On September 5, many movie fans, tourists, media professionals and film-related people lined up in front of the two cinema halls of the Lido Cinema Palace.

The Palais du Cinémako contains most of the institutions, with the Venetian Marché du Film, the Media Center, the Press Conference Hall, and many more on the floors of the Palais du Cinéma.

If there is no invitation letter issued by the organizer, the audience needs to apply for tickets with the corresponding documents to enter. In Venice, in fact, not only Venice, but also Cannes and Berlin are similar, and the types of certificates are roughly divided into media certificates, marketing certificates and film festival certificates. Among them, the white, pink, blue, and yellow media cards have been talked about by many people in later generations, and these certificates have been prioritized in many cases.

During the festival, a film in the main competition unit will be screened at one or two or three screens in the Palais du Cinema every night, mainly because of the popularity of the film.

For example, French director Abdé Causisi's "Millet and Mullet," which premiered the day before, and Hollywood director Brian Palma, who looks like a "truck driver," and "Excerpts Revised," a film about the Iraq War, premiered simultaneously in three theaters of the Palais du Cinémas.

The eleven-day film festival has already passed halfway, and the 22 films shortlisted for the main competition unit, including "The Tale of Two Donkeys", which premiered tonight, have already debuted 16 films.

The festival has a journal that provides some information for journalists, fans and tourists, including a very practical column for scoring the participating films, which is divided into two groups: professional film critics and public judges from audience sampling surveys, and the rules are five-star system.

If each star counts as one point, at present, the professional judges and the public judges have reached a high degree of unity in terms of "who is the best film", and they have chosen French director Abdé Causisi's "Millet and Mullet", with 10 people in the professional group giving 36 stars to the film, and 10 people in the non-professional group giving 38.5 stars.

Second place in the professional category went to two films tied for 34.5 stars, namely "The Love History of the Goddess" by the French New Wave master Eric Houmai and "Excerpts and Revised" by Brian Parma.

"I'm Not Present" starring Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger and others, and George Clooney's "Heroes Don't Ask Where They Come From" are two Hollywood movies ranked fourth and fifth, respectively.

There are as many as eight Hollywood films shortlisted for this year's film festival, so it's no wonder that once the shortlist was announced, it was questioned by all parties, believing that it was a flattery to Hollywood films. You must know that the three major festivals in Europe have always had an anti-Hollywood tradition.

Of course, it's another thing to rely on Hollywood stars to gather popularity at every film festival.

Surprisingly, "A Tale of Two Donkeys" tied for sixth place with the suspense film "Scouting" starring Michael Cain and Jude Law with 30.5 stars, becoming the highest-rated film among the four Chinese films shortlisted.

"Lust Caution" and "Sun", which were previously touted by the domestic media as the most popular for "lion grabbing", ranked ninth and eleventh with 28.5 stars and 25.5 stars respectively.

As for "Help Me, Eros" from Wanwan director Li Kangsheng, it ranked second to last among the sixteen films.

However, in the non-professional public selection, "Sun" ranked sixth with 27 stars, and "Lust and Caution" still ranked ninth with 25.5 stars. "Help Me, Eros" also rose three places to No. 12.

Because "The Tale of Two Donkeys" has not yet premiered, there is no rating for the non-professional group for the time being.

It is worth mentioning that both groups gave the lowest score to the Italian-French co-production "Fame". He Xin went to see this film, which tells the story of a young man with mental problems who wants to kill his parents. Although the dialogue needs Xiaodouding to help translate, in terms of viewing experience, it is much better than the misty "Sun", and I don't understand why the score is so low. Maybe European audiences and film critics probably have a plot that worships foreign people.

Once the score was exposed, the foreign media was not bad, but the reporters of the domestic media were shocked, and at the same time chased and asked to interview the main creator of "The Story of Two Donkeys", even a rookie like Tong Yali did not let go.

Speaking of which, it is also the first time to participate in the Venice Film Festival, compared to Kong Wei, one of the heroines in "The Sun", Tong Yali is really low-key and a little too much.

People have been hyping since "The Sun" was shortlisted, and after coming to Venice, I can't wait to send more than ten or twenty articles to major online media in China every day.

What "Kong Wei appeared in Venice, foreign reporters praised him for his international star demeanor!"

"Kong Wei's "Sun" premiere is full of style, and she is praised as a sexy goddess!"

"Kong Wei appeared in the special issue of the film festival, and the red carpet image shocked the Venice Film Festival!"

"Kong Wei met a Hollywood superstar by chance and was praised by the actor of "Lost in Translation"!"

Every time he sees this kind of title on the Internet, He Xin always feels very embarrassed. Just like Fan Xiaopang became a judge in Cannes in her previous life, during that time, she almost occupied all the headlines of entertainment news on the Internet, but Fan Xiaopang was still a judge.

