Chapter 235 After ten years, the golden palm branches bloom again for Chinese-language films!

Since she won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival in 1992, becoming the first Chinese actress to receive this honor, she has always been a benchmark figure in Chinese-language films!
That year was also one of the shining years for Chinese-language films.

She is to Venice what Zhang Manyu is to Berlin.

In the same year, they both won Best Actress awards at two of the three major European film festivals!
And now she has also won the first Cannes Best Actress award for a Chinese or Asian actress!
Nowadays, some netizens in the mainland have given her and Zhang Manyu the title of "Huang" respectively.

And this time, the title of Gong Huang will be well-deserved!

Having won the Best Actress award at both Venice and Cannes, she will undoubtedly be the leading actress in China and even in Asia!
Even though she had been practicing Qigong, she couldn't help but feel her eyes moist as she stood up amid the applause.

The years after her breakup with Zhang Yimou, especially after the millennium, were indeed a turning point for her, although she served as the chairman of the jury in Berlin and Venice.

It seems prosperous but the works produced are indeed not as good as before.

"Thank you, Chen An." Gong Li hugged Chen An tightly before going on stage.

He said only five short words and no more.

After Chen An opened his arms, he didn't say much, but smiled, nodded and applauded, then reached out and took her hand to send her to the stage!

Gong Li wiped the corners of her eyes and changed her mood. With one hand supported by Chen An and the other hand holding up her skirt, she kept waving and greeting everyone around her amid the applause!

Chen An only sent her to the steps before going on stage. Gong Li then lifted her skirt with both hands, nodded in thanks, and then walked up to the stage step by step!
Nicole Kidman, who was also a favorite to win the award, also smiled and applauded.

Zhang Ziyi from the "Purple Butterfly" crew secretly looked at Gong Li, who was being led to the stage by Chen An's hand, with a gloomy expression on her face.

Seeing her win one of the three major Best Actress awards again, she is also the first Asian actress to win this award!
I just feel like I have always been a substitute for the other person and have been suppressed behind him.

Ever since her debut and being dubbed as "Mou Girl", she has always been compared with Zhang Yimou, as both of them are heroines chosen by Zhang Yimou.

The other party had already been crowned queen in Venice, and now with the help of Chen An, she was crowned queen again in Cannes!

I'm so unwilling.
Zhou Xun looked at the other person walking up to the podium and just sighed softly. Although he still felt a little regretful, after hearing what Chen An said before, he felt a lot better now.

He looked down at the trophy in his hand and thought of the owner of the trophy, muttering to himself: "Will I ever have such an opportunity?"

The sound was so quiet that no one could hear it in the crowded exhibition hall.
Gong Li took the trophy and certificate and moved them to the podium, then smiled and said into the microphone:
"It has been exactly ten years since Farewell My Concubine first participated in the Cannes Film Festival in 93. It can be considered a perfect ending. I finally won this award. I would like to thank the jury for their final decision to let me win this award, and thank you, Chen An."

As she spoke, her eyes and the eyes of the entire audience turned to Chen An, who was still waiting for Gong Li to leave the stage.

Dressed in a well-tailored suit, looking young and handsome, he was waiting quietly with a smile on his face.

"Thanks for meeting you at the 49th Cannes Film Festival. Although I missed the collaboration on Run Lola Run, you invited me to star in this movie that I have been waiting for six years and let me win this coveted award. Thank you for your trust."

Chen An was also listening to the other party's words of thanks from the audience, and he chuckled and nodded.

Finally, after expressing her gratitude, Gong Li smiled, nodded, and walked down the podium.

He handed the trophy to Chen An, held it in one hand, was supported by Chen An with the other hand, and waved to the camera on the way back while holding the certificate in the other hand.

There was enthusiastic applause again at the scene!
"Congratulations, let me see the trophy, I didn't have it back then."

As soon as he landed in his position, Uncle Ge stretched out his hand to take a look at the trophy.

Chen An handed the trophy in his hand to him, "It's quite heavy. We were so unlucky. We only got a certificate at that time." Gong Li lifted her skirt and sat back on the chair, saying jokingly, "Maybe Chen An will get a trophy after winning the Palme d'Or, but you won't. I'll let you take a good look at it."

Zhou Xun, who was standing next to him, didn't find it funny, he just thought it was a bit noisy.

You feel like you've been left out, and you're the only one who doesn't have it, right?

The next award to be presented was the Best Director award, which Chen An had won before.

Watch as Gus Van Sant, the director of Elephant, walks up to the podium and touches the trophy.

Chen An felt regretful, not because of the award, but because of the trophy in the other party's hand.

"Elephant", which is also a favorite to win, has already won the Best Director award. Will it win the Palme d'Or as originally planned?
Chen An didn't know that although there was a change in this year's Cannes because of his movie, he also unexpectedly won the Best Actress award, which was an achievement that "Shoplifters" had not achieved in his previous life.

In any case, all we can do now is wait for the announcement.

Will the golden palm branch that I haven’t seen for ten years fall into my hands?
Now the film festival is almost over, with only two awards left.

These are also the two most important awards, the Palme d’Or and the Grand Jury Prize!
The person who presented the Grand Jury Prize was actually Spielberg, who was also one of the judges on the jury.

The internationally renowned director with gray hair and beard walked up to the front desk carrying an envelope. Wearing a pair of round-framed glasses, he smiled familiarly and casually opened the envelope.

Without further ado, he said directly: "The winner of the Cannes International Film Festival is..."

Like all award presenters, he spoke in a halting manner, and when he felt it was about time, he spoke directly:

"'Uzak' and 'Elephant'! Congratulations to both directors!"

It was not until then that a judge, French actress Karin Viha, came up with two trophies.

This time, Cannes laid another double yolk egg!

And it is a heavyweight jury award!
Some are happy and some are sad. Nuri Bilge Ceylan, the director of "Uzak", is very happy. He gained a lot from Cannes this time, winning the Best Actor and the second-ranked Jury Prize.

Not only will you gain honor, but you can also make a lot of money by selling the copyright!

However, Gus Van Sant, the director of "Elephant", felt a little disappointed. His goal from the beginning to the end was the Palme d'Or, although he was very successful by winning the Best Director and Jury Prize.

However, carefully considering and shooting this subject meant taking a gamble, but he quickly came to his senses, put on a smile and walked onto the stage.

The happiest people were the crew members who had never won any awards and Chen An who was applauding!
"The Elephant" was defeated, and it feels like the Palme d'Or is just around the corner!
As he expected, after the two award-winning directors left the stage, the award presenter came up from backstage at the host's announcement.

The Chen An crew, who had been a little nervous, finally relaxed.

The person who walked to the front desk carrying the trophy and certificate was Jiang Wen, known to everyone in the "Shoplifters" crew!

Holding the golden palm branch, he walked towards the podium in big strides, kicked the trophy in his hand, took the envelope in his left hand, opened it with one hand, took out the list inside, and handed it to the host next to him without even looking at it.

Jiang Wen, who looked like a bandit with dense stubble on his face, rarely wore a pair of round-framed glasses. Because there were special translators on the scene who could translate the language into French and English, he leaned in front of the microphone and spoke directly in Chinese:
"The winner of the Palme d'Or at the 56th Cannes International Film Festival is Shoplifters! Chen An, come up quickly!"

After saying that, he smiled and patted the Palme d'Or trophy in his arms!
After a lapse of ten years, the golden palm branches bloom again for Chinese-language films!
(End of this chapter)