I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 562 560 Best

Chapter 562 560. Best

Class A film festival convention.

The presenters of the main competition unit will be the previous winners who will present the awards in person.

The host this time is a female host named Sonia Aquino.

She should be in her thirties, but she seems to be outstanding in terms of height, temperament and appearance, especially the aura of a mature lady, which is quite charming.

And... she seems to be quite popular in Italy. When Xu Xin and others appeared on the stage, although they all applauded politely, many Italian film crews in the field management were whistling.

He seemed to like her very much.

With her taking the stage, it also means that the awards ceremony process of this Venice Film Festival has officially begun.

"call……"

Liu Yifei unconsciously covered her heart.

After breathing hard, he turned his head and looked at Xu Xin immediately.

In the half-dark light, Xu Xin looked at the host in front of him with great concentration at first glance, but his pupils had lost focus.

Obviously, his mind has been cleared.

"..."

Liu Yifei narrowed her eyes and turned her head to the left.

Lin Xingxin was also looking in the direction of the stage, but his eyes followed the host Sonia.

After noticing her gaze, he turned around and looked over:

"What's going on?"

"……fine."

Liu Yifei shook her head and turned her eyes to the stage again.

…

"Sonia Aquino. A famous Italian hostess and actress. She graduated from the National University of Sima. After graduation, she went to the Bellini Theater in Naples to study performing arts and participated in a play directed by the famous drama director Piet Delmot. She has performed in many dramas including "La Traviata" and is also one of the most popular female hosts on Italian television..."

As a partner, Sina naturally has access to information about some people in front of and behind the scenes at the Venice Film Festival.

Moreover, the two of them also served as translators for the live broadcast, explaining to the more than 1,000 viewers who were still watching the program in the chat room at nearly 4 a.m.

After Jingwei finished reading the information, Sonia had already invited a man to the stage at the film festival.

"Peter Aguirre. This is the simultaneous interpreter for this Venice Film Festival. Because many of the crew do not know Italian, he will be responsible for translating Italian and English. The Chinese translation will be completed by us. Hello everyone, I am Sina host Martin."

"I am Jingwei, the host of the movie channel."

"Welcome to watch the live broadcast of the 67th Venice Film Festival late at night."

After Martin and Jingwei formally introduced themselves once again, they heard Martin say:

"Let me tell you about the rules of this awards ceremony. This Venice Film Festival will award the following awards. The first is several individual awards, Queer Award, Best Documentary, Best Restoration Film, Future Lion, and the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement.

As for these awards, except for the Lifetime Achievement Golden Lion Award, the other awards are awarded after the game. In other words, the only person who appears on the stage to receive an award and deliver an acceptance speech is the Lifetime Achievement Golden Lion Award. "

"That's right."

"The following "Venice Days" and some of the "International Film Critics Week" and "Horizon Unit" awards will also be released in the form of overall awards, and the winners will be released at once. There will also be no acceptance speeches. The entire Venice film Festival, the only ones that can reach the podium are the Film Critics Week Award and the Horizon Best Film Award, two major awards in different categories. As well as the most anticipated all awards in the main competition unit."

"Yes, I believe that the viewers who stayed up late to watch our broadcast must be senior movie fans. But in order to prevent some viewers from not understanding it, we still did a little popular science."

Jingwei's words were very playful, and since the show hadn't started yet, the two hosts naturally couldn't let the atmosphere get cold.

So after popularizing these awards, Martin said:

"Speaking of which, there are quite a few Chinese-language films that meet the requirements for various awards in the main competition this year."

"Well, that's right. In addition to "Sword Rain" which is no longer in competition and "Fist of Fury: Chen Zhen" which is one of the opening films, in terms of the three works shortlisted for the main competition unit, "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" The actors and actresses of "Hawthorn Tree" actually meet many requirements."

Jingwei didn't even mention the name "Jiabiangou".

"Liu Jialing can compete for the best actress, Andy Lau is the best actor, and people like Deng Chao, Li Bingbing, and Liu Yifei can compete for the "Marcelo Mastroianni" best new actor award."

As soon as Jingwei spoke, many people in the live broadcast room were speechless.

What?

Can Li Bingbing and Deng Chao still compete for the best newcomer?

What's going on?

This is actually the case.

The Venice Film Festival's "Best Newcomer Award" does not stipulate a specific age, but is defined as "the first time to participate in a film nominated for an A-category film festival" as the dividing line.

Like Li Bingbing and Deng Chao, they are indeed celebrities who have been famous for a long time. But for this requirement, whether it is "Assembly" and "Li Mi's Conjecture" played by Deng Chao, or Li Bingbing's "A World Without Thieves" and other works.

