Chapter 547 Cannes Film Festival

The crew of "The Revenant".

Ever since Leonardo knew that Gu Wei and Liu Yifei were going to Cannes at the end of the month, he has been working hard to catch up with the filming progress.

From the end of April to now, the shooting has been going on for more than a month and everything has gone very smoothly.

Gu Wei sometimes wondered whether he should find excuses to go out for a walk more often. According to this rule, he might be able to finish filming half a month in advance.

Leonardo DiCaprio: "Fuck, it's not good if I'm not in good shape, and it's still not good if I'm in good shape. It's so hard to win an Oscar..."

After finishing a day's shooting, Gu Wei returned to the hotel and found that Liu Yifei had already started packing her luggage.

The dubbing of an animated film cannot be completed in a day or two. It will take at least a week or two or even longer. It is the same as making a movie. There will be repeated NGs until it passes.

And this time, the voice acting for the heroine in "Frozen 2" will be required, so it is estimated that it will take even longer.

So Liu Yifei had to be prepared to live there for a while. Fortunately, Gu Wei bought a villa there.

"I'll go to Cannes first, and then I'll go straight to Disneyland after I come back."

Seeing Gu Wei's figure, Liu Yifei immediately said something.

"I guessed it, no problem."

Gu Wei agreed with a smile. He had expected Miss Liu to have this idea. It happened that the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival was also held on the 26th. Staying there for three or four days before coming back would not delay the plan to go to Disneyland.

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25th, Cannes.

As soon as Gu Wei and Liu Yifei got off the plane, they were discovered by reporters.

"Well, I came here this time because I was invited by Director Spielberg."

“It’s a bit of a pity that I didn’t bring my work to participate in the competition, but I believe there will be opportunities in the future.”

After finally dealing with the reporters, Gu Wei received a call from Cheng Long.

"Who is it?" the young lady asked curiously.

"Brother Cheng Long is waiting for us, let's go." After hanging up the phone, Gu Wei took Liu Yifei and set off.

After arriving at the agreed location, Gu Wei found that Fan Binbin was also there. After chatting for a while, he learned that she had accepted the invitation of Hollywood director Sam Field and would partner with Cheng Long in his new work "Skiptrace", so the crew will also hold a press conference in Cannes this time.

Sure enough, even if he couldn't find any opportunities from himself, Fan Binbin would still not give up the idea of ​​continuing to enter Hollywood.

It’s just that due to Jackie Chan’s schedule issues, this movie will not start until the second half of the year, after all, "New Police Story 2013" is still being filmed.

As soon as the two sides met, the outside media, especially the mainland media reporters, took action.

"Director Gu Wei said frankly that he was invited by Director Spielberg to be the special guest of the closing ceremony."

"Director Gu said that he would bring his work to Cannes to compete if he has the chance..."

"Gu Wei and Liu Yifei appeared at the Cannes Film Festival and had lunch with Cheng Long, Fan Binbin and others..."

"Skiptrace debuted at the Cannes Film Festival. Gu Wei chatted with Cheng Long and Sam Fehr. It seems that the two sides have new cooperation."

I have to say that there will always be some differences between the reports in the mainland and Hong Kong. The other side will always give you all kinds of speculations. If you meet, you may be filming a movie.

After Gu Wei finished his lunch at Cheng Long's place, he said hello and took Liu Yifei back to the hotel to recuperate.

After all, there is a "China Film Night" to be held in the evening, and Spielberg invited Gu Wei to come to participate in this event.

Many domestic female stars attended this film festival, including Zhang Ziyi, Fan Binbin, Li Yuchun, and Zhang Yuqi.

Before Gu Wei and Liu Yifei arrived, Zhang Yuqi made a splash on the red carpet in a deep V retro green dress, which attracted extensive coverage from overseas media.

To be honest, judging from the nature of foreigners, they might have mistaken her for Fan Binbin or Li Binbin?
After all, when it comes to bold dressing, these two left a deep impression on foreigners.

Fan Binbin is indeed very good at dressing and very daring in her dressing. After all, there is never a shortage of beauties in this circle, especially in Hollywood. How can foreign filmmakers pay attention to a mainland actress?

So Fan Binbin played to his strengths.

When she first appeared on the red carpet of an international film festival, she really amazed foreigners with her outfit that was full of Chinese characteristics.

Later, she frequently appeared in major fashion weeks and transformed into a stylish and stylish fashion queen.

Only then did the international community take notice.

This time at Cannes was no exception, but perhaps because he had already become famous, he was much more restrained this time.

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In China, the news that Gu Wei and Liu Yifei appeared at the Cannes Film Festival naturally made the front-page headlines.

After seeing the photo of the two holding hands, many people sighed: "These two really know how to have fun."

On the other side, Tom Hardy, who was on the set of "The Revenant", suddenly found that there was no light in Leonardo's eyes next to him.

As time went on to night, the "Chinese Film Night" was held on the Cannes beach.

It was organized by the Film Channel and almost every crew in Cannes came.

