Besides Adrien Brody, He Xin saw another embarrassment in the venue. But this embarrassment was much more frustrated than Adrien Brody.
But in this palace where heroes are judged by their talents, the latter is obviously much more popular than the former. I saw him holding a slender and elegant woman who was half a head taller than him, wearing an ink-style dress, and kept coming with him.
The filmmakers who greeted him nodded, sometimes stopped to listen, sometimes smiled and communicated.
Yes, this is Director Jia, the director of "Ren Xiaoyao", the only Chinese film shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's film festival, and his heroine Zhao Tao.
In his previous life, He Xin had never seen any of Chief Jia's movies. It was only later in a movie called "The End of Time" that more than a dozen assistant directors worked on that he got to know the second uncle who had a guest appearance in it.
The role of Chief Jia.
Since his rebirth, He Xin, who has entered this circle and is famous for his art films, naturally wants to study the works of the famous Chief Jia.
The two films "Xiao Wu" and "Platform", as well as the currently shortlisted "Ren Xiaoyao", were later called Chief Jia's "Hometown Trilogy" of films.
He watched it from beginning to end with great patience. If he could use one word to describe these two movies, it would be "boring"; two words, "long and boring"; three words, "grey and overbearing".
"Long and boring".
The pictures were rough, with endless long shots, and no technical skills at all. And after watching these two films, he realized that this kind of film was banned by Mao, because he couldn't see anything in these two films.
hope.
What is a movie? It is art. At the same time, it should actively guide the audience to establish correct values in life, rather than the other way around.
Maybe foreigners are accustomed to the exquisite pictures and the dazzling skills used in various lenses, so they favor this kind of movie, which they call "original". Or maybe foreigners prefer to see a movie that is always in darkness, without anything.
Any hope for China.
The so-called sixth generation directors all have their own complexes, such as Chief Jia’s hometown complex, Wang Xiaoshuai’s third-line plot, Lou Ye’s Shanghai plot, etc.
Maybe there are some outrageous things in their movies, but at least there is a theme. Wang Xiaoshuai's movies always leave people with a glimmer of hope; Lou Ye's movies always revolve around love, and in Chief Jia's "
In "Xiao Wu" and "Platform", you can't find a clear theme.
However, one thing that has to be embarrassing about this film festival is that the big names that the domestic media had high hopes for before, such as "With You" by Kai Ye, the former winner of the Palme d'Or, and "Grange", which has been honed for ten years
"Spring in a Small Town" and so on, but it's a pity that they didn't care, and they didn't even squeeze in a screening unit. But this gangster took the lead and watched helplessly as they put their arms around beautiful women and showed off their power.
In fact, there is also a Chinese-language film in the main competition, which tells a Chinese story and stars domestic actors, but it is titled as a French film, which makes people even more helpless.
"The Little Seamstress" is scheduled to premiere on the afternoon of the second day after the opening ceremony.
It’s just that God was not kind. The next morning, the sky was gray and it started to rain lightly. May is the rainy season, and the rare good weather for yesterday’s opening ceremony was a blessing from God.
Maybe the jet lag has not completely reversed yet. He Xin woke up very early in the morning and was bored sitting in the room. He simply held an umbrella and went to the beach for a walk. The wind and waves on the beach were obviously much stronger than yesterday. He looked into the distance.
It was so gray, as if the sky and the sea were connected together.
Due to the weather, the streets rarely become a little depressed. Breathing the cool sea breeze and breathing the humid air, He Xin thinks of his hometown in his previous life. In April and May every year, the small county town in his hometown is also like this. The only
The difference is probably that there are not so many palm trees on the beach.
All traces of his previous life in that small county town were gone. Thinking about the hard life in his previous life, and then looking at himself now, he would always feel like he was in a dream.
Whenever a person expresses his emotions quietly like this, He Xin's mood will become very good. As the saying goes, recall the past and cherish the present.
During the premiere in the afternoon, he was dressed in a straight dress, standing next to director Dai Sijie like a human, with a warm smile on his face, and he nodded and greeted almost every audience member who entered the theater.
Zhou Xun, who was standing next to him, finally couldn't help but touch his arm and asked in a low voice: "What good thing happened today? Why are you so happy?"
The guy turned around and smiled at her, saying, "Because I like rainy days!"
Wow! What a literary and artistic sentence!
Unfortunately, Brother Xun couldn't get it at all. He rolled his eyes and muttered: "It's inexplicable!"
In contrast, both producer Lisa and director Dai Sijie acted very calmly.
"The Little Seamstress" is not a movie that appeared out of thin air. It already had a strong reader base in France, so it premiered in the largest hall of the Cinema Palace with 1,000 people, and it was no surprise that it was full in the end.
Before the screening, the main creative team came on stage as usual. The host was a handsome French guy. He introduced each one one by one. When He Xin was introduced, I didn’t know what the French guy said, and there was a sudden commotion at the scene.
, and then I heard someone in the audience shouting: "Rotten fish, rotten fish..."
Rotten fish?
Fortunately, he immediately realized that it was Lan Yu.
He was flattered and waved to the audience, but at the same time he was still wondering, when did he become so famous in France?
