Chapter 325 Venice Premiere!

Venice Lido Hotel.

Han, who was exhausted and missed the opening ceremony but still rushed to attend the film festival, made an appointment with Wu Yuan to meet in the hotel restaurant.

"Director Wu, when will "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" be premiered?"

"Tomorrow, at the Film Palace."

"Oh, it's the Film Palace right up there, high standard." Han said with a smile.

Wu Yuan shrugged: "One of the three major European festivals, I can get this treatment no matter which one I attend?"

He is the youngest winner of the Berlin Best Director and the Cannes Jury Grand Prix. If his new film can't even be arranged at the Film Palace and premieres in other small theaters, it would be humiliating him.

"That's right." Han pointed to the program booklet he brought with him on the table.

"Although your new film only has a synopsis and trailer, the local program book is full of praise."

"Everyone says your film is the most anticipated work in Venice this year."

"By the way, you have been obsessed with commercial films in the past few years, which has made these European filmmakers feel sorry. Now that we have finally waited for your new art film, we must praise it."

"Just in the pre-screening session, the program book gave a high score of 7.8. You are so proud."

Compared to commercial films, Wu Yuan has indeed shot few art films, only two in total.

But who can blame these two films for winning awards in Berlin and Cannes.

I don't know how many European film media and magazines believe that Wu Yuan is the most talented young director of this era (referring to directors under 35 years old).

It's just that he has never focused on the right path. He has been dazzled by the colorful world of Hollywood and has only been busy making commercial films.

Now, he has finally stopped indulging in commercial films and started making real art films again. In the eyes of European media, he is naturally a "prodigal son".

Prodigal sons returning is a good thing!

Regardless of whether "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" is really well made, let's just spread the word first and see if everyone supports Wu Yuan.

After all, European films are declining these days, and art films represented by European culture are beaten by Hollywood commercial films in the international market.

These European film media naturally hope that there will be more influential directors who can regain the glory of European art films, especially influential directors like Wu Yuan in Hollywood.

Wu Yuan naturally knew that most of these brochures were just flattery, so he smiled and waved his hand and said, "Boss Han, there's no need for our family to use these media reports to make a fuss."

"But I am really confident in this movie, and I hope it can win a big award."

Han Sanping's eyes lit up immediately, and he asked expectantly, "Can it really win an award?"

Although the domestic commercial film market is getting bigger and bigger now, both inside and outside the circle pay more attention to commercial films, and no longer value art films as much as before, but the influence of the three major European films is still very large now.

After all, two or three generations of directors have worked hard for decades to spread the influence of the three major European films in the mainland, and it cannot be eliminated in just a few years.

China now also needs more international glory to embellish the glory of China's rise.

"It's about right." Wu Yuan said firmly.

He really studied it. Not to mention Mark Mueller, the festival chairman who can't influence the jury, just say that this year's jury has several judges who prefer non-political themes and prefer to watch movies that focus on human emotions.

Just look at the movies that won the awards on the original trajectory.

The Wrestler, which won the Golden Lion Award, tells the story of a once-powerful professional wrestler from glory to failure.

The Paper Soldier, which won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director, is a complicated love triangle, the story of two women who loved the male protagonist after his death.

Yes, it is very similar to "July and Ansheng".

Only "Dew", which won the Special Jury Award, is related to politics.

Including "Giovanna's Father", which won the Best Actor Award, and "Another Person", which won the Best Actress Award, are all emotional films.

From this, Wu Yuan can see the preferences of this year's judges.

And "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" is a movie that caters to their preferences.

The only thing that makes him a little worried is that there is a director from Hong Kong Island, Du Qifeng, in the jury this time.

Although Wu Yuan and Du Qifeng have no contact at all, as far as he knows, Du Qifeng is also in a group with Wu Baige's group.

His movies have always only used Hong Kong actors, and he doesn't like filmmakers from the mainland at all.

Fortunately, the jury has seven judges, so his vote will not have such a big impact.

"Director Han, you must come to the premiere tomorrow!" Wu Yuan said with a smile.

"I know, I came to Venice just for you."

The next day, the crew of "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" was busy early in the morning.

This movie is indeed highly anticipated in Venice. Even though it will premiere in the afternoon, the media still seize the time and come to interview the crew early in the morning.

"This is the second time I have worked with Director Wu." Li Xuejian, who is still calm in front of foreign media, said in an interview: "But this time the burden on my shoulders is heavier."

"Li Wen is a very complicated character."

"He grew up next to the railway, lost his mother at the age of seven, and lost his father at the age of sixteen."

"He tried hard to live in this world, but everything went wrong."

"An accident took his father's life, a car accident took his wife's legs, unborn child and the right to give birth, and cancer took his wife's tenacious life."

"After his wife passed away, his world was completely dark, and suicide might be the best choice."

"Suicide is not to say goodbye to this world, but to continue to love her in another world."

"Until the neighbor who moved in next door brought him new concerns."

"Nietzsche, a world-renowned philosopher, once left such a sentence before committing suicide-those who know why they live can survive."

"And Li Wen in the movie found such an answer. Let your world be full of concerns and being concerned, and you will naturally lose the motivation to leave."

"After finishing this movie, the only thing I felt was healing, a dual healing from the body to the soul."

