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Chapter 645 Opening of the Film Festival

Cheng Yu'an made a special trip to Paris the day before the opening of the film festival, had a drink with her father-in-law, and reported on the preparations for the wedding.

"Sissy insists on doing it with her stomach, saying it makes more sense."

Although Liu Yifei has not been around since she was a child, An Shaokang is very clear about her daughter's character: "She told me too, and I agree with this. It is indeed very commemorative."

Cheng Yu'an invited him to attend the film festival, but An Shaokang refused, saying that the academy had a lot of work to do, but the embassy in France and the Confucius Institute would send representatives to attend the film festival and receive the Chinese army every year: "I won't go, you Well done at the festival."

After bidding farewell to his father-in-law, Cheng Yu'an returned to Cannes to hold a meeting with the judges before the opening of the film festival.

On the 13th local time, the 68th Cannes Film Festival officially kicked off.

This year, because of Cheng Yu'an, a large number of Chinese-speaking filmmakers came to France, creating the grand occasion of the most Chinese-speaking filmmakers in the history of Cannes.

This year was originally a small year for Cannes, but because of Cheng Yuan, international superstars such as Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett, Robert De Niro and Dashi Johnson were all present, and successfully saved the otherwise bleak opening ceremony Red carpet stars.

On the red carpet of the opening ceremony, Fan Xiaopang appeared in a printed dress customized by Ralph&Russo, once again amazed everyone.

To say that Fan Xiaopang's red carpet looks are really not bad every year.

The embarrassment came, Fan Xiaopang's love rival Zhang Xinyu appeared on the red carpet wearing a big flower jacket.

The same "amazing" four.

The Chinese-speaking filmmakers present were all embarrassed, they didn't see it, it's really embarrassing!

But the appreciation of beauty is interlinked.

As the saying goes, red and green are a match for bullshit.

Foreigners probably don't understand the meaning of this body in China, but it doesn't delay the media taking photos of her and complaining about her ugly clothes.

No wonder she kept her dress a secret before, and she didn’t want to disclose anything, only saying, “It’s a mysterious dress with its own characteristics. This dress has Chinese style elements, but it’s completely different from the elements that other people have used before. There is no need to learn from Fan Xiaopang, a frequent Cannes red carpet."

It turns out that this is Chinese style!

Some people wondered how she came to walk the red carpet without the endorsement of the Cannes brand and no film exhibition.

Her answer was that she had just completed a Sino-Italian co-production film, and she came to Cannes this time to promote the new film.

But she chose to keep it secret as to what film it was.

The crew of "Carol" stepped onto the red carpet, and before the opening of the film festival, Cate Blanchett was unanimously regarded as the most popular actress this year: "The trophy is already waving to Kate."

Lily Collins, who is also the heroine of "Carole", is beside Kate, like a protected chicken.

Cheng Yu'an was the finale on the red carpet as the jury chairman.

As soon as he appeared on the stage, the flashlights of the media on the scene clicked.

The youngest winner of the Palme d'Or in Cannes history and the youngest jury chairman has attracted worldwide attention and controversy for a long time.

No one will deny his talent, but he is too young.

Many directors, Hao Shou, have never been able to reach the threshold of Cannes for a lifetime, but he held the most important position at the Cannes Film Festival in his early 30s.

A local French reporter asked him on the red carpet how he would lead the jury to review films this year, "whether he will tend to a younger and more radical film style."

Cheng Yu'an replied in French: "We only respect the feelings brought by the movie itself, and we will not favor a certain style."

But the media didn't believe what he said. In the media forecast the day before yesterday, many media analyzed Cheng Yu'an's personal taste and concluded: "Cheng is a director who doesn't like grand narratives. Looking at his previous works, he likes to focus on the heart of the characters. Emotional shifts, loneliness and approval-seeking are the most common temperaments of his film protagonists."

Therefore, many media believe that Cheng Yu'an personally prefers this kind of movie.

Cheng Yu'an only used some ambiguous words to perfuse the media's questions.

After the red carpet was over, the guests and media entered the movie palace, and the opening ceremony officially began.

The host is the famous French actor Lambert Wilson.

The live cabaret show pays homage to Hitchcock's classic film "Vertigo".

Then, Lambert Wilson introduced the jury one by one.

After Sophie Marceau appeared on the stage, Lambert Wilson paused and began to introduce Cheng Yuan:

"His deeds have inspired countless young people to join the film industry. He is the most sincere director in the world. He is so young but so talented..."

Cheng Yu'an, who was waiting in the background, was a little embarrassed by what he said.

Immediately, a clip of the film directed by Cheng Yuan began to play on the big screen at the scene.

The big screen finally freezes at: "Written, directed and produced by Cheng YuAn"

Lambert finally announced loudly: "Gentlemen and ladies, welcome to Cheng YuAn."

There was thunderous applause at the scene.

With Cheng Yu'an's appearance, all the guests in the movie palace stood up and applauded.

Cheng Yu'an stood in front of the stage, clasped his hands together and bowed slightly to the audience.

The applause lasted for a minute before everyone sat down again.

Then, the big screen began to play the excellent film clips shortlisted this year.

Then, Lambert invited last year's actress Julian Moore.

She is the first actress to be awarded the Best Actress in the three major film festivals. She did not come to Cannes to receive the award for some reason last year. This year, she was specially awarded the trophy.

Julianne Moore took over the trophy, and she announced the official opening of the 68th Cannes Film Festival!
This year's opening film is the new film "Heads Up" by a French female director. This is the first time in the history of the Cannes Film Festival that a film directed by a female director is invited as the opening film.

The crew of "Assassin Nie Yinniang" sitting in the audience looked bitter.

Cheng Yu'an being the chairman is the last thing they want to see. He has always been unfriendly to Hong Kong and Taiwan filmmakers. It can't be said that he hates it, but at least he doesn't have much contact with him.

Because Hong Kong Island has a mature film system, and because it is the headquarters of Golden Harvest, Cheng Yu’an will take care of it, and has cooperated with Yinhuang and Anle Films for a long time, but Cheng Yu’an really can’t go to Wan Island, even though Golden Harvest is in Wan Island There is also a large movie theater.

Although Hou Xiaoxian is a senior, he doesn't think Cheng Yu'an, a junior, will really "respect" him.

Cheng Yu'an may not be able to decide whether a film can win an award, but as long as he, the chairman, does not nod, it is impossible for that film to stand on the podium 11 days later.

If I had known that he was the chairman, I should not have stepped on Gong Li at the Golden Horse Awards last year.

On the contrary, it is the crews of "The Old Man in Mountains and Rivers" and "Sea Street Diary". Chief Jia is on good terms with Hiroshi Kore-eda and Du Cheng Yu'an. Say something nice.

What's more, both directors are full of confidence in their films.

After the opening ceremony, the film festival officially started.

The jury led by Cheng Yu'an also began to work intensely on film review.

At this time in China, it was early morning, and because of the collective appearance of the Chinese-speaking Legion, domestic attention to this year's film festival has reached the highest point in history.

Various forums have started to predict the winning movies.

　I will pick a few interesting things about the film festival and write them up quickly. This film festival is quite interesting.

　　
　
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