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Chapter 83

Unlike other art directors who only have one movie every three to five years, Kim Ki-duk is a prolific art director, and a movie will be released almost every year or two.

"Empty Room" is Kim Ki-duk's return to Venice after three years.

On the 7th, "The Empty Room" was released.

Cheng Yu'an was invited to the premiere.

This movie was famous in time and space, and Cheng Yu'an had no reason not to watch it. Now that he has watched it again at the premiere, his feelings are even more profound.

Cheng Yu'an was very uncomfortable with the loneliness revealed from the beginning to the end of the film.

But "The Empty Room" is undoubtedly a very good movie.After the screening of the film, the audience who participated in the premiere gave Kim Ki-duk applause that lasted for 5 minutes.

How about European audiences being tolerant of art films?

The show catalog on the second day also gave a high score of 3.72, surpassing "Warm and Containing Light".

The Venice Film Festival also has various film forums, and Cheng Yu'an has also participated in these few days. Although he is not qualified to speak, he has not heard many new opinions and met many people.

"Movie Handbook" and "Sight and Sound" magazines interviewed Cheng Yu'an in the next few days.

The two magazines gave very high evaluations to "Warm and Contained Light", thinking that ""Warm and Contained Light" is beyond what a rookie director can do. It is hard to imagine that its director is only 22 this year. age."

This evaluation is not low, and Cheng Yu'an is a little embarrassed to praise it.

On 9.13, the closing ceremony of the film festival.

The entire production crew of "Warm and Containing Light" and the Six Princesses reporter group gathered together, anxiously waiting for something.

"Is there hope?" Jingwei would ask every 2 minutes.

"I don't know, don't you wait for someone to notify you?"

"It's nothing, the efficiency of Venice is really low."

Didi Didi~~~~
The phone rang, and Cheng Yuan picked it up:
"Hello.

"well, thanks."

hang up the phone.

"How is it?" Mr. Zhou stared at Cheng Yu'an with wide eyes.

"Go change clothes and prepare for the closing ceremony."

"Ah—I knew it, I knew it!"

Being invited to the closing ceremony means winning a prize.

Cheng Yu'an and his group went to change clothes, and immediately sent the report back to China.

"<Warm and Containing Light> was invited to the closing ceremony, and the award is a foregone conclusion"

All of a sudden, the news that "Warm and Containing Light" participated in the closing ceremony spread.

Anyone who understands knows that participating in the closing ceremony means winning an award, and "Warm and Bright" is a finalist for the main competition. It has been a long time since a Chinese-language film won the Venice main competition award.

On the other hand, Chief Jia's "The World" crew has not received any notice and is already packing their bags and preparing to return home.

There is nothing to say about the red carpet session. Cheng Yuan's female companion is Zhou Gongzi, and the two of them attended in costumes. Zhou Gongzi walked slowly on the red carpet with Cheng Yuan on his arm.

"There are so many people!" Mr. Zhou was surprised, the closing ceremony was much more crowded than the opening ceremony.

After 13 days of fermentation, Cheng Yu'an is no longer an unknown person in Venice, and gradually some foreign media became aware of the crew of "Warm, Warm, Containing Light".

"Cheng, what are your expectations for this closing ceremony?"

"I hope I can get a moderate award, otherwise it will be difficult to do business when I go back." Cheng Yu'an joked.

"Cheng, what do you think of "The Empty Room"?" Cheng Yu'an, who is also shortlisted as an Asian film, is often asked this question.

"'The Empty Room' is a very good movie, I hope director Kim Ki-duk can get something out of it tonight."

The red carpet was over quickly, and the crew entered the movie palace.

The closing ceremony of the Venice Film Festival was very straightforward. The host came to the stage to open the scene and said a lot. Perhaps to enliven the serious atmosphere, the host also cueed the director and actors off the stage from time to time.

"We are delighted to see that a 22-year-old young director from China can come to Venice. Venice is keen to give opportunities to young directors. Cheng, welcome to Venice."

The camera was shown to Cheng Yu'an, and Cheng Yu'an smiled at the camera.

The next step is to introduce the judges of the jury, the nine judges, led by the chairman of the jury, John Berman.

Of the nine judges on stage, Cheng Yu'an was familiar with two of them.

The 20-year-old widowed sister Johnson stood on the stage star-studded.

The other is Ms. Xu Feng, a Bay Island filmmaker, an investor in "Farewell My Concubine" and the future head of Tomson Group.

But Xu Feng's expression in the stands was not very good, and he was forced to smile when facing the audience.

Cheng Yu'an remembered that Xu Feng's husband, the founder of Tomson Group, passed away in October 04, so it's no wonder Xu Feng has a good expression.

Then she will actually take charge of the Tomson Group.

Without further ado, let's go back to the awards ceremony.

After the jury's introduction, the dry goods will start directly!
First, the Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Stanley Donen (80-year-old director and actor) and Manuel de Oliveira (96-year-old Portuguese director and editor).

The two old men came to the stage tremblingly, really afraid that one of them would accidentally fall on the stage.

Next is the Horizon unit. This unit is generally for young directors. In fact, generally speaking, Cheng Yuan is most suitable to compete in this unit.

The best film in the horizon unit was given to the French film "Grandchildren".

Then enter the much-anticipated main competition unit awards.

Cheng Yu'an knew that he would win the award, but he still became nervous.

The first is the Special Jury Prize, which is only the consolation prize of the Golden Lion for Best Picture.

It's great to get this award.

The crew of "Vera Drake" and "Deep Sea Sleep" were all heartbroken.

In the catalogue, these two films fought the most fiercely, and everyone felt that these two films were the biggest favorites for the best picture.

Now, if one wins the Special Jury Prize, it means the other automatically wins the Golden Lion for Best Picture.

"The winner is "Deep Sea Eternal Sleep", congratulations." The award presenter read out the name of "Deep Sea Eternal Sleep".

Alejandro Amamba was a little frustrated, after all, he lost to "Vera Drake".

But unable to show it, Amamba came to the stage to accept the award and delivered a very normal acceptance speech.

Then there was Best Debut Feature, which went to Swiss director Greg Zeglinski for "Winter Without Fire."

Cheng Yu'an was relieved. He was shortlisted for the best debut award. When "Warm and Containing Light" appeared on the screen, he shouted in his heart: "Don't give it to me, don't give it to me, don't give it to me."

The award for the best debut novel has passed, and the probability of winning the grand prize for "Warm and Warm" has increased.

Next up is Best Screenplay: "Good Night and Good Luck, congratulations to George Clooney."

Cheng Yu'an watched this movie, and immediately felt that the jury gave it the best screenplay, which really disgusted the United States.

The movie is about, against the backdrop of the Cold War, American anti-communist senator McCarthy collected information on communists in Congress, implemented high-pressure corruption, and wanted to set off a large-scale anti-communist movement.

CBS reporters discovered his plot, fought McCarthy with journalistic weapons, and eventually brought him down.

The following Best Actor and Actress awards have little to do with "Warm and Bright", but Mr. Zhou and Zun Long have both received nominations. It is worthwhile to come here if they can get nominations, and it is also a glorious touch on their resumes.

"It's okay, there will be opportunities in the future." Cheng Yu'an comforted Zhou Zun and the two actors.

"Next is the Silver Lion Award for Best Director."

(End of this chapter)