Chapter 878 Closing Ceremony of Film Festival

Wednesday, May 27th.

As a seaside city in France, in this early summer season, Cannes is always indispensable for beaches, beauties and romantic things.

With Zhang Guorong's handsomeness, his nightlife during this period was very colorful, and he would change to a girl brought back from the beach almost every two or three days.

This made Zhou Runfa, who had already cultivated his mind and nature, look a little envious.

It's just that, although Leslie Cheung would pick up girls from time to time, his level of concern for "Prison", which he and others starred in, was no less than that of Zhou Runfa, and second only to Lin Lingdong.

After Lin Lingdong came to Cannes, his life was basically two points and one line.

After breakfast early in the morning, we went from the hotel to the venue, to our own movie screening venue, and then stayed there until the movie ended, and then returned to the hotel to rest.

Then the next day the same life as yesterday is repeated.

As one of the films in the main competition section of this year's Cannes Film Festival, and because Disney and United Artists Films have acquaintances here, "Prison" is a film that occupies a small screening hall that can accommodate about 100 people. People around.

Yin Jun is a person who is willing to spend money. After Lin Lingdong and the others went to Cannes, there were all kinds of small advertisements and posters printed here.

Anyway, there are a lot of Chinese here. Each person gets some money, and Zhang Guorong or Zhou Runfa can take photos and sign autographs with them. They are content to help distribute small advertisements there all day long. Their seriousness and dedication are completely professional. There's no way to compare.

With such a publicity, and when people look at it, they think, oh, this is a recommended movie in the main competition, let’s go and see it!

The Cannes Film Festival does not sell tickets. In the past, professionals were usually invited to watch.

But after holding it for decades, they suddenly realized that this was not going to work. There were only so many professionals, and together they could not fill up a few screening rooms. There were only a few or a dozen in this screening room. What was that like? ?

So later on, the Cannes Film Festival had two methods.

One is to screen previous award-winning classic movies at the Beach Film Festival. You can watch them as you like, and you can sit down and watch them as long as you come.

The other one is inside the venue. They will invite ordinary people who come to Cannes to see it, but you must apply for an invitation letter in order to enter the venue.

Don't tell me, just like that, the appeal of the Cannes Film Festival is getting bigger and bigger. Every year, countless people think of coming to Cannes when they go on vacation in May, enjoy the beach, and then look at the products. An art film you can’t see.

Yes.

Although not so many people watch commercial movies, at least in Europe and the United States, there are still a lot of people who like to watch some in-depth literary and artistic films.

There are even many people who, because they are tired of watching commercial movies, look for some literary movies to watch, which can be regarded as cultivating their sentiments.

Among such people, many are young lovers, young people who like to try everything.

This year’s Cannes Film Festival also attracted a lot of tourists.

Every day, many people flock to the venue with invitations to watch the movies they want to watch.

With the vigorous promotion of Chinese propagandists, "Prison" is naturally a relatively conspicuous movie.

In the eyes of ordinary people in Europe and America, the East is full of mystery.

And Xiangjiang, known as the Pearl of the Orient, is said to have a prosperous economy, street construction in the Victorian era, and a very developed entertainment industry... All of these combined make Xiangjiang even more charming.

From the beginning of the film festival, the small theater has been full for several shows in a row, and there are even many people queuing up to see it.

Such a high starting point made Lin Lingdong both excited and worried. It would be embarrassing if the curiosity dissipated and there were not many viewers left.

Fortunately, such a result did not occur.

"Prison Storm" captures the darkness in prison, the kindness of human beings, despair, glory, violence, hope...these are very organized and layered.

Whether it is actors such as Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, Cheng Kuiyu, etc., they all understood the meaning of the movie very well, making the movie look flesh and blood. Although it is sentimental, after being sentimental, I felt a sense of relief. In the end, I left , and there is something deeply worth thinking about.

Compared with the version written by Lin Lingdong in his previous life, the script given by Yin Jun focuses more on human nature, rather than Lin Lingdong's kind of despair that is full of darkness and despair and then breaks out in despair.

The boy doesn't like tragedy very much, so he adds a little bit of kindness to the whole world's malice. If you taste it carefully, you will feel it from the heart.

At first, Lin Lingdong didn't quite agree with the element of goodwill that Yin Jun added.

But Yin Jun is both the screenwriter and the boss. Lin Lingdong would definitely not be so foolish as to fight against him. He could only compromise and film according to Yin Jun's script.

Now that he has arrived in Cannes, through screening after screening and chatting with film critics and fans, Lin Lingdong suddenly discovered that what they care about most is the glimmer of hope in this despair.

In order to get a better feel for this, some film critics even watched eight shows in three days.