None of them have appeared in the nine major A-category film festivals, so under this rule, their starting point is the same as Liu Yifei's, and they all fall into the category of newcomers.

But there is no way to explain this. Otherwise... it would be a black mark for the actor for no reason.

So she didn't explain, but after telling the result, Martin continued:

"But Liu Yifei's situation here is the most special."

"Yes, that's right."

Jingwei responded:

"She is participating in this film festival as the heroine of "Hawthorn Love". After being shortlisted for the main competition, she is eligible for the Best Actress and Best Newcomer awards."

"Hey, does that mean Lin Xinxin also has a chance?"

"Yes, he also has a chance. It's just that we haven't seen the movie "Hawthorn Tree Love", so we don't know what his role in it is like..."

The two continued to chat there until Sonia on the stage announced the official start of the 67th Venice Film Festival.

"Okay, the 67th Venice Film Festival has officially begun. The first award will be the "Best Film" selected by the International Film Critics Week. Among the awards that our Chinese films are eligible for, who will win the grand prize? Let us Let’s wait and see…”

In the summary of Jingwei and Martin, the first list of winners appeared on the big screen with Jessica Hausner, the director of the last International Film Critics Week Best Film "Lourdes", said With the name "No Escape" out, the film festival's awards ceremony began.

…

According to the order of the award ceremony, the awards were awarded one after another.

Xu Xin couldn't understand their language, but he discovered one thing...that is, everyone on stage would prepare a piece of paper and use it to make an acceptance speech.

He murmured in his mind: Could it be some unspoken rule?

Only those who have been officially notified to prepare an acceptance speech can win?

But... no one notified me.

He was a little uneasy.

Then I just watched these people walking around as if they were just showing off.

He applauded when it was time to applaud, and nodded when it was time to nod.

The conversation lasted for about 30 minutes. Suddenly, after Sonia said a lot, Zhong Changyou reminded everyone in a low voice:

"Arrived at the main unit!"

"!"

Everyone, including Xu Xin, subconsciously sat up straight and tried to show their best side.

Only Zhang Yimou.

Tsk.

The air of a master.

Unmoving as a mountain.

…

"Oh? It's finally here. Now let's announce the list of film winners in the main competition. The first award is..."

Listening to Sonia's introduction, Jingwei said:

"Special Golden Lion Award. The presenter was Jacques Van Domel, the director of the last Special Golden Lion Award-winning film "The Man Without a Name". Let's see who the winner is..."

It's actually a good thing she didn't say this. As soon as she mentioned it, someone immediately left a message in the live broadcast room:

"It must not be "Hawthorn Tree Love"!"

Obviously, this netizen is a supporter of Chinese-language movies.

And Jacques Van Dormel didn't do ink. After he came on stage and said hello to everyone, he took out an envelope from his arms and read a name into the envelope.

A line of words appeared on the big screen at the back:

“Road to Nowhere”

Jingwei’s voice also sounded immediately:

"Award-winning film: 'Nowhere'."

Amidst the exciting music and the applause of the crowd, the people from "Fruitless Land"... came on the stage with expressions on their faces that were not too happy, but not bad at all.

At this time, the camera suddenly switched, and the crew of "Black Swan" was first applauded. Natalie Portman stared at the screen in a daze.

Then the screen switched again and turned into the crew of "Sad Trumpet Song".

Then came Silent Souls and Necessary Killings.

Finally, I got "Hawthorn Tree Love"...

Although everyone is clapping and smiling, it doesn't seem to be any different.

But this shot is very intriguing.

But Xu Xin, who was at the scene, didn't know.

I don’t know if Martin said this in the live broadcast room after watching this scene switch:

"This camera switch is a bit interesting..."

"..."

Jingwei was silent for a second before saying:

"Indeed, "The Road to Fruitlessness" is also a film that made a splash at this Venice Film Festival. After winning the Special Golden Lion Award, it has basically been declared that it will not compete for awards in other main competition units. Although it is undeniable Every work that can stand out in the award selection is excellent. But in this level of film palace, the definition of the Golden Lion Award..."

"Not bad, but not great either."

"..."

Martin's words left Jingwei speechless again.

No, brother, do we have to be so straightforward?

But Martin's tone was quite relaxed:

"It seems that in the eyes of the jury, "The Road to Fruitlessness" is better than those works that were shortlisted but could not win the award. But similarly, it is far away from the best director, the jury silver lion, and the best film gold lion. The prize is still a little bit worse than the top, and it is in the middle of the spectrum between good and bad, right? Not enough compared to the top, but more than enough compared to the bottom."