"Director Wu wrote A very, very good script, and a very touching movie. "

"I hope this movie can get a good result in Venice. It's not that I am vain, but I hope more people can pay attention to this good movie."

Song Dandan, who plays the neighbor's wife, also said in an interview: "Director Wu is one of the best directors in China. I am very honored to work with him. I can guarantee that this movie is the best movie I have ever shot since I started working."

"It's just that Director Wu is too serious on the crew." Fan Wei said jokingly: "He has a kind of almost perfect demand for his work. We are constantly demanding perfection from ourselves every day, but after the shooting, it's really great."

Liu Yifei and Zhu Yawen, the two younger actors who play the young Li Wen and Li Wen's wife Xiaoya, didn't even have the opportunity to speak.

At the end of the interview, the microphone returned to Wu Yuan's hand.

In response to reporters' inquiries about the release schedule, Wu Yuan smiled and said, "It has not been decided yet."

"Whether it is released in China or overseas, the details will have to wait until the end of the film festival to be discussed. I believe it will meet the global audience as soon as possible this year."

For this kind of art film, don't expect to sell much at the box office.

Even though Wu Yuan's "Gravity" has just set a new box office record in mainland China, making him a well-known director in China, and his fame is not inferior to Zhang Yimou, who has just been named the national teacher, he can't encourage the audience to go to the cinema to watch such an art film with a strange title.

This is a thorough award-winning movie. The domestic box office can be 20 to 30 million, and the European copyright can be sold again. It is enough to break even. It is impossible to expect to make a lot of money.

It can try to win the Oscar for Foreign Language Film next year.

In the afternoon, at 14:30 local time, at the entrance of the Venice Film Palace.

Wu Yuan and the main creators of the crew stood at the entrance of the Film Palace to welcome the guests.

As one of the most watched films at this Venice Film Festival, the premiere of A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die was naturally a grand event.

Hua Xia Corps' Love on the River, Bandits, Women, and Cucumber.

And the crew of Perfect Life by Hong Kong female director Tang Xiaobai, which was urgently announced as the surprise film of this Venice Horizons Unit only one hour before the opening of this Venice International Film Festival, all attended the premiere of Wu Yuan's new film.

The first to arrive at the scene was Section Chief Jia with his wife.

This time it was Wu Yuan's turn to host him.

He hugged Section Chief Jia with a smile on his face, and his wife Zhao Tao also hugged Liu Yifei warmly.

Just like when Wu Yuan went to participate in Love on the River before, Wu Yuan did not get too polite with Section Chief Jia. He just said hello and sent him to the cinema.

Then, the crews of the popular films "Dangal", "Paper Soldiers", "Dew", and "Giovanna's Father" at this year's Venice Film Festival also showed their respect, and the directors or producers led the team to personally support Wu Yuan.

Any crew with a little bit of ambition would not choose to ignore Wu Yuan, a popular film to win the award, not to mention that he is a big director with considerable influence in Hollywood.

For example, the American film "The Burning Plain", which was shortlisted for the main competition unit, all the crew members came.

The heroine of this film, Charlize Theron, the flower of South Africa, even held Wu Yuan's hand tightly, saying that she was a fan of Wu Yuan and looked forward to working with Wu Yuan in the future.

However, Wu Yuan's eyes were not on this flower of South Africa, one of the hottest actresses in Hollywood at present, but on a small supporting role in "The Burning Plain".

Jennifer Lawrence, who debuted only last year.

Big cousin is a good actor. Not only is she good at acting, but she is also a model worker.

The "Hunger Games" series she shot is one of the few Hollywood series that has a strong female lead and can sell well.

Compared with Charlize Theron, Wu Yuan would rather work with Jennifer Lawrence.

Guangshidai has already included the "Hunger Games" series in its long-term plan!

"We will have a chance to work together again in the future." Wu Yuan smiled and sent the "Burning Plain" crew into the movie palace, raising his hand to look at his watch.

The movie premiere is about to start, and the guests, program film critics, etc. who are supposed to come have almost arrived.

Just as he was holding Liu Yifei's hand and was about to turn around and enter the venue, the reporters surrounding the movie palace suddenly became agitated again.

A pure black car stopped at the end of the red carpet belatedly.

Although his hair is completely white, Marco Mueller, who is in good spirits, got out of the car with his wife Duamé.

The reporters on both sides of the red carpet were all shocked and took pictures of Marco Mueller and his wife.

The president of the film festival came in person, which is not a treatment that every nominated film can enjoy.

In fact, in order to ensure the fairness and openness of the award selection, Marco Mueller, the president of the film festival, generally does not come to see a certain movie in person. After all, this represents his preference and will affect the jury's selection.

This influence may be good or bad.

After all, in the three major European cinemas, it is common for the president of the jury and the president of the film to go against each other.

So in most cases, the president of the film festival will not stand up for the nominated films.

But today, Marco Mueller broke this convention for Wu Yuan.

"Director Wu, you won't mind that I came uninvited, right?" Marco Mueller used idioms very familiarly.

After a brief moment of surprise, Wu Yuan smiled and shook Marco Mueller's hand: "No, Mr. Chairman, it is my honor to be able to attend the premiere."

"Please come in!"

I made a mistake yesterday. Marco Mueller's wife Du Amei is not Chinese. I just found out that I made a mistake when I checked it. I have corrected it.