China Entertainment’s Born Protagonist

Chapter 422 The Biggest Winner

After the host finished his opening remarks and performed another opening performance, the awards finally began.

The first award awarded was the Best Screenplay Award. This award was given to the most popular film at Cannes this year-"Return".

The screenwriter and director of this film are both Almodovar. When he accepted the award, he was very happy because it was a good start.

The next award is the Best Golden Camera Award. The biggest favorite for this award is "The Road to Heaven". Simply speaking of the film's visuals, "The Road to Heaven" is indeed the best this year.

Tianlu's photographer Zhao Fei came to the scene. He was also looking forward to this award, but the winner was the Hungarian film Budapest.

Compared with "Return", Tianlu has encountered a setback.

But no one paid attention, because the next important award was to be awarded, the Best Actor Award, which is the Cannes Best Actor.

This year's Best Actor Award has attracted much attention from the outside world, because Brad Pitt also joined the competition for the best actor with the movie "Tower of Babel".

In the external publicity, the headlines of many media reports are that Zhang Nanyi and Pitt compete for the Cannes Best Actor trophy.

The competition between two superstars for the Cannes Best Actor also made this Cannes Film Festival earn a lot of traffic.

On the stage, award presenter Peter Mullan opened the envelope. He was stunned for a moment and wiped his eyes funny, as if he was afraid that he had seen it wrong.

After confirming twice, Peter read out a long list of names, which were the five male protagonists of the movie "Glory Days".

After reading these five names in one breath, Peter couldn't breathe enough, so he took a rest.

The crew of "Glory Days" has already cheered, and everyone around them is also sending congratulations to the five male protagonists.

Just listen to Peter continue: "Don't panic, there are two more, Nan Yi Zhang from the movie Tianlu, and Li Jianli!"

Zhang Nanyi has to admire Wang Jiawei's imagination. Damn it, five Best Actors at Cannes in one session are not enough, there are two more!
Zhang Nanyi can only say, Wang Jiawei, you did a great job!
When they heard that Zhang Nanyi and Li Jiejian had won the award, the Tianlu crew also cheered, and Liu Yifei happily hugged Zhang Nanyi.

Zhang Nan hugged Tianxian, hugged Yu Feihong and A Lan respectively, and then hugged Teacher Li Jianjian.

As one of the ceilings of Chinese actors, Li Jianjian's acting skills are naturally impeccable, and he does not need any awards to justify his acting skills.

But for such an awesome actor, it is a pity that he did not win any international awards.

It is absolutely impossible to say that Li Jianjian is indifferent to fame and wealth and does not want to win the best actor award at the Cannes International Film Festival.

So after hearing that he had won the award, Li Jianjian was very excited and hugged Zhang Nanyi very hard.

Zhang Nanyi and Li Jiejian stepped onto the stage. They were gentlemen and let the five leading actors of Glory Days give their acceptance speeches first. After they finished speaking, Zhang Nanyi asked Li Jiejian to speak first.

He helped Li Jianjian translate.

Li Jianjian has been through the storm for a long time and has calmed down. He held the Best Actor trophy and said emotionally: "I am really happy to get this award.

But what makes me happiest is not just winning the award, but winning the award together with Zhang Nanyi.

I feel extremely gratified to see outstanding juniors like Zhang Nanyi and Liu Yifei appear.

Frankly speaking, Zhang Nanyi performed better than me in the movie "The Road to Heaven", and so did Liu Yifei. Her portrayal of the character was very successful.

Zhang Nanyi and I are nearly 40 years apart, but we can win awards together. This also represents a kind of inheritance of film art. "

When Zhang Nanyi translated, he first said in English: "Teacher Li Jiejian said that he deserves this award, and I think so too."

There was a burst of laughter under the stage. Li Jiejian said a lot, and Zhang Nanyi translated it. Everyone knew it was a joke.

After livening up the atmosphere, Zhang Nanyi translated Li Jianjian's words verbatim.

Then he said: "Mr. Li is right, awards are important, but film art is more important.

We filmmakers from all over the world gather together in Cannes to put aside differences and prejudices such as politics, race, gender, culture, etc., and wholeheartedly experience and exchange the charm of the art of light and shadow. This is the most important thing.

