Chapter 164: Grand Jury Award! (Updated)

"The winner of the Best Actress Award at the 58th Cannes International Film Festival is——"

“Hannah Laszlo, Free Zone!”

"The winner of the Best Actor Award at the 58th Cannes International Film Festival is——"

"Tommy Lee Jones, 'Three Funerals of Escada'"

Awards were awarded one after another, and "Love" missed out on the Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Actress awards one after another.

But all the members of the crew became even more nervous.

As we all know, the Cannes Awards has a principle: a film should try to win only one award at the closing ceremony!

The more it fails to win these awards, the closer "Love" will be to the final grand prize!

Finally, the award presenters began to unveil the third to last grand prize.

"The winner of the Jury Prize at the 58th Cannes International Film Festival is——"

Wu Yuan clenched his hands and kept saying silently, "Don't be me, don't be me."

Liu Yifei on the side also chanted along, "Don't be senior brother, don't be senior brother."

Perhaps God heard their prayers, and the award presenter announced the list of winners.

“Congratulations to Jim Jarmusch, Broken Flower!”

Director Jim Jarmusch from Ohio, USA, won the Jury Prize in Cannes.

Jim Jarmusch is a very good artistic film director.

But what impressed Wu Yuan deeply was that when he was interviewed by the media at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival, he humbly said that he was a student of Hou Hsiao-hsien.

Regardless of whether it is a compliment or a courtesy, being able to say that he is a student of a Taiwanese director should be unique among American directors.

But his "Broken Flower" was really good.

While the luxurious acting cast is the icing on the cake, the ordinary plot is once again transformed into magic by Jarmusch's originality. Winning the Jury Award also proves Jarmusch's directorial ability.

Watching Jarmusch delivering his acceptance speech with tears in his eyes on the stage, Wu Yuan also began to think in his mind.

According to his memory, at this Cannes Film Festival, Jarmusch was supposed to win the Jury Prize, and the Jury Prize was Wang Xiaoshuai's "Green".

Now both of their awards have been downgraded.

Among the invited crew present, only his "Love" and the Dardenne brothers' "Children" have not yet won awards.

And there are only two grand prizes left.

Two French filmmakers in suits and ties walked onto the awards stage holding an envelope.

"The winner of the Jury Prize at the 58th Cannes International Film Festival is——"

The crew of "Kids" and "Love" were all staring nervously at the envelope that was being opened slowly.

Liu Yifei said plausibly: "Don't be senior brother, don't be senior brother!"

However, this time the prayer was unsuccessful.

After the two presenters paused for a moment, they shouted in unison: "Wu Yuan, "Love"!"

"Congratulations!"

The cast of "Kids" and the cast of "Love" are all in joy.

The crew of "The Child" was sure that they would win the Palme d'Or, and they were so excited and happy that they couldn't contain their excitement.

The crew of "Love" felt that it was good to win the second jury award, and everyone looked happy and hugged Wu Yuan to celebrate.

Only Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei were a little disappointed.

Liu Yifei was disappointed because in her heart, her senior brother was the best and he deserved the Palme d'Or crown.

Wu Yuan was disappointed because he knew that the movie "Love" won the Palme d'Or on its original track.

There were almost no major changes in the version he shot, and the lighting, composition, and some deep meanings that should be given to the picture were also given.

But he still missed out on the Palme d'Or.

"Hey, you are still too young after all." Wu Yuan sighed in his heart.

He knew that a big reason why he missed out on the Palme d'Or was his age.

Winning the Palme d'Or before the age of 23 is such a terrifying record that it even makes people question the fairness of Cannes.

Therefore, even if "Love" has the ability to compete for the Palme d'Or, the judges on the jury will be more cautious in this regard.

No matter how good the movie is, it will be difficult for the judges to ignore Wu Yuan's age and give him a risk-taking honor.

This is no longer simply a disagreement with the venue, but may affect the reputation and credibility that Cannes has built up over the past few decades.

For Wu Yuan, youth is sometimes an advantage, and sometimes it is also the biggest disadvantage.

Sure enough, when Wu Yuan hugged the crew members and was about to go on stage to receive the award, Mr. Gilles Jacob, the chairman of the film festival, also took the initiative to step forward and hug Wu Yuan.

"Daniel, you are still young and there will be many opportunities in the future. Don't be discouraged." Jacob whispered in Wu Yuan's ear.