Only then did Lin Lingdong realize the difference between himself and the world's top screenwriters.

Especially in the past few days, as soon as Yin Jun's "Great Split" advertisement that shocked the world came out, the name Yin Jun suddenly resounded throughout Cannes.

As a movie written by Yin Jun, "Prison" has received great attention.

Lin Lingdong also saw that Mr. Anthony, the executive chairman of this year's jury, came to watch "Prison" with several friends, not to mention the judges from other organizing committees.

Several judges watched it more than once.

After they accepted the invitation, they never came.

With this surprise, Zhang Guorong immediately asked Lin Lingdong if he was expected to win the prize?

Lin Lingdong had a glimmer of hope in his heart, but he still told Zhang Guorong that there was no way for us to know about this and we could only rely on luck.

As a result, the organizing committee announced the nomination list the next day.

"Prison" actually received 3 nominations in one go.

Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Palme d'Or are almost all the award nominations that "Prison" should receive. Among all the films participating in the official competition, it is absolutely unique.

Now Zhang Guorong became excited and quickly took Zhou Runfa to buy a dress, deciding to make a glorious appearance tomorrow.

People who didn't know, thought Leslie Cheung was the leading actor, but in the end he wasn't even nominated.

But Zhang Guorong has a good attitude. He is only in his twenties and will have many opportunities in the future. What's more, he has not yet joined the movie and is concentrating on singing!

Then, with everyone's expectations, it is finally time for the 34th Cannes Film Festival to close today.

After putting on the suit in the box and arriving at the venue, Lin Lingdong felt a little regretful.

Because he is neither as handsome as Zhou Runfa on the left nor as handsome as Leslie Cheung on the right, and his clothes are not as fashionable and expensive as theirs. Sandwiched between the two handsome guys, he is the foil.

Thanks to the fact that directors are not required to have good looks, Lin Lingdong still walked the red carpet with them with a smile.

Sitting on the chairs arranged by the organizing committee, the three of them looked at the foreigners everywhere and suddenly felt a little nervous.

Reporters from Kirin TV and Kirin Daily were also present, but they were not qualified to sit here and were in the media area.

Even after the awards ceremony started, this nervous feeling not only did not disappear, but became stronger.

Hong Kong films have won Cannes awards before, but the awards won by Li Hanxiang and Hu Jinquan were not valuable enough. They were not even nominated for Best Actor and Palme d'Or.

Now "Prison" has received an unprecedented three nominations. It would be false to say that there are no expectations; it would be even more false to say that there is no worry and anxiety.

"Hey, Brother Dong." Zhang Guorong poked Lin Lingdong, his eyes and face still facing the medal podium.

"What?" Lin Lingdong also had an expressionless face.

"As the saying goes, you will die if you are hot. Is there no hope for us?" Zhang Guorong said.

"Stop talking nonsense here, I'm still waiting to get the prize and give it to my sister Lian!" Zhou Runfa immediately added with a smile on his face. Of course, his smile was still facing the stage.

"I don't dare to talk about anything else, but I'm afraid that Jun Shao's screenwriting award is a little bit certain, right?" Lin Lingdong didn't have much expectations, but he also had hope.

"Brother Fa said that if you don't win the prize, he will throw you into the manure pit after you go back to let you know how good you are." Zhang Guorong betrayed his friend.

"I'm talking about Fa Zai, are you too bully and afraid of the strong? This script was written by Mr. Jun, and I am the executor. Why are you holding on to me?" Lin Lingdong was speechless.

"You said that I bully the weak and fear the strong. If I don't bully you, who will you bully? I still remember..."

"Hush! The best screenwriter is here..."

Lin Lingdong's expression suddenly changed, and he patted Zhou Runfa, who was smiling repeatedly.

Zhang Guorong and Zhou Runfa quickly looked at the stage together.

The white-haired old artist first listened to the narration and introduced the four shortlisted scripts, then turned his head from the large TV screen without saying anything more, opened the envelope with a smile, and read out a name.

"Mephisto, Petr."

A middle-aged man sitting not far away suddenly stood up.

With an Eastern European appearance, he excitedly rushed to the stage and started talking fiercely, but Lin Lingdong and others couldn't understand at all.

It doesn't matter whether you understand it or not. It's enough if you can understand that this award is not for your own crew.

"It's over! The most confident person is gone." Zhang Guorong sighed while clapping his hands.

"I knew they must have asked us to run with them! Sure enough, they will die if they are too hot!" Zhou Runfa also smiled helplessly.

"Why are you panicking? I don't think so. It's rare for Cannes to be so teasing. They got three nominations and didn't get any. They don't have that much ambition." Lin Lingdong still maintained a trace of sobriety.

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(I wish all gentlemen a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and a safe reunion!)