I'm a movie star on earth

Chapter 227 Winning the Movie King
Venice, Italy's water city, is a world-famous tourist destination. This city has a long history, dating back to the ancient Roman period.Venice's architecture, paintings, sculptures, operas, etc. have an extremely important position and influence in the world.

Venice has the reputation of "born by water, beautiful by water, prosperous by water", and enjoys the reputation of "Water City", "Water City" and "City of Hundred Islands".

Of course, Lee Hyuk came to Venice not to enjoy the beautiful scenery here, but to participate in the awards ceremony of the Venice Film Festival, which is also the closing ceremony.

Founded in 1932, the Venice Film Festival is a film festival with a long history in the world and one of the three major film festivals in Europe.For many years, with its unparalleled influence, it has become a holy place for many filmmakers.

Li Hyuk is not the only one coming to the Venice Film Festival this year. Little Swallow walked the red carpet. Director Xu Anhua took his own film "Golden Age" to participate in the film festival, and Xu Anhua also served as the chairman of the jury for the Horizon unit.

Compared with the star-studded Cannes Film Festival in May this year, this year's Venice Film Festival seems a bit deserted. Most of the films are confirmed to be held in North America in the Toronto Film Festival in early September, so that this year's Venice Film Festival is a bit uninterested. .

Of course, in any case, the Venice Film Festival has a huge influence around the world, and it has attracted the attention of many filmmakers.

Li He met Damien Chazelle in Venice. As soon as they met, the two embraced warmly: "Damien, why are you here alone?"

Damien Chazelle shrugged: "If it weren't for the possibility of being nominated and winning, I wouldn't even be here."

"What? Got inside information?" Li He asked.

"That's not true, it's just that the people from Warner told me that I would definitely win the prize, so I came here." Damien Chazelle said.

In fact, no matter what kind of film festival it is, it needs public relations activities, especially a film festival with a jury system. As long as the judges are conquered, the film has a high probability of winning.In this regard, Warner Pictures did not invest too much resources, but with its deep relationship in the European film industry, it should be no problem to win the award.

Li He and Damien Chazelle walked the red carpet together. The red carpet host was not even interested in interviewing the two of them. He simply asked a few irrelevant questions and let them in.

There were quite a few reporters from China outside the venue, but they had no right to enter the interior for interviews, so they could only watch Li He go in.

After entering the theater, Li Hyuk first went to say hello to the "Golden Age" crew and director Xu Anhua, and then chatted with Xiao Yanzi.Unexpectedly, Li He also met Xia Yu on the spot, the only Chinese actor who won the Best Actor in Venice.

"Hey, brother Xia Yu, why are you here too?" Li He walked over and said hello.

"Hi, Li He, I came here because of a temporary invitation from the organizer." Xia Yu said.Then he asked Lee Hyuk: "How is it? Are you confident to win the award?"

"Whether I can win or not depends on the jury. I have calmed down." Li Hyuk said with a smile.

"Do you know what award the organizer wants me to present?"

"what?"

"Best Actor Award..." Xia Yu looked mysterious.

Li He's heart moved: "So..."

"Hey, you can't say it, you can't say it."

Li He laughed and said, "OK, that's fine, then I will participate in the awards ceremony with anticipation."

After exchanging pleasantries with Xia Yu for a while, Li He returned to his seat, and the awards ceremony officially began.This year's Venice Film Festival is indeed bleak. Not only are there not many Hollywood stars, but even local European stars are not present.

However, this did not affect the holding of the awards ceremony. First of all, the Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded, and the Algerian editor Selma Schoonmaker and the American director Frederick Wiseman received this award.

Then there was the award for the Horizon unit. No matter how much attention was paid to this unit, Li He didn't pay much attention to it since there were no Chinese people who won the award.After this unit, it is the turn of the most important main competition unit.

This year's competition in the main competition unit is not big compared to previous years, but it should not be underestimated. The first award is the Marcelo Mastroianni Best Newcomer Award. French director Roman Paul won the award with " The Last Hammer won.

Looking at the chattering French director Romain Paul on the stage, Li He turned his head and said to Damien Chazelle: "The next thing is the best director award. If you can't win this award, there is probably no hope for the future."

Damien Chazelle said with a relaxed expression: "Relax, if I say you can win an award, you will definitely win it."

Sure enough, Damien Chazelle successfully won the best director award that was presented later.After embracing Li Hyuk, Damien Chazelle walked onto the stage with a smile on his face, received the trophy, and delivered a short acceptance speech. "Burst Drummer" won the first award.

Damien Chazelle went for an interview, and Li He was there, continuing to watch the awards ceremony.This place is simply a hodgepodge of foreign languages, besides the familiar English, there are also French, Spanish, Italian, Greek, all kinds of languages ​​are mixed, and Li He's mind is overwhelmed.

Fortunately, the guests announcing the awards were very enthusiastic and all read in English, otherwise Li Hyuk would have spent half a day guessing which film won the award.

It may be that winning the best director award exhausted all the luck of "Burst Drummer", and the next award was not won.The best screenplay award was awarded to the film "Story" from Iran, but the crew did not attend to accept the award, it is said that because the country is not stable and is not allowed to leave the country.

Best Actress was next awarded to Italian actress Alba Lovach, who won the award for "Hungry Heart".After the Best Actress, the Best Actor will be awarded.

Xia Yu has already appeared on the stage. As the only Venetian Chinese best actor, everyone understands what it means for him to present this award.

Someone looked at Li He and sighed: "He is so young, if he wins the award, will he break the record of the youngest actor in Venice?"

The person next to him shook his head and said, "That's not true. The youngest record was created by Xia who presented the award on stage. He was only 17 years old when he won the award."

"I buy it, are all Chinese actors so talented?" Someone exclaimed.

Xia Yu stayed on stage for a while, and talked about her relationship with the Venice Film Festival: "Actually, to be honest, at that time, I never thought that I would win the best actor award. When I heard the news, I was planning to Go out and get some vinegar, and go home to make dumplings."

Foreigners can't understand Chinese, and they don't understand the stories in it. Only a few Chinese present laughed.

"Not much to say, the winner of the best actor at the 71st Venice International Film Festival is Lee Hyuk from "Burst Drummer". Congratulations to him."

There was a burst of applause, Li He got up and waved his hands, and Damien Chazelle gave him a warm hug: "Congratulations, you have successfully become emperor."

"Thank you, thank you." Li Hyuk stepped onto the stage while shaking hands and hugging, and took the trophy from Xia Yu.

The Huaxia reporters outside the venue quickly learned the news that Li He had won the best actor, and quickly sent the news back to China.As a result, many mobile phone clients of domestic websites immediately pushed this news, making the news of Li Hyuk's award known to everyone.

(End of this chapter)