Millennium director

"ladiets and gentleman!"

"Welcome to the 69th Berlin Film Festival Closing Awards Ceremony!"

On the stage, Juliette Binoche, the jury chair of this year's Berlin Film Festival, was guest-hosting and warming up for the closing awards ceremony.

Under the stage, Wu Yuan didn't pay much attention, but was chatting with a French film critic sitting next to him about this year's Berlin Film Festival.

The film critic first expressed regret that Wu Yuan couldn't attend. After all, Wu Yuan had also made efforts in the field of literary and artistic films in the past, but now he has turned to commercial films. I don't know how many European film critics regret this.

After expressing his regret, the familiar film critic pulled Wu Yuan to talk about several Chinese-language films shortlisted for the main competition unit this year.

"Director Wu, you know, So Long, My Son is really great. I went to the media screening at that time. No one left the theater for the entire 175-minute movie. At the end of the movie, the entire theater was "crying into a sea of ​​tears" and the sound of sniffing was heard one after another."

"At the press conference after the movie, a German reporter spoke at the meeting and hoped that the film would take all the awards!"

"Although I don't quite agree with this view, I also think that this movie has the potential to impact the Golden Bear. The voices for this movie to win the "Bear" are very high!"

Seeing that he was talking about So Long, My Son with him, Wu Yuan had to interrupt and ask, "What about Cai Wenji?"

"Hmm." The French film critic pondered for a few seconds and said with regret: "Sorry, I don't know much about Chinese historical figures, so I don't know much about this great woman in Chinese history, but The film is quite good, and the story between her and the four men is really impressive. "

"The tragic fate caused by the war is really well interpreted. It feels like watching "The Pianist". The film also insists on its artistic self in the war. The horror, loneliness and instinct of the people in the "turbulent times" that the film wants to interpret are also well done. "

"But you know, in this regard, "The Pianist" has done well enough and has left a deep enough impact on the world audience. Berlin may not need a second "The Pianist", not to mention that I don't think this movie can be compared with "The Pianist". "

"So I think it is unlikely that this movie will win the Golden Bear, and it is unlikely to win the Silver Bear of the Jury Prize. Maybe it will have a chance to compete for the Best Actress and Best Director. "

Hearing this, Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows and nodded without comment.

To be fair, the analysis of this French film critic is indeed very accurate.

With the pearl of "The Pianist" in front, "Cai Wenji", which can be regarded as a film of the same theme, is indeed impossible to surpass.

However, his ambitions were not that big. He never thought that he could win the Golden Bear Award with this movie. The project was born just to help Liu Yifei win the Best Actress Award.

In his opinion, it was already very good to win the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress~

"Hey, the awards ceremony has begun. Let's watch the awards ceremony first!"

The Berlin International Film Festival, which has always been different from Hollywood in North America, where entertainment is more important than professionalism, is indeed concise and clear even at the closing awards ceremony, where the host is the chairman of the jury.

After Juliette Binoche interacted with the guests on the scene for a few words, the awards ceremony of the film festival began directly.

As usual, the awards of other units in the corners were awarded first.

The five judges took envelopes to the stage to announce the winners of the non-main competition units such as the Best Debut Award, Best Documentary Award, Teddy Bear Award, and New Generation Unit.

Those who won the awards, whether it was a big award or a small award, cried with joy, hugged each other to celebrate, and laughed so happily.

Those who missed the award showed regret on their faces, stood up and applauded the winners, their eyes full of envy.

However, these people had nothing to do with Wu Yuan.

It was not until the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented that he focused a little.

"The winner of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival - Honorary Golden Bear Award for Lifetime Achievement is!"

"Charlotte Rampling!"

A name that was very unfamiliar to Wu Yuan was read out, and a blonde blue-eyed actress who looked sixty or seventy years old but still had an elegant temperament walked up to the podium.

Just by looking at her temperament and demeanor, Wu Yuan was sure that she was definitely a British person, and the British temperament that was the same as Queen Elizabeth was so strong!

Sure enough, after Charlotte Rampling came on stage, she spoke in authentic British English and gave her acceptance speech.

And then Wu Yuan also remembered who this British actress named Charlotte Rampling was.

It's funny to say that he has indeed seen this actor's movie, but in the future.

Charlotte Rampling will play the role of the Virgin Helen in Dune!

Although Dune was a failure in mainland China, with a box office of less than 200 million RMB, its global box office was not bad, with more than 400 million USD.

This is another typical Hollywood blockbuster that did not work well in China.

And Charlotte Rampling's role in Dune is probably related to the Golden Bear Award for Lifetime Achievement that she won today.

However, Wu Yuan did not know much about this actress, so he could only watch the fun.

The next Golden Camera Award was presented to the famous French director Agnès Varda.

Wu Yuan knew this director, who is considered a living fossil and godfather of French cinema. When he was studying at Beijing Film Academy, many of his films were required to be studied in the courses of Beijing Film Academy!

His 1985 film "Wandering Girl" is a classic in the history of world cinema and also the winner of the Golden Lion Award at the 42nd Venice International Film Festival.

Wu Yuan also has great respect for this film master.

Unfortunately, the director did not come to the scene to receive the award because he was already in the hospital, suffering from cancer, and there were several reports of his critical illness.

If Berlin does not give him a lifetime award this year, I am afraid there will be no chance in the future.

After the lifetime achievement awards were all presented, it was finally the turn of the much-anticipated main competition unit awards!

The Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award, the Silver Bear Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution, and the Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay, one Silver Bear after another, were awarded to world-renowned film artists under the expectant gaze of all the guests.

Seeing that the Best Actor and Best Actress awards were about to be presented, Wu Yuan, who had always acted calm, couldn't help but get nervous. He looked back and forth between the crew of "Cai Wenji" and the crew of "So Long, My Son", and unconsciously muttered in Chinese:

"It's not bad to get a Silver Bear, it's enough to have a Silver Bear" (End of this chapter)