Without showing any dissatisfaction, Wu Yuan nodded vaguely and stepped onto the podium.

Taking the trophy with the "Love" crew and his name engraved on it from the hands of the grey-haired award guest, Wu Yuan stood in front of the microphone, looked around at all the guests present, then held the trophy and smiled in Chinese said:

"Director Kego, congratulations, you are still the only director in China to win the Palme d'Or."

Wu Yuan believes that among those who are paying attention to this Cannes Film Festival at this time, Director Kege is definitely the one who pays the most attention.

He not only hopes that Wu Yuan will win the Palme d'Or, but also doesn't want him to win it.

domestic.

The news that Wu Yuan's "Love" won the Grand Jury Prize was spread wildly on the Internet through news flashes at the first time.

"Famous Chinese director Wu Yuan won the Grand Jury Prize at the 58th Cannes Film Festival with the movie "Love"!"

Sohu, Sina and other portal websites, and even the official website of the movie channel, published this news on the front page at the first time.

"Director Wu won another award?"

"What is the Grand Jury Prize? Which award is more impressive than the Best Director Award he won in Berlin?"

"Just now, it was reported that "Qinghong" won the Best Director Award. What is this Grand Jury Prize?"

The domestic Internet immediately became a hot topic.

Most young people who surf the Internet don't actually understand the specific value of these awards in Cannes. They only know the Best Film and Best Director Awards.

However, there are always some enthusiastic netizens on the Internet who answer carefully.

Soon, someone explained under these comments:

"The most important award at the Cannes Film Festival is the Palme d'Or, which is equivalent to the Best Film Award."

"And the second most important award is the Grand Jury Prize, which is the second-best film in the main competition unit after the Palme d'Or!"

"As for the Jury Prize, although it is only one letter different from the Grand Jury Prize, it is actually a consolation award."

"Because the awards for the main competition are mostly discussed and voted by the jury, but it often happens that a film supported by a judge fails to be recognized by other judges. At this time, the Jury Prize, which is the Special Jury Prize, is generally awarded."

"In terms of gold content, the Palme d'Or is first, the Grand Jury Prize is second, the Best Director Award is third, and then the Jury Prize."

"That is to say, at this Cannes Film Festival, Director Wu won the second place with "Love", and Director Wang's "Qinghong" won the third place!"

Yes, because of Wu Yuan's "Love", Jarmusch was unable to win the Grand Jury Prize.

However, several of the judges liked his film very much, which led to some of the judges unanimously demanding that Jarmusch be awarded the Jury Award.

This resulted in "Qinghong" not winning the Jury Award, but instead winning the more prestigious Best Director Award.

As for why the jury did this, it can only be said that it is really difficult for people to understand the brain circuits of the maverick jury.

After some operations, the two mainland films won the third and second place of this year's Cannes Film Festival.

On the other side, at the home of Director Kaige in Beijing.

Through some methods, Director Kaige can watch the live broadcast of the Cannes Film Festival directly at home.

He naturally saw the first sentence Wu Yuan said on the podium.

"This stinky boy!" Director Kaige pointed at Wu Yuan on the TV and laughed and scolded.

Chen Hong, who was sitting next to her, also laughed, "Director Wu is right."

Chen Hong knew her husband's personality too well.

What Chen Kaige values ​​most is the Palme d'Or he won for Farewell My Concubine. He is also the only director in China to have won the Palme d'Or.

This is something he will be proud of for the rest of his life.

If someone breaks this "only" award, it would be impossible for Director Kaige not to be sad.

Fortunately, he has kept this only award and his golden body is still there.

Watch the live broadcast.

On the podium in Cannes, Wu Yuan held the trophy in his hand and began to speak seriously about his acceptance speech, this time in English.

"I am very grateful to the Film Festival for giving me this award. This is the highest recognition for me."

"I know that many people think I am too young and think that I should not appear on this stage, let alone receive such an important award."

"But what I want to say is that there is no age limit for filming."

"As long as you like movies and love movies, even if you are 18 years old, you can make your best movie!"

"I would also like to thank my alma mater, Beijing Film Academy, for its cultivation, thank my doctoral supervisor, Teacher Xie Xiaojing, and thank China Film Group."

"Finally, thank my actors with impeccable acting skills."

"Thank you, Teacher Wu Yanshu, Teacher You Benchang, and Teacher Gong Li. You are the best actors in China. Without you, there would be no such real "Love."

