Chapter 161: "Love" Premieres in Cannes!

With the advancement of science and technology, the world has increasingly become an interconnected whole.

On the front foot, Wu Yuan and the crew members stepped on the red carpet in Cannes.

On the back foot, but ten minutes later, the relevant news was immediately reported on various domestic portals.

[The 58th Cannes International Film Festival opens, and director Wu Yuan becomes the youngest director in the main competition! 】

[Gong Huang holds hands with Director Wu, and the crew of "Love" appears on the red carpet in Cannes! 】

[Director Wu Yuan is nominated for the Cannes Film Festival for the first time! 】

Attached to these text messages were photos of Gong Li holding Wu Yuan's arm, smiling and waving on the red carpet.

The man is handsome and the woman is beautiful. If no one had reminded her, who would have known that the younger, handsome man in the photo was actually a director?

Following these news reports, netizens on Hupu and Sohu immediately left comments.

"Although it's not the first time I've seen Director Wu's photos, every time I see them, I'm always surprised. How come he's so handsome and wants to become a director!"

"This is Director Wu's first literary film after more than two years. He was shortlisted for the main competition in Cannes. He is so ambitious!"

"If Director Wu hadn't gone to Cannes this year, I would have almost forgotten that he was once the best director in Berlin."

Liu Yifei held her laptop and looked at the comments on the Internet, pouting with envy.

She hasn't seen her senior brother for almost four months!

Since the last impulsive and passionate confession on the set, Wu Yuan went to the United States.

As soon as Liu Yifei's bold words about "fiery offensive" were released, they all fell into disgrace. She could only send text messages to Wu Yuan every day to share interesting stories about the crew.

Because of the time difference and the fact that Wu Yuan was really busy in the United States, he didn't respond to messages very frequently, which made Liu Yifei very melancholy.

Originally, she could also walk on the red carpet with the crew of "Love" and take this opportunity to meet her senior brother.

Although she only guest-starred for four or five minutes in "Love", her role was already very important because the movie almost played opposite the elderly couple.

But "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has been wrapping up in recent days, and she really can't ask for leave.

We can only wait for the crew to finish filming, and then fly to Cannes to join the "Love" crew.

Now when I look at the news about the crew of "Love" walking on the red carpet, I feel envious.

At a time when carpet stars have not yet become popular, being able to participate in the three major European film festivals and walk on the red carpets of the three major film festivals is already an honor that most actors in China dream of.

"Sissi!" Liu Xiaoli walked in from the door, looked at Liu Yifei lying on the bed, and said dotingly: "The crew will wrap up tomorrow. At the wrapping banquet, you have to thank Producer Zhang and Director Yu .

"I have seen the original schedule. This drama was supposed to be finished in April. It was Producer Zhang and Director Yu who sympathized with us and were afraid that your body would not be able to bear the long hours, so they reduced the daily schedule. The amount of shooting lengthened the shooting cycle.”

"I know." Liu Yifei nodded glumly and muttered, "It's not just for senior brother's sake."

The smile on Liu Xiaoli's face froze, and she looked a little embarrassed.

When Wu Yuan came to visit the class that day, he told Liu Yifei and her daughter to take good care of their health and to be careful when hanging wires. Zhang Jizhong and Yu Min heard everything about Wu Yuan and not to hold on despite being uncomfortable.

In the eyes of these two mature people, Wu Yuan was not telling Liu Yifei and her daughter. He was just talking to them, asking them not to "treat" his little girlfriend badly.

Well, in the eyes of Zhang Jizhong and Yu Min, Liu Yifei must have had an affair with Wu Yuan.

Ever since he came to visit the cast, Liu Yifei's treatment on the set has been improved to a higher level.

Zhang Jizhong and Yu Min were more concerned about her health than Liu Yifei herself. Whenever the VIA hanging was done for a long time, they would let her rest more, and they didn't dare to let her get the root cause of her illness.

This naturally slowed down the filming progress of the crew, so that "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which was originally scheduled to be completed in April, was filmed in mid-May.

For Liu Yifei, it was indeed a lot easier. The daily shooting workload was not so heavy. She also knew that this was all because of Wu Yuan's face.

The next day, May 12, 2005, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was completed at Xiangshan Film and Television City.

After Liu Yifei and her mother packed their luggage, they went directly to the airport and transferred to Cannes to meet the crew of "Love".

On this end, Wu Yuan briefly dealt with the local media after taking the crew members on the red carpet. The next day, he attended the Cannes screening of "The Finest Hours" as scheduled.