"Well……"

Jingwei thought for a while and finally didn't answer.

Just Quiet Waiting director Monte Herman gave an acceptance speech, which was then translated from English to Chinese by a translator for the audience.

Then amid applause, the crew of "The Road to Fruitlessness" left the stage.

The second award "Best Debut" award was announced.

"Director Xu is not eligible to compete for this award, right?"

"Yes, because Director Xu has already won the "Camera d'Or" in Cannes. So he has lost the qualification to compete for this award this time."

Following the words of the two, the final award was also won by "Most" directed by Ciaran Yoss.

When the winner of the third award, "Best Technical Contribution to Photography," appeared, Martin said:

"oh?"

The winner was "Silent Soul", which was considered the favorite to win this film festival.

It can be seen from the broadcast that the entire crew of "Silent Souls" is confused.

Because these days, whether it is the media, audiences or film critics, everyone has given very high evaluations after watching this film.

It can be said that in the minds of many people, the competition between the Golden Lion and the Silver Lion this year is a multiple-choice question among three movies: "Sad Trumpet Song", "Silent Soul" and "Under the Hawthorn Tree".

Three movies, "Sad Trumpet Song" is a tragic song that packages violence into aesthetics, mixed with absurdity and bizarreness.

It has always been firmly at the top of the ratings list.

"Silent Soul" is like a road movie, but it uses the shell of a road movie and tells the story of a husband sending his wife's body back to the tribe for cremation.

Russian director Alexey Fedochko used this film to express the Russian people's attitude towards death, love, and "return" in a very attractive way.

No matter how sad you feel after watching "Sad Trumpet Song", in this film, although it is only a short 78 minutes, it can still soothe all your emotions.

Just like the sentence in the movie: In the face of death, it’s no big deal.

"Under the Hawthorn Tree" is considered to be a combination of the advantages of both. You can say that its story is very monotonous, because over and over again, in fact, there are only Jingqiu and Laosan in the film.

But under Xu Xin's control, all the emotions in the entire movie are complementary.

Hidden in happiness is sadness, and in sadness is the purest joy.

Generally speaking, many viewers believe that the love in "Under the Hawthorn Tree" is sadder than that in "Silent Soul". But it is more restrained than the madness of "Sad Trumpet Song".

It is a movie worth watching over and over again without getting bored.

It's like the river of life and death.

No matter life or death, it flows quietly and never stops.

It can be said that in the later period of the Venice Film Festival, the status of the three films that have secured the audience and reputation has been so solid that it is unbreakable.

In this competition for film awards, the media generally speculated that they would be selected from these three films.

But at this moment, "Silent Soul" only has one "Best Cinematography" award?

Although the Venice Film Festival does not have a main competition unit like Cannes, as long as a work wins a certain award, it automatically loses the qualification to pursue all awards.

Venice allows multiple prizes.

But the problem is...

"Silent Soul" is good, but it's not good enough to rule them all.

Once it wins this award... its status will suddenly become embarrassing.

this……

Not to mention their crew, even many crew members at the scene who knew they had no hope of winning the award were confused.

They also include Xu Xin and the others, as well as the crew of "Sad Trumpet Song".

this……

What does it mean?

For no reason, everyone sensed something was wrong.

However, no matter what, what should be continued must be continued.

Marcello Mastroianni Best Newcomer Award After Silent Souls Down…

coming.

"!"

When Liu Yifei saw the English word for the award on the screen, she unconsciously grabbed Xu Xin's hand with her right hand.

Xu Xin was surprised.

But he immediately noticed the coldness on the fingertips of the fairy sister.

There was no warmth at all.

Liu Yifei actually reacted purely subconsciously.

But after feeling the warmth coming from Xu Xin's hand, she immediately reacted and grabbed Lin Xinxin's hand a beat later.

"Hiss~~"

Lin Gou, who was caught off guard, took a breath of cold air.

Then, the three of them saw a very beautiful girl take the stage.

Jasmine Trica.

One of the judges of the main competition unit jury.

He was also the winner of the last Best Newcomer.

These sisters are hailed as the hope of Italy's new generation of actors. Since their debut in 2001, they have been like cheaters, winning various awards.

Pure acting genius.

At this moment, she looked extremely relaxed. Wearing a decent dress, she held the envelope and walked to the front and back of the award podium, and made a gesture of looking out.

Looking around, I finally saw a group of depressed faces.

