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Chapter 837 Zhang Guoyi. Best Actor

5 Month 13 Day!
The sea breeze blows, bringing a trace of sea smell, but it is not annoying
In front of the Cannes Film Festival Palace, there was a lot of voices, and many reporters were already waiting for the battle. The sun that had already set by the seaside dedicated the last ray of afterglow to this place.

At this time, the red carpet at the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival does not want to allow more than ten people to walk side by side, but it also provides a place for more reporters and movie fans.

At this time, both movie fans and reporters are looking forward to it. The closing ceremony of the annual Cannes Film Festival is about to start. Many movie fans are guessing that the major awards will be won in this film festival. who!
When the first car came, the fans' reaction was relatively calm. After all, everyone knew that the first ones to appear were often the least famous stars.

But the reporters at the scene didn't think so. Everyone knew that this year's film festival, in order to highlight the importance of the participating films, the judges would take the lead, and leave the excitement behind to the stars and crew!
They have been looking for Wu Jianye for two weeks, and this is the best time to interview Wu Jianye.

So when the car stopped at the entrance of the red carpet, many reporters were holding up their cameras.

The first person to get off the bus was of course the chairman of the jury of this year's film festival, Louis Malle!
After taking a few photos as usual, everyone was expecting the second one to get out of the car.

Did not disappoint everyone, Jinsui-Louis Maller was followed by Wu Jianye, who caused a huge storm in this film festival.

Whoa!
Woo!
Cheers and boos!
Those who cheered were Wu Jianye's movie fans, and those who booed were those French men who were upset that Wu Jianye became "good friends" with their French goddesses Isabelle Adjani and Sophie Marceau one after another!

Although both Isabel Adjani and Sophie Marceau have said in interviews that they and Wu Jianye are just good friends, but this has to be believed!
When Louis Malle heard the complicated voice, he instantly understood the reason. He glanced at Wu Jianye with a wry smile and said with a smile: "Director Wu, it seems that not everyone likes you!"

During the previous opening ceremony, Wu Jianye received the highest cheers among the nine judges, but now the cheers are still there, but there are also a lot of boos.

Through a few days of getting along, Wu Jianye also understood the character of Mr. Louis Malle. Although he looked a little strict, he was an old child in private.

He smiled and said: "It's okay, I just like to see them look at me like this and have nothing to do with me!"

Louis Malle even cried and laughed in his heart when he heard it, but he still kept a smile on his face: "You!"

Since there were nine judges, one car couldn't fit in it, but three cars arrived together, and the other judges also got out of the car one after another.

Wu Jianye, Louis Malle and another judge walked in front, forming a three-person team.

While thinking about waving to the reporters from all walks of life, everyone walked slowly towards the gate of the Palais des Festivals.

During the period, many reporters shouted Wu Jianye's name loudly, hoping to interview him, but unfortunately, on the entire red carpet, Wu Jianye also waved to everyone with a smile on his face. As for the interview, that is Impossible!
The other judges also knew what had happened, and seeing Wu Jianye's unchanging expression, they all expressed their admiration in their hearts.

When the nine people came to the gate of the Festival Palace, they must be interviewed by the live host.

But this is the official host of the Cannes Film Festival after all, so it is naturally impossible to ask about Wu Jianye's scandal. This made the reporters in the audience feel a little angry when they saw him asking some insipid questions. , I wish I could take his place on stage and ask Wu Jianye questions.

As Wu Jianye and others entered the Festival Palace, other stars and crews also stepped onto the red carpet.

Obviously, there were many more stars attending the closing ceremony than at the opening ceremony, and many Hollywood stars also came here one after another.

And these Hollywood stars also caused a huge sensation.

It's just that after Wu Jianye's scandal, the atmosphere at the scene always felt less lively than when Wu Jianye came here just now.

Halfway through the process of the red carpet, Chen Kaige brought the crew of "Farewell My Concubine" onto the red carpet, besides Zhang Guoying, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li, and Jiang Zhiqiang.