This is a romance film with three era backgrounds, capturing the completely different styles of Shu Qi and Zhang Zhen in three different eras, and telling a love story that spans three lifetimes and has an unfinished relationship.

As Taiwan's best director, Hou Hsiao-hsien has naturally made new breakthroughs in films.

The second section of the story is filled with classical sentiments. There is no dialogue at all in this section, and concise subtitles are used to express the characters’ situational thoughts. This is a very bold act.

The final effect is not bad, and it has a bit of the silent film feel when the movie was first born.

This movie is beautiful. It uses simple shots and the best dialogue to create a wonderful and beautiful romantic love. It is full of strength and energy and presents a very Hou Xiaoxian story.

But if you want to say how good this movie is, good enough to win the Palme d'Or, that's really impossible.

It's not just Wu Yuan who thinks so.

The live program in Cannes the next day also gave the answer.

The score of "The Best Time" in the program book is 2.8, and it is not even in the top three among the ten works that have been publicly rated and shortlisted for the main competition unit.

Of course, when the movie ended, Wu Yuan still praised the movie and praised director Hou Hsiao-hsien generously.

In addition, he also sent an invitation letter to the screening of "Love" to all members of the "The Best Time" crew.

"Love" will be screened at the Cannes Film Palace on May 18 under the arrangement of the organizing committee. It can be said that it is a very face-giving and important arrangement.

When Wu Yuan returned to the hotel where the crew was staying after attending the screening of "The Best Time", he also met Liu Yifei who came from China to join the crew.

In front of Liu Xiaoli, Wu Yuan smiled and reached out to touch Liu Yifei's head, "Xixi, has the filming of The Return of the Condor Heroes been completed?"

"Brother!" Liu Yifei said in dissatisfaction and knocked Wu Yuan's hand down, "I'm not a child anymore, stop touching my head all the time."

This action of Wu Yuan always reminded her of how she caressed cats and dogs at home, just like teasing pets, she didn't like it!

"Okay." Wu Yuan shook his head with a smile and walked upstairs with the mother and daughter.

"You came just in time. In the next few days, the films shortlisted for the main competition unit will be screened in Cannes one after another."

"You can have a sneak peek first."

Wu Yuan knows Liu Yifei well. Although she looks lively and active, she is actually an artistic young woman in her heart. She usually likes to watch some artistic films.

She also often says "I want to act in challenging artistic films".

Occasions like Cannes are very suitable for Liu Yifei, just like putting a hamster in a granary.

In the following days, Wu Yuan and the crew of "Love" frequently attended the screenings of various films shortlisted for the main competition unit.

On May 13, Amos Gidda's "Free Zone" was screened, and Wu Yuan was invited to attend.

The biggest selling point of this Israeli film was originally thought to be the starring role of Natalie Portman, who was born in the holy city of Jerusalem.

In addition, the revelation that the kissing scene was filmed at the Jewish holy site "Wall of Sighs" and was strongly criticized by believers was also an excellent hype.

But unexpectedly, when this film was screened, what surprised the critics and invited guests the most was that Laszlo, who was over mid-aged, made a big splash with his supporting role in the film, which was not often seen, and left the deepest impression on everyone.

In the evening, Wu Yuan also took Liu Yifei to visit Macé Beach in Cannes.

This year, Cannes opened an open-air theater on Macé Beach, allowing all movie lovers to enjoy movie music, which comes from popular films, documentaries and musicals.

In the evening, the first "Star Wars" released in 1977 and "Star Wars 4: A New Hope" in 1997 will also be screened here.

Wu Yuan took Liu Yifei to the beach, enjoying the sea breeze and revisiting these two classic science fiction movies.

On May 14, Wu Yuan was invited to attend the screening of "Qinghong".

"Qinghong" is the film that Wang Xiaoshuai is best at.

He used the love story of a pair of young men and women to depict the current social reality of the huge economic and cultural differences between urban and rural areas in China.

This film is his forte, which can fully show Wang Xiaoshuai's edge.

But this year's Cannes is a big year. The Dardenne brothers, who won the Palme d'Or with "Rosetta" 6 years ago, are making a second attempt at the Palme d'Or with their new work "The Child".

Later, Jim Jarmusch's "Broken Flowers" is eyeing the prize.

Even Wu Yuan, a rising star, brought "Love", a work that is said to be praised by the jury.

