taking photos must be in formal attire.
No wonder some people say: "The most important film festival in the world has always been Cannes. It can even be said that it is more important than all the film festivals in the world combined!"
As a direct descendant of Cannes, the red carpet sequence arranged by the crew of "The Little Seamstress" is relatively high, just behind the opening film "Hollywood Ending" after the jury appearance and another French film "The Pianist".
When David Lynch, chairman of this year's jury, held hands with the only Chinese judge Yang Ziqiong, and held hands with Christine Hakim, an actor who has served as a judge at the Cannes Film Festival many times and is known as Indonesia's national treasure, and other judges
When the members walked to the red carpet, there was a sudden flash of light, accompanied by cheers from fans.
This year's jury is very qualified. Apart from winning the Palme d'Or with "Wild at Heart" in 1990, almost all the works have been shortlisted by the jury presidents of the main competition units of the three major European festivals.
Not to mention David Lynch, the judges also include Danish director Billy August, who has won the Palme d'Or twice, and Chilean director Raoul Reese, who has been shortlisted for the main competition in Cannes three times.
The only two judges with relatively junior qualifications are probably Chinese-American judge Yang Ziqiong, and Hollywood movie star Sharon Stone, who was shortlisted for the Cannes main competition ten years ago with "Basic Instinct".
Although fans called Sharon Stone's name the most when the jury members walked on the red carpet, in the ten years since "Basic Instinct", the Hollywood actress has not had many outstanding performances, and her career has
It was also inevitable that she began to enter a trough. Even though she was holding her head high on the red carpet, she still seemed to be arrogant.
"Hey, the woman next to Woody Allen is Chinese? Ugh - why is she so ugly!" Zhou Xun suddenly whispered.
He Xin and Chen Kun, who were whispering comments to Sharon Stone, the former sexy goddess who was now showing her age, heard the sound and looked toward the red carpet.
Sure enough, the crew of this year's opening film "Hollywood Ending" had just stepped onto the red carpet. In addition to a white lady, there was an Asian face accompanying Woody Allen. As Zhou Xun complained,
The young Asian woman was indeed extremely ugly, with a flat face, a nose that was almost flat, and her entire face looked sunken, as if she had been stepped on by a cow.
"This woman is not Chinese, she is Korean, her name is Soon Yi, and she is the adopted daughter of Woody Allen." Chen Kun, who is quite knowledgeable, explained it to Zhou Xun.
"She turns out to be an adopted daughter, no wonder they are so close!"
He Xin didn't pay attention at first, but Zhou Xun's unintentional words suddenly reminded him of a scandal about Woody Allen that he had seen on the Internet in later generations, saying that the reason why he divorced his wife was because he had an affair with his adopted daughter.
Ran, and later actually married his adopted daughter.
Could it be this one?
If it was really this person, he had to admire how strong the old man's taste was!
The reason why this year's film festival selected Woody Allen's new film "Hollywood Ending" as the opening film was because at the press conference before the opening ceremony, the organizer said that this was to express respect for the 67-year-old outstanding director.
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But at this time, no one might have thought that this 67-year-old outstanding director would be exposed to the scandal of cheating on his stepdaughter a few years later, and he was even still making movies at the age of eighty. He is indeed getting stronger with age!
"Axin!"
"Sister Ruoying!"
He Xin heard a familiar voice, turned around quickly, and saw Milk Tea in a white dress standing between two men, one tall and one short.
'"Sir Liang!"
He knew the tall man, Liang Jiahui, who was the presenter for Best Actor at the Academy Awards.
"Hello, Mr. He!"
"No, no, no, sir, just call me Ah Xin!" He Xin said hurriedly.
"Then Ah Xin, you can also call me Jiahui!"
Liang Jiahui smiled and shook hands with him.
This person is definitely the best Mandarin speaker among all the Hong Kong people He Xin knows. I think he came to the mainland to film movies 20 years ago. It is said that he lives in Tuanjie Lake and rides his bicycle to the Forbidden City every morning to film movies.
He acted as emperor while sitting on a real dragon chair. Later, the so-called emperor professionals, such as Zhang Guoli, Tie Lin and others, did not have the same treatment as him, and they all sat on fake dragon chairs.
"This is Director Chen Guofu." Milk Tea then introduced him to the short man wearing glasses next to him.
Upon hearing this, He Xin immediately shook Chen Guofu's hand excitedly and said, "So you are Director Chen. Nice to meet you! Nice to meet you!"
As he spoke, this guy couldn't help but look back at Zhou Xun. In his previous life, he knew that Chen Guofu's name came from the movie "The Wind" that left a particularly deep impression on him.
"Oh, hello, Mr. He."
Chen Guofu was obviously a little surprised. Although the other party was young, he was still the Golden Horse Best Actor after all, and the works he starred in were all shortlisted for the main competition section of Cannes. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be such an exaggeration.
"Director Chen, I saw your "Marriage Notice" and it was really well shot!" He Xin added.
This time he was not lying. When he went to Wanwan to attend the Golden Horse Awards last time, he had heard Guan Jinpeng talk about this movie, and later even sent him a DVD of the movie.
After watching it, he finally understood how Feng Xiaogang's later film "If You Are the One" came about?
"Marriage Notice" depicts all kinds of life of men in Taiwan from a female perspective, while "If You Are the One" just changes the female perspective into the male perspective of Qin Fen, played by Ge You, to look at various types of contemporary mainland China.
female.
The plot is basically the same, but considering that "The Wind" was produced by Huayi, and Chen Guofu is one of the directors, it is not surprising that Feng Xiaogang made "If You Are the One".
One more thing, it was with "The Proposal" that Milk Tea was crowned the Best Actress at the Asia Pacific Film Festival.
Only then did Chen Guofu realize that he was not a prolific director. Together with "Two Eyes", which participated in the Cannes Film Festival screening section this time, he had only made four films in total.
At this time, a Golden Horse Award winner could view his own work with the attitude of a fan. Of course he was very happy, and immediately started a commercial exchange, saying: "Mr. He, thank you for your award. Your performance in "Lan Yu" was also very exciting. I
I was very touched when I saw it.”
At this time, Zhou Xun and Chen Kun also came over to say hello. They both knew Chen Guofu. After Zhou Xun introduced him to Chen Guofu's other identity, He Xin found out that Chen Guofu was also the production director of Columbia Pictures Asia, responsible for
Development and production of Chinese-language films.
Of course Zhou Xun also knew Liang Jiahui, but it was his first meeting with Milk Tea, while Chen Kun only knew Chen Guofu, and it was his first time meeting both Liang Jiahui and Milk Tea.
While everyone was saying hello, Milk Tea quietly asked about Cheng Hao's current situation.
"She is currently filming ancient puppets." He Xin said.
"Guwu?" Milk Tea obviously didn't understand this new term in his mouth.
"Oh, it's a costume idol drama." He explained hurriedly.
"Pfft!"
Milk Tea couldn't help but laugh and said: "A Xin, I see you are getting more and more funny now!"
The two of them had just chatted for a few words when they heard Dai Sijie, who was relatively cold and reserved and did not come over to say hello, shout: "It's our turn to play."
He Xin looked up and saw that the crew of "The Pianist" had almost reached the center of the red carpet. The embarrassing actor put his hands in his trouser pockets and turned around 360 degrees in a stylish way for reporters to take pictures.
They quickly apologized to the three of them and hurried over.
Then Zhou Xun held Director Dai's arm in the middle, with He Xin and Chen Kun on both sides, and finally walked onto the Cannes red carpet, which was filled with glittering lights and glitz.