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Chapter 136 The Coronation
After Zhang Yang explained, Li Sheng finally understood what Zhang Yang was struggling with.

Michel Deville, who debuted in 1966, is a well-known literary and art cafe in France. This is why Zhang Yang knows him. Literary and artistic cafes generally write and direct themselves, and Michel is the same. This time His entry is called "The End of the Bad Situation". He not only directed it, but also acted in it.

Playing with things between men and women, Michelle is a master. In 1971, he was successfully shortlisted for Cannes with "Raphael in Love" and was nominated for the Palme d'Or, but lost to the director Joseph, who is also a member of Columbia Pictures. Rossi's The Messenger.

Since then, Michele has been filming other people's scripts, but he has not been able to gain anything in the film festival. After filming "Gascony's Son" in 1995, he and the current Phineas Similarly, he completely stopped his career, wrote the script himself, then filmed it, and even participated in it.

This is "The End of the Evil"!It can be said that this play is also Michelle's painstaking effort, and the picture is not small!
Of course, these Li Sheng and Zhang Yang don't know about them, but Zhang Yang can only be regarded as a small celebrity at present, and he is only in China. When he comes out to face this kind of old bird who has already been to Cannes, he will inevitably feel a little nervous. perturbed.

If Wang Xiaoshuai or Zhang Yuan came now, they would definitely calm down a lot.

This can be related to age and qualifications, and it is normal.

The beginning of a film festival is usually a screening, and the real award ceremony is very fast, and the finale is proper.

The main promoters of the San Sebastian Film Festival are Spanish local filmmakers, supported by the royal family, and then invite well-known filmmakers from all over the world to serve as judges. In fact, in this regard, most film collections or Film festivals are pretty much the same, nothing to look forward to.

But the only thing worth mentioning is that this year it is said that Jacques Berhain and Christopher Ballady were invited. status.

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Closer to home, the investors on the island of "Bathing" seemed to have fallen apart when they were discussing the release with others, and they also rented a venue to start screenings, hoping to attract a financial backer to come to their door.

Li Sheng didn't even have any interest in going, except that he went to show his face on the first day, and then complained of illness and didn't get up the next day. Zhang Yang went every day, very punctually.

A week has passed quickly, and the real drama will start this afternoon.

Everyone traveled all the way to San Sebastian just to wait for this moment.

But to be honest, Li Sheng is very disappointed with this San Sebastian Film Festival. There is no other, LOW ratio, not to say that Li Sheng's vision is high, but you have a decent film festival with a well-known film festival. Can't you invite directors or actors? Although everyone was screaming, Li Sheng said that he didn't know him at all.

The organizer also laid out a red carpet on the Haibin Boulevard at the entrance for everyone to walk. There is no one here who knows him. Taking a step back, there is not even a domestic media reporter, and he has no scruples. Zhang Yang still has the heart to stay here For a while, but seeing Li Sheng striding forward, and seeing that he was about to finish walking the red carpet, he could only keep up.

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Being a human is very tiring. Li Sheng thought he understood what suffering is, but only today did he realize that those are not the most painful.

He obviously couldn't understand what the people on the stage were saying, and the little translator on his side pretended that I was trying to listen to the speech. Li Sheng could only pretend that he was listening with gusto. Laugh, others applaud, he also applauds.

Fuck!Too fake, too hypocritical!
But it seems that the organizers also understand this embarrassment, and will start awarding immediately.

The first to be awarded is the appetizer, the jury award, insignificant, it can be regarded as a consolation prize!
After flashing a few films with unknown names, the final result was that the native Spanish female director Gracia Greta took this award into her own hands with "Back to Me Again".

Maybe the first award was too simple and weightless, but the second one went directly to Best Actress, and now everyone is interested!

Leading actor and leading actress, director and best picture are just the four most important awards. It doesn't matter what everyone says, but in fact they are still looking forward to it.

The final result made Li Sheng's heart sink, because the actress who won the award was the Italian actress Etana Sanchez Guillon in "The History of the Court". The opponents were all young girls, and she won.

