Millennium director

Chapter 64 Two blossoms!

The protagonist Lin Wu's solo performance under the snow-capped mountains is the turning point of the entire movie.

After that, he completely strengthened his belief in taking up the job of an undertaker, and everything began to fall back from the bottom.

The wife who returned to her parents' home found out that she was pregnant and wanted to come back to Lin Wu to have a serious talk.

In the process, his wife, who had watched Lin Wu's work all the way, began to understand the significance of his job, chose to accept it, and tried to become his assistant.

His father, who abandoned Lin Wu when he was a child, suddenly received news of his death.

Lin Wu, who was very reluctant to see him for the last time, tried to face this inner obstacle with the guidance of his company assistant, burying his father and sending him on his last journey.

It was also during this process that he discovered that his father had always cared about him, and finally reconciled with his deceased father.

The bathhouse mother-in-law who had always taken care of him, warmed him, and supported him quietly passed away one day in early spring. As her son, Lin Wu dressed her up to be beautiful, kind, and kind, and held a decent funeral for her.

The end of the movie.

On an ordinary morning like any other.

Lin Wu took his wife to visit the master, but only saw the face of the master who passed away peacefully, and an eyebrow pencil clenched in the master's hand.

When Lin Wu took out the eyebrow pencil from the master's already stiff hand and held it solemnly in his hands with his wife, roaring applause erupted in the theater.

When the movie ended and the lights in the theater came on, the applause didn't stop.

It is true that "The Embalmer" is full of all kinds of death, but after watching this movie, every viewer feels warm in their hearts, as if they have been healed.

"A very touching movie." Hayao Miyazaki, sitting in the back row, rubbed the corners of his eyes and sighed to his friends next to him.

As a RB person, he is the person in the theater who can best understand this movie besides the Chinese audience.

This movie, which takes the usually daunting funeral industry as its theme, exudes an incredibly healing atmosphere.

"What moved me most was what the first family member of the deceased said to his father with tears in his eyes when he said goodbye to him. Thank you for your contribution to this family."

"In our East Asian culture, people are often polite to outsiders, but rarely express their gratitude to their relatives. They always think that everything their relatives do is taken for granted."

"This is so unfair to our loved ones."

Hayao Miyazaki craned his neck to look at Wu Yuan, who stood up in the first row and bowed to thank him, his eyes full of appreciation.

In addition to the main plot of "The Embalmer", it also intersperses many issues that explore life, death and social phenomena.

For example, there was a female deceased who was young and beautiful, and was very fashionably dressed in a beautiful skirt. However, when the master and the master and the apprentice were enclosing him, they discovered that he was a boy.

It was not until after his death that the father of the deceased was willing to identify with him and acknowledge him, saying, "Whether you are wearing a skirt or trousers, you are still my son."

Or another deceased was also a young and beautiful woman with beautiful yellow hair. However, when Lin Wu was enclosing him, the deceased’s mother cursed him, saying that her daughter’s hair was black. Let him put his makeup back on.

However, relatives and friends who couldn't stand it stood up and angrily criticized the mother, saying that she usually didn't care about her daughter at all and didn't even know what her daughter liked. Now that her daughter committed suicide and passed away, she acted like a mother. It's extremely ridiculous. .

Of course, one of the most important issues in the film is society's discrimination against the work of embalmers.

It seems that the matter of helping the deceased to be buried is so terrible, and it may even infect others with the virus.

But if no one does this job, will people just be left there to rot after death?

When Wu Yuan deliberately portrayed in the movie the focused and gentle eyes of the embalmer when putting makeup on the deceased (especially since this person was Zhang Guorong).

The audience was so moved that they had to re-examine whether their views and prejudices about this profession were correct.

American director Lesser, who was also shortlisted for the main competition of the Berlin Film Festival with "True Express", also lamented to his producer: "Love and death, these are two eternal topics of mankind."

"My movie chose love, Daniel chose death."

"And his interpretation of death is more profound and touching than my interpretation of love."

"I can't believe he's only 20 years old."

When the screening of the film ended, all the invited guests, film critics and media reporters who came after hearing the news were full of praise for the film.

Some anxious film critics and media reporters had already rushed to Wu Yuan, who was leading the crew members to bow, and started asking questions.

"Director Wu, when the deceased in the movie is buried, he needs to hold a peach branch in his left hand and a noodle cake in his right hand. Is this a special Chinese funeral culture?"

"Yes, but this is only the funeral culture in a part of China. China is very large, and the funeral customs in different places are different. This is just one of them."

"Director Wu, does the eyebrow pencil at the end of the movie represent inheritance?"

"Yes, it is the inheritance of profession and the inheritance of faith."

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When the premiere of "The Embalmer" ended, it was already past six o'clock in the afternoon.

After dealing with reporters, media and film critics, the crew dragged their exhausted bodies back to the hotel to eat and rest.

The Chinese journalists who accompanied the group, especially the official reporters from CCTV, immediately called back to China to spread the news that the premiere of "The Executioner" was well received.

Immediately, relevant news reports appeared on the domestic Internet, which also made domestic movie fans who have been paying attention to this Berlin Film Festival begin to look forward to whether Wu Yuan will win the award at the closing ceremony!

Before they could finish absorbing the news, the Berlin Film Festival's program program announced the program score of "The Embalmer". The score was as high as 3.3, ranking fourth among the films in the main competition that had been screened!

Most of the film critics who watched the premiere also gave "The Embalmer" a rating of four stars or above, and strongly recommended local movie fans to watch this movie more in the next few days.

"Director Wu, the performance is great!"

Director Han, who had collected various comments and reputations about "The Embalmer", congratulated Wu Yuan with a happy face during dinner.

The faces of the cast members such as Zhang Guorong and Li Xuejian were also full of joy. The better the reputation and response of the film's premiere, the higher the possibility of winning awards. How could this not be fun?

Wu Yuan was naturally cheerful. Just when he was about to say a few words to advise everyone not to be happy so early, his cell phone suddenly rang.

"John?"

Seeing the name of the caller, Wu Yuan answered the phone with some confusion: "John, what's wrong?"

"Daniel! The Academy Awards have announced the nominations!"

"'Juno' was nominated for four awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Original Screenplay!"

"Hey, Daniel, you have to come to the United States to attend the Oscars ceremony in person this time!"

John's voice was very loud and exciting, so loud that even without turning on the amplification, Director Han and Zhang Guorong, who were sitting next to Wu Yuan, could clearly hear his words.

"Ding-cha!"

The knives and forks held by the two men fell onto the exquisite porcelain plate with a clang.

"Aren't you sure?" Zhang Guorong was so shocked that he subconsciously spoke in Cantonese.

At this moment, no one cared about the cracked porcelain plate.

Everyone who heard John's words looked at Wu Yuan with intense eyes.

"Director Wu, you are really awesome this time."

I know everyone wants to watch the award ceremony, but some necessary foreshadowing and pitfalls need to be filled in. I will finish writing about the award ceremony tomorrow. Guess which award "The Embalmer" will win?