Then he showed a charming smile.

She had read the contents in the envelope and selected them herself.

So I already knew it in my mind.

So without any ink marks, I opened the envelope directly, glanced at it, and said directly to the camera:

"The person who won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Newcomer is, "Under the Hawthorn Tree", LIU YI FEI. Congratulations, Jingqiu, you deserve it."

"Dong dong..."

Amidst the sound of music, the screen instantly locked onto the crew of "Hawthorn Tree Love".

Audiences all over the world who watched this live broadcast saw the stunned look on the fairy sister's face.

But Xu Xin felt the temperature of the hand holding his hand rising sharply.

"Hua la la la la la..."

Applause sounded from all directions.

"Beautiful! Haha! Lao Liu! Congratulations!"

Lin Xingxin almost lifted Liu Yifei up with "carry".

Without saying a word, he was given a big hug.

"You've won the prize! You've won the prize!"

And being hugged by Lin Xinxin's buddies, Liu Yifei looked directly at Jasmine Trica amidst the applause, and there was only one thought left in her mind...

So, without saying a word, she broke away from Lin Gou's arms, turned around and looked at Xu Xin who stood up, smiled and applauded...

Unconsciously, tears fell down.

Then without saying a word, he opened his hand...

…

"ah!!!!!"

In a cafe on Lido Island, Liu Xiaoli screamed and hugged Wu Qiqi with an almost ferocious facial expression.

…

"call……"

In front of the microphone, Liu Yifei, who received the heavy Golden Lion trophy with wet tears, looked in the direction of the crew in the audience and could not say a word for a long time.

Finally, with the applause and encouragement of Jasmine and the audience, she nodded, tried hard to suppress the tears that reappeared in her eye sockets, and said in English:

"Sorry, I didn't think I would win, so I didn't prepare an acceptance speech. But at this moment I want to divide the acceptance speech I thought of into two parts, one part in English and one part in Chinese...

Thank you Venice, thank you to all the judges on the jury. Thank you for giving this award to me. Thank you also to the audiences and film critics who have loved "The Hawthorn Tree" for so many days.

This award... means a lot to me, please forgive me for crying... thank you. "

Looking at her tearful look, Liu Yifei also knew that time was precious when applause rang out again, so she suppressed her crying and looked in the direction of the "Hawthorn Tree" crew:

"Xu Xin, Lin Gou...ah...Old Lin...Director Zhang, Xiying Studio, and the entire crew...I don't know what to say. I don't know how to express my love for you." Everyone’s thoughts...the only thing I can think of at this moment is...I want to treat everyone to a drink, I invite you, we will not go home until we are drunk...I...I..."

Not knowing what she thought of, Liu Yifei's tears suddenly burst into tears.

Douda's tears fell down hard.

Outsiders don't understand its meaning.

But anyone who knows her knows how much this movie and this award means to her.

But it was all covered up in tears and I really couldn't say anything.

Therefore, in order not to waste time, she finally choked and said:

"Mom, Sissi won the prize! ...Thank you everyone."

Bow and step down.

Amidst the applause, Xu Xin and Lin Xingxin walked out of the aisle immediately, personally caught her who suddenly collapsed, and welcomed her back to her seat.

Then she directly covered her face.

Seeing this, the two of them looked at each other, and Xu Xin took out his bra and stuffed it between her fingers.

"Cry, girl."

He said softly and patted her back.

At this moment, Liu Yifei doesn't need any pretentious words like "Stop crying" or "My makeup is all gone".

If you want to cry, just cry.

Everyone is with her.

On the stage, the competition for the next award has made waves again.

Best Screenplay Award: "Sad Trumpet Song"

When screenwriter and director Alex de la Iglesia took the stage, the well-known director in Europe actually had a calm expression.

Perhaps it's because of his age that he can't see any joy or anger at all.

After giving a brief acceptance speech, he stepped off the stage with a farewell smile.

And then, the first highlight came.

"Best Actress"...

On the broadcast screen, Natalie Portman maintained her expression calmly, while Liu Yifei, who was also a strong contender, had already won the Best Newcomer award and lost her qualification.

She doesn't think she has anyone else as a rival.

Until Ksenia Rapaport, the last Venice Best Actress winner, glanced at the envelope and read out a name.

"Attenborough, Arianne Labede."

Natalie Portman's face froze when she heard the name of the movie.

And when she read out her full name, when she knew that she had lost to a newcomer who was acting for the first time and had no previous experience...

The frozen expression instantly became ugly.

Not just her, everyone at the scene and even in front of the TV was almost confused.

no……

What's going on with the judges this time?