Several men are basically in black suits, white shirts, and black bows. Only Zhang Guoyi puts a white bow on his white shirt, which matches his temperament, just like walking out of a castle. Your son is average.

Naturally, Zhang Guoyi was the one who most attracted the reporter's film in the entire crew.

Gong Li is wearing a black and white dress, quite well-behaved, compared with her female stars, she is much more conservative, and there is no way to compare with "The Golden Armor in the City"!

Several people walked slowly on the red carpet, and at the same time cooperated with the reporters on the scene to take pictures, just like Gong Li's dress, quite satisfactory!

Wu Jianye sat in his seat and saw Chen Kaige and others entering the arena. Just like at the opening ceremony, everyone nodded and said nothing.

But one could see a trace of unconcealable joy on Chen Kaige's face.

Whether it is the Berlin Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival, or the current Cannes Film Festival, there is actually an unspoken rule, that is, before the closing ceremony, the participating films will be told whether it is necessary to stay in the film festival.

Those who received the notice, although they didn't say it explicitly, have already told the other party through this unspoken rule that your film has won an award and you need to stay to receive the award.

Otherwise, if the award-winning film leaves the film festival early, it will be embarrassing if no one accepts the award when the award is presented.

Of course, they won't tell the other party what award they won!

Chen Kaige received such a notice. Although he didn't know what award his film won, at least he won it!

By the end of the opening ceremony, the sky had completely darkened.

In the festival palace, the lights are bright at this time. The process at this time is actually the same as that of the opening ceremony. It is still the host talking on stage, making everyone laugh After two beeps.

As the chairman of the jury, Louis Malle will bring the other judges to speak on stage. The content of this speech is more about explaining what their selection criteria are for this time!
Then they stepped off the stage, and with the end of the opening song and dance, the 46th Cannes Film Festival officially began!
Compared with other people who are looking forward to various awards, Wu Jianye is much more relaxed. As a judge of this Cannes Film Festival, he naturally knows early on who will win each award.

However, every judge has a contract with the Cannes Film Festival, and it must not be disclosed before the awards are announced!
Naturally, the less important awards were awarded first. Sitting in the audience, Wu Jianye showed a more serious attitude than when he participated in the Academy Awards.

After all, these award-winning movies are all voted by themselves.

It's a sense of engagement.

At the same time, Wu Jianye also clearly knows that these insignificant awards are only relative to the entire film industry, but to the winner himself, they are extremely important.

For example, the International Film Critics Award, the Catholic Contribution Award, and the Best Photography Award are not so important to Wu Jianye or ordinary movie fans, and the people who come up to receive the awards are not so familiar, but as long as they win Yes, it is a great encouragement for these people, and even has a certain prestige in their subdivided industry.

For example, Chen Yingxiong from Vietnam won the Golden Camera Award for "Green Papaya Fragrance". At this time, he was crying and expressing various thanks on it.

For such a gesture, the longer Wu Jianye stayed in this industry, the more he understood the thoughts of these people.

First of all, it must be said that Cannes, one of the three major film festivals in Europe, has an authority that outsiders cannot understand. It is indeed a great encouragement for them to win such an award.

Everyone needs encouragement!
Regardless of whether you are an ordinary person, the richest man, or an industry leader, you need encouragement, but this kind of encouragement has to form a contrast with the identity of the person being encouraged.

If a beggar encourages the richest man, the richest man may not even give the beggar a chance.

A new entrant in the industry encourages the industry bosses, and the industry bosses will only politely say thank you, and when they turn around, they may ask who is that idiot!

The unequal status will create a stronger sense of honor.

This year's Cannes Film Festival is definitely an unforgettable film for Asian films. For example, "Life in a Dream" shot by Hou Xiaochen from Wanwan won the Jury Award at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

And everyone knows that Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In fact, apart from this award, "Farewell My Concubine" also won the International Federation of Film Critics Award.