"China Night", an official event of the Cannes Film Festival, originated in 2008. At that time, when the Olympic Games were about to be held in the capital, the Film Channel cooperated with the official Cannes Film Festival Organizing Committee and successfully established the "China Unit" at the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Market.

This is the first film market opening event in the 61-year history of the Cannes Film Festival that combines national characteristics and sets up a unit with a country's films.

Chinese filmmakers such as Jia Zhangke, Jiang Wu, Li Yuchun, Yang Lan, Zhang Yuqi, Fan Binbin, and Cheng Long appeared one after another, and thousands of film producers, distributors, investors, and media executives were invited to participate in the event. The arrival of Gu Wei and Liu Yifei naturally became the focus of the whole event.

"Director Gu is indeed very popular overseas."

Jia Zhangke and others were sitting at a table, watching Gu Wei frequently dealing with foreign producers and distributors, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Director Jia, aren't you the same? I heard that people are chasing foreign copyrights."

Jiang Wu praised the other party and said that Jia Zhangke's "A Touch of Sin" was warmly sought after by foreign copyright holders after its premiere, and he was the male lead of this movie.

To be honest, directors like Jia Zhangke, Lou Ye, and Wang Xiaoshuai, although their films did not do well at the domestic box office, are well-known figures abroad. Copyright owners and distributors in various countries all know these directors from China.

"Alas, compared to Director Gu, it's still not good enough."

Jia Zhangke spoke modestly, but the smile on his face proved his mood at the moment.

As for the table of Johnnie To next to them, seeing how popular Gu Wei was, he couldn't help but purse his lips.

The seating arrangement was also very interesting, with a clear distinction between directors and filmmakers from the mainland and Hong Kong and Taiwan. This also shows that the conflict between the two sides is becoming more and more serious.

However, this is true for most people. A superstar like Jackie Chan, who is good at networking and has a high status, will naturally walk around both sides and not offend anyone.

After the gorgeous fireworks show, a video clip carefully produced by the movie channel was brilliantly presented on a giant screen by the beach in Cannes.

The short film showed the guests the booming development trend of Chinese films through the rapidly growing data on the number of mainland films produced, box office, number of screens, etc. in recent years.

"Ah, senior, look, your movie is also there!" Liu Yifei exclaimed after seeing the clip on the big screen.

Gu Wei on the side also noticed that "Tuya's Wedding", "Time Lovers" and "A Dog's Purpose" flashed one by one in the short films.

For a moment, Gu Wei was a little dazed. So many years had passed without him realizing it.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Yifei and Gu Wei smiled at each other as if they had telepathy, with only each other in their eyes.

The "China Movie Night" lasted until after two in the morning, interspersed with various cultural performances. Everyone left only after they had had their fill.

The next day, the closing ceremony of this year's Cannes Film Festival arrived as scheduled.

This is the craziest day of the entire film festival and the day with the highest expectations.

The stars were shining brightly on the red carpet at the closing ceremony in Cannes.

As a ceremony that can compete with the Oscars, the scene is naturally grand.

When Gu Wei and Liu Yifei walked onto the red carpet, they immediately attracted cheers from many fans and media.

The host did not miss this good opportunity and asked several questions. It was not until the staff came over to urge them to leave that they were allowed to leave.

Such treatment and status made the other crew members who later walked onto the red carpet and the guests on the scene envious.

Inside the venue, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei sat down at appropriate seats after being guided by the staff.

This position is right in the center, second only to the film festival judges, which is an excellent location.

The Palme d'Or trophy was placed on the edge of the podium, attracting everyone's attention.

Spielberg took the stage and the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the 66th Cannes International Film Festival officially began.

The Short Film Palme d'Or went to South Korea's "Safety."

The final grand prize of the Un Certain Regard category, the Un Certain Regard Award, was awarded to the Cambodian and French documentary "The Missing Picture".

At this point, the awards for the main competition unit have officially begun.

The first award to be given is the Jury Prize, which is only one word different from the Grand Jury Prize, so it is easy to confuse them if you don’t know much about it.

In the end, the award was given to the island country's film "Like Father, Like Son".

Along with it comes the award for Best Screenplay.

The awards presenters did not deliberately create suspense like the Oscars did.

"This is a film that directly faces reality and has an innovative "quadruple-panel" structure. Congratulations to Jia Zhangke for "A Touch of Sin"!"

The host read out the winners and movies very crisply.

Not far away, the crew of "A Touch of Sin" suddenly burst into warm cheers.

Although it is not the best award, it is still exciting to win it.

At the same time, domestic audiences were also excited.
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The award ceremony continues.

Since Zhang Yimou's "Parasite" did not make it to this year's Cannes, there is basically no change in the following awards.

Similar to the original time and space, the Best Director Award was won by Amat Escalante for the film "Haley".

Ethan Coen and Joel Coen also won the Grand Jury Prize for Inside Llewyn Davis.

The highly anticipated Palme d'Or was finally awarded to Abdellatif Kechiche's "Blue Is the Warmest Color."

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(End of this chapter)