Don't play according to the routine?

You just gave it to Jingqiu and we all understand.

But……

"Attenborough"! ?

A 26-year-old girl with no screen experience before this movie...

A play to become a god?

Natalie Portman who instantly killed "Black Swan"?

Looking at the live broadcast, the eyes were full of disbelief. She covered her nose, her eyes widened, and repeatedly confirmed whether she was really the girl who won the title of Best Actress...

Martin’s words are most appropriate at this moment:

"Why are the awards given at this Venice Film Festival so beautiful? There are surprises everywhere..."

no way.

It's true that everyone is stupid.

Everyone knows that "Black Swan" is the weapon used by Natalie Portman to compete for the Oscar for Best Actress... But at this moment, she lost to a newcomer... This is not a good thing for her to compete for the Best Actress. It's not "destructive", but the impact is definitely not small.

This is Venice...

People on the jury, are you playing too big a game?

Even if you give it to Jingqiu, it will be fine. After all, they are not competing for Oscars.

But you give it to a new person...

Although everyone knows that Quentin is very different, but...it can't be like this, right?

Speaking of which, Natalie Portman's feet were exposed many times in this film.

What are you doing...?

As the dust settled for the Best Actress, everyone watching the live broadcast around the world was stunned.

Many people even saw the well-known Hollywood producer Mike Medavoy hunched over the crew of "Black Swan" and quietly left the table.

No need to ask, I must have contacted the team for public relations.

After all, if this matter is not handled well, it will have an impact on Natalie Portman's entire journey to win the championship.

After the Best Actress was awarded, the lingering influence in everyone's hearts made the title of Best Actor and "Necessary Killing" star Vincent Gallo's Best Actor title dim.

But looking at Vincent Gallo who was leaving the stage after his acceptance speech, Xu Xin's hands became extremely cold.

because……

Zhong Changyou reminded him:

"Director Xu, it's time for Best Director."

"..."

Xu Xin said nothing.

Just sitting up straight, his heart began to beat faster.

All the tension that had been suppressed before surged up at this moment.

As the old saying goes, if you don't have hope, you won't despair.

But when it came to a critical point, Xu Xin felt that these words were fart.

"The Hawthorn Tree" is not "The Secret."

When filming "Secret", he was still very ignorant and did not dare to expect any awards at all.

Even if its box office is extremely high.

But for the success of "Secret", he always attributes more than half of the credit to the wheel.

At the same time, it's not "The Wind."

When filming "The Sound of the Wind", he had already noticed where the ceiling of "The Sound of the Wind" was.

In the final analysis, "The Wind" is a propositional composition.

It has unlimited space for actors to perform, but there are not many places where the director can exert all his power.

And this "Hawthorn Tree"...

From the beginning, Xu Xin knew that it was very malleable.

Frankly speaking, how could a script that could attract the old man's attention be bad?

You know, there is no trace of Zhang Weiping in this script. It was purely because the old man liked the script, but he didn't have time to film it, so he left Xu Xin with a homework assignment.

From getting the novel, to studying the script, to shooting... it took almost a whole year, and he threw all his best and best tricks into this movie.

He spent a lot of effort to bring out a child with his own hands... let him give up hope?

How can it be!

Can……

Why is my heart so empty?

Can't find the bottom at all.

At this time, he suddenly felt particularly envious of "Sword Rain", "Chen Zhen", and "Empire"...

How nice people are.

I knew from the beginning that I couldn't win the award.

So treat Venice purely as a propaganda tool.

But what about yourself?

The movie has been well received since its release, and somehow it has become the grandson of Italian grandmothers...

There are back and forths with this year's favorite to win the championship...

Finally, at this juncture, suddenly, the feeling that he couldn't control it at all came over...

He felt that his heart kept sinking... sinking... sinking...

His hands and feet were getting colder, his lips were pursed forcefully, and the corners of his mouth were turning white... Everything showed his inner tension.

And at some point, Liu Yifei, who was holding his breast scarf, also raised her head...

Including Zhang Yimou, everyone's eyes fell on the 66th Best Director winner Shilin Naisha who walked to the podium.

Seeing the Iranian female director relax a little bit, she opened the envelope in her hand and took out the list with the names of the winners.

"The winner is..."

Shilin Nesa glanced at the names on the list and said with a smile:

"Under the Hawthorn Tree, Goethe Hsu. Congratulations."

"..."

Buzz…

The whole world, for Xu Xin...

Only the huge tinnitus sound is left...

Consciousness is blank.

suddenly……