Wang Xiaoshuai's "Tianhong" is under a lot of pressure.

These days, the various local program catalogs in Cannes have been fighting each other.

"Free Zone" leads with a program catalog score of 3.22, and "Tianhong" follows closely with a program catalog score of 3.18, becoming the top two in the current screening movies.

These two films have also been widely praised and praised by almost all major program catalogs.

But as we all know, the jury of Cannes is notoriously independent.

The works participating in the Cannes Film Festival must not be unanimously sought after by the local media, otherwise they will be 100% unsuccessful.

The 77-year-old Oscar is notoriously easy to predict, and there are various outpost awards. Almost every year, the Oscar winners list is not out of the media's predictions.

But almost no media that dares to predict the Oscars has the courage to act rashly in front of the 58-year-old Cannes Film Festival.

No one can accurately grasp the aesthetic preferences of the Cannes jury members, whose styles vary greatly every year.

The more sought after in the program catalog, the more likely it is to be cold, and ultimately get no awards.

Among the films shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes International Film Festival last year, the one with the highest program score was Sunglass King's "2046", which received a program score of 3.3.

Then, "2046" did not win any awards at the Cannes Film Festival last year.

The good reviews of "Qinghong" in the program not only did not make Wang Xiaoshuai relax, but made him more nervous.

In this way, after watching the excitement for a few days, the time came to May 18th, and "Love" premiered in Cannes!

Wu Yuan specially invited the crews of "Qinghong", "The Best Time" and "Underworld" to attend the premiere.

Although he was not familiar with the staff of the latter two crews, they were a family when they went out, and they should unite with each other.

At a little after two o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Yuan was outside the Cinema Palace in Cannes and began to greet guests and film critics who had come to watch the movie.

As one of the hot spots in Cannes this year, the premiere of Wu Yuan's "Love" has also been watched and anticipated by countless people.

From the fact that the film festival organizers lent the film palace, which can accommodate 2,000 people, to Wu Yuan for the premiere, we can see how much everyone is looking forward to this movie.

If the premiere location were not at the Cinema Palace, there wouldn’t be enough seats!

First of all, the members of the Chinese Army, led by Han Dong, came together to support "Love".

After chatting with them, Liu Yifei took them into the movie palace and took their seats.

After entertaining his own people, other film crews were also shortlisted for the main competition. Whether they came to inquire about the enemy or simply to cheer, Wu Yuan greeted them all with a smile.

Just when he sent the crew of "Free Zone" into the movie palace, an unexpected guest disrupted his pace.

Since the 1980s, he has served as the film selection director of the Cannes Film Festival. He is fully responsible for the film selection and has the final say on the shortlisted films of each unit. Gilles Jacobs, who was elected chairman of the organizing committee in 2000, personally leads this Cannes Film Festival. The jury of the festival came to support "Love".

This made Wu Yuan very flattered.

This is different from the case where both the jury and the jury will attend the screening.

Gilles Jacob, the chairman of the film festival, rarely attends a film screening during the film festival because his status is too special.

Wu Yuan hurriedly welcomed him out in person, and saw Gilles Jacob, who was almost bald, leading the jury on the steps of the Film Palace.

"Welcome and thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for coming to the premiere of my movie."

Gilles Jacob, who stepped onto the Film Palace, showed a kind smile and held Wu Yuan's hand tightly: "I also want to come and see the talented director who made a work like "The Embalmer" at the age of 20. What kind of masterpieces will it bring to the world of cinema?”

Wu Yuan smiled and nodded.

Wu Yuan really admires Gilles Jacob, the chairman of the Cannes Film Festival.

Among the three major film festivals in Europe, only Cannes became more and more prosperous and influential, all thanks to Gilles Jacob.

It was he who single-handedly started the internationalization of the Cannes Film Festival.

Before the concept of "globalization" became popular, the Cannes Film Festival had gradually developed its unique "globalization".

Although Cannes was later increasingly criticized for being too commercial, at least this kind of commercialization allowed Cannes to survive and become more and more prosperous.

Berlin and Venice, which do not embrace commerce, are no longer as influential as Cannes, and are even almost dead.

Judging from the Development Film Festival, the chairman Gilles Jacob is undoubtedly qualified and excellent.

"Please come in!"

After Wu Yuan greeted the members of the jury one by one, he invited them to enter and watch the movie.

As batches of guests and audiences entered the venue.

The Cannes premiere of "Love" also starts on time at 4 p.m.!