Seeing his surprised look, Dai Sijie tilted his head and whispered to him with a smile: "Don't you know, when "Lan Yu" premiered here last year, it was very sensational. And France has a dedicated art theater chain,
Popular literary and artistic films like this are all shown for a long time. Maybe some of the audience here today have just watched "Lan Yu" last night."
When Zhou Xun was introduced, there was a round of warm applause. Although Paris Best Actress is not an international A-level award, it is the French's own award after all, and the audience still gave Brother Xun a lot of face.
After the introduction, Dai Sijie said a few words briefly, and then there was an interview with reporters. Among them, a white girl wearing glasses chatted a lot. Dai Sijie helped translate it, which meant that he is now better than "Lan Yu"
He is much stronger in "The Little Tailor". Ask him if he is the same as in "The Little Tailor".
He Xin guessed that the girl meant that he was fat rather than strong. Maybe it was because Lao Dai was taking care of his face and did it deliberately.
"My character in "The Little Seamstress" is still very thin. If you have read the novel, you will know that it was an era when there was not enough to eat. As for my current image, it is the needs of the character in another work."
The girl then asked: "Can we see your new work?"
He smiled and replied: "It's unlikely, because it's a TV series."
The girl's expression was obviously a little disappointed, and she added, "I still think your thin figure in "Lan Yu" looks sexy."
"Then you won't be disappointed."
He originally wanted to say that you will be able to see it next year. Before "Purple Butterfly" was filmed, French film producers had already bought out the overseas market and it would definitely be released in France. But then he thought about it, after all, it is the premiere of "The Little Seamstress"
, it’s hard to say much.
The interviews before the screening were very brief, and reporters would leave more questions after watching the movie.
As everyone took their seats, the lights went out and the show officially started.
Just like the last time in Berlin, it was the first time to watch the premiere of his work at a film festival. He Xin was quite excited. Chen Kun and Zhou Xun beside him also looked eager.
The beginning of the film is a long shot of a majestic mountain, and then a slender stone path winds up. Long music is accompanied by the chants of the mountain workers. The camera slowly zooms in to see He Xin and Chen Kun.
People were carrying luggage on their backs and carrying net bags for basins and cups, making jingling noises, and were walking in an awkward shape on the mountain road.
Then the camera turned, and the two of them were standing in the center of the cabin, with all their luggage opened. The villagers were surrounding them, and the captain played by Wang Shuangbao was checking their luggage with a serious face.
When the captain threw Luo Ming's recipe into the fire pit, and then wanted to burn Ma Jianling's violin, there was a commotion. But then the captain and the villagers looked very curious when they saw the alarm clock for the first time.
.
"boom!"
The whole audience burst into laughter.
But this laughter made He Xin very uncomfortable.
This cannot be blamed on Dai Sijie, he just presented the situation he had personally experienced. Just like when I saw that the people in the primitive tribes in Africa were full of unknowns about modern life, and the childish behavior they showed would make themselves
It makes you laugh, but if you are laughed at by others for your backwardness, you will definitely feel unhappy, because this is human nature.
Until the crowd dispersed, He Xin's dull face and eyes full of fear for the future appeared on the screen and said:
"Just thinking about staying in this mountain for the rest of my life gives me chills down my spine."
The entire audience fell silent, and the movie returned to its original rhythm.
When Luo Ming and Ma Jianling stole a box of foreign novels from Siyan, they heard the names of novels that were very familiar to French people, such as "Madame Bovary", "Usure Miloë", "Orange Goriot"
"Waiting, the audience's emotions were aroused again.
Just like when Chinese audiences see the people of a certain United States flocking to the literary works of our great writers Zhou Shuren, Zhou Hexuan and other literary works, they feel the same sense of pride.
Then there is the eternal theme of love. Luo Ming's passionate love for the little tailor, Ma Jianling's implicit love, and Balzac's novels are intertwined with each other.
Although "The Little Tailor" shows that crazy era, the overall style is fresh and unique. The whole movie is filled with beautiful scenery, filled with past years that cannot be looked back, filled with youth, love, desire, moisture, confusion, passion...
Brother Xun was emotional and had tears in his eyes; Chen Kun, like an ordinary audience member, was sometimes excited and sometimes depressed as the plot unfolded. He Xin also watched it very seriously. He paid more attention to his own performance and was very pleased with the result.
If he felt that he was still a little green in "Lan Yu", then in this film he felt that his performance was natural and smooth, his emotions were just right, and he had an obvious mark of maturity.
The film, which lasted less than two hours, was finished very quickly.
The screen gradually dimmed and the lights came back on. There was an eerie silence in the auditorium, and the air seemed to stand still for a moment, but then, as if they had made an appointment, the entire audience stood up one after another.
"Hua Hua Hua..."
Immediately afterwards, the applause was like thunder, warm and long.
They thanked this movie and this story from the bottom of their hearts.
Dai Sijie is wiping tears.
Chen Kun's voice became choked.
Brother Xun burst into tears.
The original discomfort in He Xin's heart was relieved by the applause at this moment.
There was an error in the last chapter. Chen Kun had acted in "Pink Lady" and he should be very familiar with Milk Tea. It is impossible that this was the first time they met in Cannes. It has been corrected. Thank you for the "really unpleasant" reminder.