Coincidentally, Li Sheng's biggest opponent was also an older guy, Eric Caravaca. Seeing that Li Sheng was getting nervous, Zhang Yang didn't laugh at him, but patted his arm and nodded.

The next special award from the jury was given to a young director from Portugal. The name of the work was translated weirdly, "Daddy's Motorcycle". After hearing this name, Li Sheng felt less nervous. The taste is really strange!

Immediately afterwards was the best screenplay, which was won by "The End of the Bad Situation". Michelle had already opened tonight. This person Zhang Yang regarded as the biggest threat was indeed not easy to deal with.

The completion of the script is the best cinematography, which was won by Gracia in "Back to Me Again", which appeared just now. Li Sheng probably because the cinematography did not come.

After these awards are presented, the rest are blockbusters, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture.

Maybe the organizer was trying to whet people's appetites, so they didn't continue right away, but intervened in a song and dance performance. In fact, everyone didn't want to watch it, but it's nothing to worry about, just watching it can relieve tension.

When the two hosts who presided over the awards returned to the stage again, the atmosphere in the audience immediately became solemn. For the management and the distribution company, winning is money, and for directors and actors, it is money. honor.

The first to uncover the red hijab was the best picture, and this golden shell was won by Francois Duperon from France with "What is Life".

This award "Bathing" was not nominated, and it has little to do with Li Sheng and Zhang Yang. The two continued to wait for the next two trophies.

Immediately after the Best Director Award, Zhang Yang was already so nervous that he was stunned when he heard something from France on the stage.

This golden shell was still taken by Michelle Deville, Zhang Yang was a little frustrated at once, and it turned out that such a result came from traveling all the way.

"And, Zhang Yang from China!"

Li Sheng hurriedly pushed him, "Hey, there you are!"

Zhang Yang pointed at himself blankly, "Is there me?"

Li Sheng nodded, and Zhang Yang looked up at the stage in doubt. Obviously, the award-giving guest had seen the photos and was looking in Zhang Yang's direction. That guy was holding a silver shell trophy in his hand. Is this the runner-up? ?
But after all, it is a trophy, Zhang Yang went up to accept the award very happily, and then came down after saying a few polite words, Zhang Yang was actually satisfied in his heart, losing to Michel Deville is not a shame!
Then there is the last one left, Best Actor!This time the award was presented by Jacques Perhan, an uncle-level actor from France. He came onto the stage with the envelope in his hand, looked around, and said hello in proficient English.

"Next, let's announce the No.40 Best Actor candidate for the [-]th San Sebastian Film Festival!"

"No.40 Best Actor in the Seventh San Sebastian Film Festival is...Eric, Caravaca...Sorry!"

"The best actor this year is Li, who is also from China! Let us welcome him!"

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Uncle Jacques' joke made Eric Caravaca a little excited and then embarrassed, but Li Sheng was also a little confused during the ups and downs of his mood.

The roaring applause was more like the tide enveloping him. It was heavy, but under the pressure, there was a sense of comfort from the bottom of his heart.

Zhang Yang secretly pushed Li Sheng several times, and Li Sheng suddenly came back to his senses.

"call……"

Li Sheng took a deep breath, walked up and lifted it, took the trophy from Uncle Jacques and thanked him, then turned around and took the microphone to the audience, after thinking for a while, he said softly sentence.

"Oh, it's-crazy-and-it's-true."

"Forgive me for speaking in Chinese first, thank you director, thank you Uncle Li, and Mr. Li, thank you Mr. Zhu Xu, thank you brother Pu Cunxin, and also thank the film festival for awarding me this award."

"This is an affirmation of me and a spur to me. In the days to come, I will definitely work harder and do my best to perform every role well!"

"thanks, thanks!"

After Li Sheng said it in English again, he left the stage. His whole body was still under an unreal feeling. Only the trophy tightly grasped by his right hand reminded him that all this was true.

Li Sheng!Myself!

Saint Sebastian actor!

(End of this chapter)