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Chapter 566 Let's make an instant movie?

The way Jill Toledo looked at Li Yi made Li Yi's hairs stand on end.

"Because I have also heard a story about Paradise Cinema, but I have always had Paradise Cinema only in people's memory, but I never thought that there is actually a Paradise Cinema here!" Li Yi said with a smile.

"This is amazing, Lee, can you tell me what kind of story it is?" Jill Toledo asked excitedly.

Xu Nannan on the side also looked at Li Yi in surprise. It can be said that the case has really been solved now.

She didn't know why Li Yi came to this Sicily to travel, but she was always looking for inexplicable, small villages and small towns. Now she heard Li Yi's words, and she suddenly realized.

It turned out that Li Yi had heard a story about "Paradise Cinema", probably because the village and this small town were mentioned in the story, so he came here to find the Paradise Cinema in that story.

Unexpectedly, he actually found it.

Therefore, she is also extremely curious, what kind of story is this story?
Li Yi briefly told the story of "Paradise Cinema".

Xu Nannan was fine, but Gil Toledo was so excited that he almost jumped up.

Because of this story, he felt a very familiar feeling.

The same church, the same priest, the same Paradise Cinema, the only difference is that the protagonists of this story are a film projectionist and a child.

What surprised and pleased him even more was that all of this was very similar to the story about "Cinema Paradiso" that his grandfather told him.

"Li, this story is great, have you ever thought about filming it?" Jill Toledo looked at Li Yi hopefully.

Xu Nannan didn't know what to think of, so her eyes lit up involuntarily, and then she looked at Li Yi expectantly.

Li Yi shook his head, nodded again and said: "This story, after all, belongs to someone else's story. At that time, I had never even been to Sicily, and I didn't even know if there was a Paradise Cinema here. Besides, I am Hua For Chinese, it is not so convenient to shoot an Italian movie.”

"This trip to Sicily, I just wanted to see if there is a village in the story, if there is a small town in the story, if there is such a Paradise Cinema, I was disappointed before, because in that story In the village mentioned, I did not find Paradise Cinema, and there was no cinema there at all.”

"Later, I came to this small town again. I didn't expect that there was such a Paradise Cinema, and then I met you guys filming so miraculously. After hearing your story about your grandfather and Paradise Cinema, I knew it was right. place."

"It's just that such a movie is not so easy to make, and I don't know anyone in the film industry here." Li Yi shook his head.

Although "Paradise Cinema" is a low-cost feature film, the requirements for actors are very high.

Especially for the male protagonists of the film, Duoduo as a child, and Duoduo as an adult, it can be said that the requirements for their acting skills are very high.

Especially when Duoduo was a child, he was eccentric, mischievous, but also clever. It is not so easy to find a young actor who can act like this.

"Lee, I happen to know a famous Italian director. He also served as the chairman of the jury at the Venice Film Festival, and he lives in Sicily. I think if you are willing to make this film, we can find Berto Director Manning, help!" Jill Toledo said.

"Berto Manning?" Li Yi was quite unfamiliar with this name.

In fact, it's no wonder that he doesn't know this famous Italian director, mainly because he is in the literary and artistic film industry. Don't look at Li Yi who seems to have won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, but in fact, he is still a commercial film director, and a literary and artistic film director. The circles really don't have much intersection.

"Lee, please, if Paradise Cinema can appear on the big screen, it would be really great, and I believe that everyone will like this movie! Director Manning, if you know that you are going to shoot Italy Movie, I will be very happy." Jill Toledo looked at Li Yi and said expectantly and hopefully.

"And, don't you think, is this an arrangement from heaven? You just heard the story of Paradise Cinema, came to Sicily again, and just happened to find Paradise Cinema here. Lee, this is simply amazing, amazing! "

"Is it too presumptuous?" Li Yi was actually quite moved.

If this director Berto Manning is really a famous Italian director as Gil Toledo said, then if the other party is willing to help, it will indeed be able to get twice the result with half the effort.

Moreover, the other party actually lives in Sicily, plus the "story" that Li Yi has heard, and the Paradise Cinema in the story in a small town in Sicily, etc., it can be said to be amazing.

It will also become a good story if it is spread out!
"No, how is it possible? Director Manning is the most hospitable, especially a director like you, he will be very happy to see you!" Jill Toledo said quickly when he saw Li Yi moved.

However, what he said was true. Li Yi won the Double Egg Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In fact, not only Li Yi benefited, but his fame in the literary and artistic film circle has also increased, which has also added a lot of recognition to him.

At the same time, for the Cannes Film Festival, it has definitely benefited a lot. The three major European film festivals still have serious introversion.

And Berto Manning is an Italian director who once served as the chairman of the jury at the Venice Film Festival, so he must be extremely happy to poach a corner at the Cannes Film Festival.

Especially for a director like Li Yi who has great influence in China and even internationally, if he can become a direct director of the Venice Film Festival, even if he is not a direct descendant, as long as he is willing to bring the film, and still A native Italian film, participating in the Venice Film Festival, is a huge gimmick in itself.

Moreover, the huge market in Huaguo will definitely pay more attention to the Venice Film Festival because of Li Yi.

Therefore, Jill Toledo, with confidence, Berto Manning, if he knows that Li Yi is visiting, he will definitely be extremely happy.

Li Yi still underestimated his influence in winning the Cannes Palme d'Or, especially in the European literary and artistic film circle.

It can be said that both the Berlin Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival are eyeing the Cannes Film Festival. After all, everyone is in the three major European film festivals, and the Cannes Film Festival has implicitly become the most influential film among the three major European film festivals in recent years. This is obviously what they don't want to see.

(End of this chapter)