"Of course, there is also the lovely granddaughter Liu Yifei in the movie. The granddaughter she played became the ray of sunshine that illuminated the world in the last dark time of Caihua's life."

"You are the cutest actor in my heart."

Under the stage, Liu Yifei smiled very happily, and her teeth were laughing. Although I didn't praise her for her beauty, being cute is also good.

After thanking everyone and the crew behind the scenes, Wu Yuan took the trophy and bowed to leave the stage.

Wu Yuan did not go backstage for an interview and returned to his seat.

Liu Yifei took the trophy immediately and touched the name engraved on it with great care, "Wow, this trophy is so heavy, it can't be made of real gold, right?"

Liu Yifei, who participated in such a heavyweight award for the first time, was also excited and made the same mistake as Wu Yuan when he first participated in the Berlin Film Festival.

Wu Yuan took back the trophy with a smile, "How can it be made of pure gold? This thing is gold-plated."

The following awards ceremony had nothing to do with the crew of "Love".

The final Golden Palm Award was still won by "Children" from Belgium.

The next day, film-related media from all over the world rushed to report on this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Obviously, Wu Yuan, who won the Grand Jury Prize at the age of less than 23, became the center of the topic.

Major newspapers and online media around the world chose one person between the Dardenne brothers holding the Palme d'Or or Wu Yuan holding the trophy as the cover of the news.

Almost all media in Asia and North America used Wu Yuan as the cover, reporting that he became the youngest Grand Jury Prize winner in the history of Cannes.

In China, CCTV and the movie channel directly made special reports for Wu Yuan, and all the Cannes interviews that had been prepared long ago were released.

[Winning the Grand Jury Prize at the age of 23, his legendary journey has just begun! ]

[Genius or madman, why did "Love" win unanimous praise from the Cannes judges? ]

[The youngest Grand Jury Prize winner in history, grasping both business and art, both hands are strong! ]

Wu Yuan, who was already very popular in Asia and North America, once again dominated the covers of mainstream media magazines in countries on both sides of the Pacific.

Adding fuel to the fire, adding heat to heat!

Wu Yuan, who was at the center of the topic, had no breathing space at all. The day after Cannes closed, he was ready to fly back to North America to work.

For the overseas distribution rights of "Love", Wu Yuan left a senior employee of Light and Shadow Times to continue negotiating sales with Director Han in Cannes.

The domestic release date of this film has also been set, which is the National Day on October 1st. Anyway, Wu Yuan does not have much pursuit for the box office of this film, so it is fine to release it in a quiet schedule.

But some things are not something he can avoid if he wants to.

As soon as he came out of the hotel, Wu Yuan was blocked at the door by various reporters.

"Director Wu, what is your biggest feeling about this trip to Cannes?"

"Director Wu, other directors have announced their film plans for the next two or three years in Cannes. Can you reveal your new film plans?"

"Director Wu, when will "Love" be released in Europe on a large scale? European movie fans can't wait!"

"Director Wu, please say a few words!"

These European reporters are getting more and more fluent in pronouncing the word "Wu". They also know that in China, calling "Director Wu" is a sign of respect, and they no longer call him Daniel.

But this does not affect Wu Yuan's attitude towards them at all.

He really has no intention of accepting any interviews now. After winning the award yesterday, he was caught by the domestic reporter army. They interviewed from 6 pm to 1 or 2 am in the middle of the night, and some repetitive words were repeated over and over again.

Now he is exhausted physically and mentally and just wants to get on the plane and have a good sleep. He doesn't want to chat with these reporters at all.

Fortunately, the hotel's security is powerful enough to escort all the members of the "Love" crew to the arranged bus and directly send them to Nice Airport.

Here, the crew members will be divided into two groups, taking a connecting flight back home and a connecting flight to the United States.

Wu Yuan, with his assistant, and Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei, mother and daughter, boarded a flight to Los Angeles, USA.

What?

Why are there Liu Yifei and her daughter?

"My mother took me to Los Angeles to visit relatives, and my aunt is in Los Angeles!" Liu Yifei smiled sweetly.

Facing Liu Xiaoli's helpless expression, Wu Yuan nodded with a smile: "So that's it!"

I really can't convince myself that I won the Palme d'Or at the age of 23.

Even if someone really has this level, the jury will not take such a big risk to give the Palme d'Or for the first time.

I'll win the Palme d'Or next time.