Chen Kaige walked on the podium for the first time, and he was very happy, but Wu Jianye, who is familiar with Chen Kaige, saw a trace of disappointment in his eyes, which is understandable, after all, in everyone's heart, everyone I think that if you get a big prize, you basically have no chance for the following prizes.

A simple International Federation of Film Critics Award is obviously not enough to satisfy Chen Kaige's appetite!

After delivering his acceptance speech, Chen Kaige went down.

The next few awards were also uneventful, until the time of the best actor award, the atmosphere in the festival palace became tense.

Wu Jianye glanced back, and could see nervous expressions on the faces of Zhang Guoying and Zhang Fengyi.

Wu Jianye smiled slightly and didn't say anything!
The award presenters on stage, after some teasing, took out the envelopes they had already prepared.

"Wow!" An exaggerated expression made the atmosphere in the audience even more tense.

"Won the best actor at the 46th Cannes Film Festival"

The tense music sounded in the Festival Palace, and every nominated actor flashed on the big screen.

Through the screen, Wu Jianye saw Zhang Guoyi sitting there with a smile on his face.

".The movie "Farewell My Concubine" Zhang Guoyi!"

clap clap clap!
At this time, Wu Jianye had already stood up and started applauding.

Turning around, I saw that the crew of "Farewell My Concubine" was already boiling. The whole crew stood up and hugged Zhang Guoyi, who also showed an excited expression on his face.

In another time and space, Zhang Guoyi did not win the best actor of this year's Cannes Film Festival, but the actor David Thewlis of the British film "Red Fruit" won the best actor of this year prize!
There have been two rumors in this. The first one is that the jury is playing balance, thinking that "Farewell My Concubine" has already won the Palme d'Or, so it should not give the best actor award to Zhang Guoyi .

Another rumor is that among the nine judges, Gary Oldman voted for Zhang Guoyi as the best actress!

This made Zhang Guoyi miss the best actor award!
But no matter which rumor it was, Wu Jianye never encountered it.

However, when watching the movie, Wu Jianye told the other eight judges that he was voting for the best actor. Regarding Wu Jianye's suggestion, I don't know if you have heard Wu Jianye.

But in the end, when counting the votes, Zhang Guoyi did win David Thewlis by one vote and won the best actor at the Cannes Film Festival.

But this also made Zhang Guoyi ahead of Ge You to become the first Chinese actor to win the best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival!
Zhang Guoyi tidied up his suit and walked towards the podium gracefully.

When passing by where the judges were sitting, Wu Jianye took the initiative to walk over to hug and encourage Zhang Guoying!
"Congratulations!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

"Thank you!" Zhang Guoying also said seriously.

Wu Jianye: "This is what you deserve!"

In Wu Jianye's opinion, Zhang Guoying's performance is indeed better than that of David Thewlis. A person who has never been in contact with Peking Opera can perform so perfectly in the movie. Described, Wu Jianye thinks that Zhang Guoying deserves his name!
After receiving the trophy from the award presenters, Zhang Guoyi expressed his gratitude to the conference.

However, in order to avoid suspicion, Zhang Guoyi did not mention Wu Jianye's name, even if he was able to participate in this movie, it was Wu Jianye who got the lead from it!
Zhang Guoying's decent acceptance speech once again won applause from the scene.

After he returned to his seat, Zhang Fengyi showed an expression of envy, but as the one who had the most scenes with Zhang Guoyi in the movie, he understood what Zhang Guoyi had paid for this movie, and besides being envious, he was happy for him!

Chen Kaige also sent blessings, but the depression in his heart became more and more obvious!

The awards ceremony continued, and the awards were announced one by one. The atmosphere reached its climax when the most important awards of this Cannes Film Festival were finally presented.

On the podium, under the introduction of the host, Wu Jianye and Isabel Adjani walked away from the podium as the presenters of the Palme d'Or!
(End of this chapter)