Although there are a lot of people who won the best actor award this time, I like this year's Cannes. So many people won the award, which represents the unity and sharing of film art. "

Zhang Nanyi's acceptance speech was a poisonous chicken soup type of sophistry, which completely ignored some factors that may have been contained in the Pilgrim movie.

He also beautified Wang Jiawei's behavior of wholesale movie stars.

His words were in line with mainstream values, so after he finished speaking, he immediately aroused cheers and applause from the audience.

After the Best Actor, the Best Actress was not awarded immediately. Instead, a song and dance performance was performed first, and then the third prize "Jury Prize" was awarded, which was won by the Chinese film "Flemler".

Later, the Best Director was awarded, which was won by the director of Babel.

After this, the awards for the best actresses finally began.

Compared with the two superstars competing for the Best Actor, the Best Actress seems to have dim stars and much less attention.

But Zhang Nanyi was the most nervous.

He doesn't care about his Cannes Best Actor, because for Zhang Nanyi, having one more Cannes Best Actor is just the icing on the cake.

He even hopes that Liu Yifei will win the Best Actress Award at Cannes.

According to Zhang Nanyi's plan for Liu Yifei, if she misses this opportunity, she will have a very small chance of winning the Best Actress Award at three major international film festivals in the future.

Zhang Nanyi carefully observed the expression of the award presenter Isabel, and found that her face was the same as Peter's before, with an incredible look, combined with the thumb that Wang Jiawei had given him before.

Zhang Nanyi knew it was safe.

Sure enough, Isabel read out a long list of names, which were the six female protagonists of the movie "Return". She did not gasp like Peter.

Instead, he read out the names of Tianlu and Liu Yifei in one breath.

After Zhang Nanyi heard Liu Yifei's name, she breathed a sigh of relief. Liu Yifei won the Best Actress at Cannes. Zhang Nanyi had boasted about her on the plane before, and finally achieved it.

Although there are 7 people sharing the Best Actress at Cannes, a Best Actress is a Best Actress, and this is a real honor!

Zhang Nanyi turned to look at Liu Yifei and found that she was very calm with an indifferent smile on her face.

Liu Yifei stood up generously, hugged Zhang Nanyi, kissed him on the cheek, and walked onto the stage calmly.

This calm look and calm aura, paired with the red suit she is wearing, make her look very chic.

Compared to the performances of the returning female leads who were so excited that they shed tears, Liu Yifei's demeanor, pretending to be very smooth, won too much.After the six returning female leads gave incoherent speeches, Liu Yifei took the Best Actress trophy and said unhurriedly: "In September 6, I was at a TV drama award in China called the "Golden Eagle Festival". I failed to compete for Best Actress, and I was a little frustrated at the time.

Zhang said to me, it doesn't matter, the TV series didn't win the award, I will make a movie and let you win the Best Actress Award at Cannes.

After listening to it, I was very happy, so I asked: "Where is the script? I want to read the script!"

As a result, Zhang said: "What script? The movie only has one name, called Tianlu, and there is nothing else."

You can guess how I felt at that time.

Someone told me that they wanted me to win the Best Actress Award at Cannes when they had nothing.

This is just crazy!
But now, everyone knows the result. "

Liu Yifei raised the trophy for Best Actress, "Zhang did it!"

Liu Yifei's message is very clear. Living in the United States during this period has greatly improved her English speaking skills.

Liu Yifei told a small story very clearly and helped Zhang Nanyi pretend to be a big one.

Everyone likes to hear such legendary stories, so when Liu Yifei raised the trophy and said "He did it", the audience burst into warm applause.

When the applause subsided, Liu Yifei changed the topic and said playfully: "Of course, I'm not bad either. I deserve this trophy."

Liu Yifei pointed to the six returning leading actors, "They are also worthy. Zhang is right. Tonight's Cannes is a gathering of filmmakers. We are together, united, sharing and communicating."

It was a great night. "

Liu Yifei's calm performance after winning the award and her profound speech made Zhang Nanyi clearly feel that she has really grown very fast.

Every move has the confidence and calmness to take charge of one's own affairs.

