director of the millennium

Chapter 35 Best Newcomer

The Berlin premiere of "17-Year-Old Bicycle" was very lively.

Including the film crew of "Love You Love Me" that Baodao was shortlisted for the main competition unit, Wang Xiaoshuai invited the crews of seven or eight shortlisted films, as well as the local film critics from Berlin's show magazines, the jury of the film festival, etc., can The auditorium with a capacity of 300 to [-] people was almost full.

And Wu Yuan, who was sitting in the first row, also saw the version of "17-year-old Bicycle" he starred in for the first time.

Well, except that the leading actor has been changed, there is almost no difference from the original "17-year-old Bicycle" in Wu Yuan's memory.

Even the cover poster of the movie shows him throwing the handlebars with both hands, unbuttoning the white shirt, pedaling the bicycle in the wind, with a big smile on his face.

Facts have once again proved that actors are really not the most important thing in the films of the sixth generation directors.

Even if the actor was changed, the whole movie still didn't change at all, and it still received full applause after the premiere.

"17-year-old Bicycle" is at least in line with the local appetite of Berlin.

Wang Xiaoshuai keenly examines the changes that China's modernization has brought to the lives of many ordinary people through the film's protagonists' subtle involvement in social issues.

With the help of a bicycle, it cleverly reflects the conflict between the popular culture and consumerism of this era and the traditional Chinese family culture.

Including the visual intersection between alleys and modern high-rise buildings throughout the film, it is also a symbol of the opposition between old and new issues.

This film also shows that Wang Xiaoshuai wants to explore from social realism films to more commercial films.

Compared with his previous naked, critical, and boundary-breaking literary films, this "17-year-old Bicycle" is really very reserved.

After the premiere, in the early morning of the same day, the Berlin show gave an on-site score of 2.9, ranking fourth among the 23 films shortlisted for the main competition unit!
Early the next morning, a staff member from the organizer of the Berlin Film Festival came to the hotel to inform the crew of "17-year-old Bicycle" to participate in the final closing ceremony.

Being able to be notified to participate in the closing ceremony is actually a hint that there will be prizes at the end.

No matter what the award is, it will definitely not come away empty-handed!
Among the jury members of this year's Berlin Film Festival, there is director Xie Fei. This is a famous Chinese film director, screenwriter, and producer. He graduated from the Directing Department of the Film Academy in 1965 and stayed at the school to teach.

This is the patriarch of Wang Xiaoshuai and Wu Yuan!

With him fighting for "17-year-old Bicycle" in the jury, the awards can still be expected!
It was only then that Wang Xiaoshuai finally calmed down.

Greeting the crew members to change into their gowns, in the evening everyone boarded the courtesy car and headed to the closing ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival.

The Big Three in Europe are different from the Oscars.

Oscar tends to be entertaining. Not only will some talk show actors be the hosts, but there will also be various performances, on-site interaction and ridicule.

But old Europe is different. Old Europe pays more attention to the seriousness of art.

Specific to the Berlin Film Festival, except for the red carpet, the closing ceremony of the entire Berlin Film Festival was relatively dry.

After the crew of "17-year-old Bicycle" entered the awards ceremony, everyone sat in their seats obediently, and briefly greeted the crew of "Love You Love Me", and the awards ceremony began.

There was no opening act and no cabaret.

The chairman of the film festival led the members of the jury to the stage to give a speech looking forward to the art of film, and then directly began to present the awards.

Wu Yuan, who participated in the three major awards for the first time, was not used to it. In his memory, it seemed that most of the awards ceremonies were entertainment in nature, and such serious ones were really rare.

On the contrary, Wang Xiaoshuai is used to it, as is the case in European A-category film festivals.

"Italian Language Class" won the International Film Critics FIPRESCI Award.

"Know My Heart" won the Special Humanitarian Award.

"The Joy and the Fury" won the Teddy Award for Best Picture.

Awards were awarded quickly, and the winning crew came on stage to give speeches.

The crew of "17 Years Old Cycling" also applauded each winner.

Soon, the awards for the non-main competition units were awarded, and the awards ceremony came to its climax.

Starting with the Blue Angel Award for Best European Film, the awards for the main competition units began to be awarded one by one.

When each award was presented, Wang Xiaoshuai clenched his fists and muttered nervously: "Don't award it to me, don't award it to me."

The prizes awarded earlier are of lower value, and the original site of the main competition unit is to divide the cake as much as possible, and a film can only win 2 prizes at most.

Naturally, Wang Xiaoshuai hopes not to hear the words ""17-year-old bicycle"" too early!
But soon the movie was brought up.

"The winner of the Best New Actor Award is——!"

"Cui Lin, Wu Yuan - "17-year-old Bicycle"!"

Everyone around looked at Wu Yuan and Cui Lin, and applause burst out.

Cui Lin was stared at by so many people for the first time. He was stunned, his mind went blank, and he didn't know how to react.

At this critical moment, Wu Yuan grabbed Cui Lin's shoulders and stood up, nodding to the congratulatory guests with a smile on his face.

When Cui Lin came back to his senses, he and Wu Yuan had already stood on the awarding platform, holding the trophy high together.

The trophy for the best newcomer is not a silver bear, let alone a golden bear, it's just a big glass wine glass.

But Cui Lin still smiled very happily, and the 19-year-old's face was wrinkled.

"Thank you, thank you to the Berlin Film Festival, and thank you to director Wang Xiaoshuai for choosing me to star in this movie."

After blushing and thanking the film festival and Wang Xiaoshuai stammeringly in Chinese, Cui Lin didn't know what to say, and he held back for a long time before adding: "Mom and Dad, I won an award!"

Although most of the guests at the scene could not understand Chinese, they all showed kind smiles and applause.

Compared with Cui Lin, Wu Yuan is much calmer.

After Cui Lin finished his speech, he stood in front of the microphone and said in fluent English: "This is my first time to participate in the Berlin Film Festival, and I didn't expect to win the award."

"I didn't even expect that the first award I won in Berlin would be Best New Actor."

"You may not know that I am a director, and I am the same school junior of our director Wang Xiaoshuai."

"Thanks to Director Wang Xiaoshuai for choosing me to act in the movie "17-year-old Bicycle"."

"In order to make this movie well, the director worked very hard, and the actors also worked very hard."

"For the first time as an actor, I felt how difficult it is to make a movie."

"This is my first time acting in a movie, and it may be my last."

"I feel very honored to be able to dedicate my only experience as an actor to this film!"

"Thank you again to the jury, thank you to the Berlin Film Festival, I will remember today!"

(End of this chapter)