Zhang Nanyi's feelings did not last long. After Liu Yifei stepped down, she playfully said to Zhang Nanyi: "How about it, Xiao Zhang, Mr. Liu didn't embarrass you?

How are you pretending to be this time? Do you have your style?

Let me tell you, I was so excited when I won the Best Actress Award at Cannes. I wanted to jump on the spot a few times. I wanted to celebrate it tonight! "

Seeing Liu Yifei's watery eyes, which were more moist than usual, it was obvious that she was really excited, but she just held it back.

Zhang Nan gave Liu Yifei a thumbs up: "Awesome, your manners on stage tonight and your acceptance speech were all perfect.

I just want to make a small suggestion, don’t brag about me next time, brag about yourself more. "

Faced with Zhang Nanyi's suggestion, Liu Yifei did not answer. Obviously, she will continue to praise her man next time she has the opportunity.

The three of them are very sweet as always, super protective of their husbands.

After Liu Yifei won the Best Actress Award at Cannes, Zhang Nanyi completely calmed down.

The following awards were missed.

Unexpectedly, the film "Wind and Wind", which won the Palme d'Or in the previous life, won the second prize of the Jury Prize this time.

This made Zhang Nanyi look forward to it.

When the presenter of the Palme d'Or, Te Airi-Fumao, walked onto the stage, everyone in the Tianlu crew looked at Te Airi with anticipation.

Behind them, the atmosphere of the Yiheyuan crew was very low, and director Lou Ye's face was very ugly.

Tonight's Cannes awards show only has the last Palme d'Or left. After all the other awards have been awarded, Jardines has received nothing, not even a single award. It is the most miserable film among all the shortlisted films.

No matter how arrogant Lou Ye is, he still knows that he will never win the Palme d'Or.

This also means that Jardine Gardens’ impact on Cannes was a complete failure.

As for Hao Lei and Guo Xiaodong, they looked at the trophies in the hands of Liu Yifei, Zhang Nanyi and Li Jiejian with envy.

The emotions of the two crews, one sad and the other happy, formed a sharp contrast.

Te Airi was still very straightforward and did not play any suspense routine. After taking the stage, he said a few words and then began to award awards.

He opened the envelope and said in English: "The winner of the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes International Film Festival is Heaven Road!"

The crew of Tianlu immediately cheered, and all the guests and the audience stood up and applauded to congratulate Tianlu for winning the award.

The happiest person when Tianlu got the Palme d'Or was of course Yu Feihong.

As a director, although she is suspected of being a puppet, winning the prestigious Palme d'Or is an achievement that can last a lifetime.

Yu Feihong is the second Chinese director to win the Palme d'Or. The previous Chinese film to win the Palme d'Or was Farewell My Concubine, directed by Cheng Kaige.

Thinking about Cheng Kaige's status in the circle, you can see how much this Palme d'Or has improved Feihong.

Unlike the excitement of the rest of the crew, Zhang Nanyi's performance was very calm. He greeted everyone in the crew, including the production team, photography team, director team and creative staff, a total of 16 people, to come on stage to receive the award.

The Palme d'Or is awarded to the film Tianlu, and it also belongs to all the creators of the crew. Everyone should be on stage together at this glorious moment to enjoy this honor.

Just when the crew of "The Road to Heaven" were on stage to receive the award, the news that "The Road to Heaven" won the Palme d'Or at the 59th Cannes Film Festival had already appeared on major domestic Internet portals in the form of text messages.

"Pilgrim wins the Palme d'Or, and Chinese films once again shine in Cannes!"

"Zhang Nanyi and Li Jiejian won the Best Actor Award, and Liu Yifei won the Best Actress Award."

"Wang Jiawei's "As You Like It" produced 7 Best Actors and 7 Best Actors in one session of Cannes."

"The Road to Heaven became the biggest winner at this year's Cannes, and the film was released early this morning."

It was already around 3 a.m. in China at this time. Although these news caused waves, they were not particularly popular.

It was only after dawn that everyone noticed the news.

Yangshi’s Chaowen Tianxia also did a special report on Cannes.

The news about Tianlu winning the Palme d'Or in Cannes really became popular now.

(End of this chapter)