This Kong Wei is no stranger to He Xin, when he took Tang Wei to audition for the role of Yao Anna in "Painting the Soul", he PK the one who was still called Kong Yishan at that time.

In fact, in the film "The Sun", the wife she played by Jiang Wen and the crazy mother played by Zhou Yun are really ordinary, and they are not the same dimension as Cheng Chong's wet desire and debauchery innocence.

Similar to this kind of title, after domestic netizens saw it, their first feeling may be that there will be another international star after Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi. And He Xin, who is really in Venice, is not only embarrassed by this eye-catching title, but even panicked.

The so-called film festival reassignment is originally an advertisement, and you can get it if you pay money, and the so-called Hollywood superstar, Bill Murray, the actor of "Lost in Translation", is roughly equivalent to a domestic comedian like Pan Changjiang and an actor of the nature of gold medal green leaves.

starring in "Lost in Translation" and being nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor is the highlight of his career as an actor, (it is said that Pan Changjiang also won the Best Actor of the Hundred Flowers Award). But this is more of a talk show host in the United States, a funny and ugly variety show like Song Xiaobao in later generations.

The so-called Hollywood superstars are just raising their own value.

Tong Yali, like He Xin, has a language barrier, and she can only learn about the news of the film festival through domestic websites. 52 Literature

There's no way, who let the family have a hype agent, and the executive agent and assistant next to her is also a rookie like her.

However, with the announcement of the score, the situation immediately reversed, and in the face of an endless stream of reporters, the two rookies had already blossomed.

And Diao Yinan, who has always been elegant and shy, actually flew up with the waves. He didn't come to the door because of the score announcement, it all came from the words that the national teacher said to He Xin when he attended the premiere of "The Sun" that day.

"Your movie is very good!"

As the chairman of the jury, the national teacher will definitely not say such things casually. There is only one reason, that is, "The Tale of Two Donkeys" is very promising to win the award, and this award is not light.

The Golden Lion Award is definitely not considered, such an award is too sensitive, and the national teacher will definitely not hint at it. The actor award is obviously impossible, otherwise the national teacher would definitely not say that the movie is very good, it must be He Xin, you acted very well.

Then the remaining important awards are the Silver Lion for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Technical Contribution or Jury Prize.

In addition to the best technical contribution, which is often referred to as the best cinematography, the other three awards are related to Diao Yinan, who is both a director and a screenwriter, and as for the jury award, of course, there are directors to win.

And among the three awards, the Silver Lion Award for Best Director and the Jury Award are the most likely, if it is the best screenplay, the national teacher may not specifically hint at it, after all, the national teacher himself is also a director, not a screenwriter.

No matter which award, as long as he gets it, then he Diao Yinan is definitely qualified to become one of the so-called sixth-generation directors in China.

In contrast, He Xin, who the reporters wanted to interview the most, deliberately avoided it, and it was only perfunctory if he couldn't hide. It's not that he deliberately pretended to be forced, but it was really not in line with his usual relatively cold style. It's not like our Diao Dao broke the work all of a sudden.

At this time, Director Diao was wearing a black dress and a small bow tie, standing at the door of the theater with a spring breeze to greet the filmmakers who came to cheer.

Tong Yali also deliberately dressed up today, looking jubilant in a red suspender dress.

And He Xin, who is in an off-white ultra-thin casual suit and khaki trousers, has a relaxed and casual style.

Not far away, at another public entrance, fans also lined up.

Obviously, the exposure of the excellent scores of the house magazine has made the film "The Story of Two Donkeys" win the expectations of many fans.

This is where the little bean Ding chicken thief comes in, the premiere of "The Story of Two Donkeys" is relatively late, but she took the lead in winning a special show for the media, film critics and film dealers before the opening of the film festival, which not only allows the film companies to see the film in advance, but also has a certain impact on the score of the house magazine. If "A Tale of Two Donkeys" were to be screened in a special media session the day before its premiere, the already dazzling media and film critics would not necessarily have scored so highly.

After all, during the release of the main competition unit, there are also the horizon unit, the non-competition unit, the future golden lion unit, the master screening unit, the midnight screening, etc., and nearly 200 movies are in full swing.

To be honest, compared with the Oscar-level director Li Yu's "Lust and Caution", the main venue, which can accommodate more than 1,000 people, is full, and the two theaters are screened at the same time. The premiere of "A Tale of Two Donkeys", which has always been very low-key, is quite rare to have such a grand occasion. There are also two theaters, but the scale of the theater is slightly smaller, a 500-person hall and a 300-person hall.

However, this is also more than the scale of the screening of "The Sun" when it premiered with only a 500-seat theater. Not to mention the premiere of Wanwan director Li Kangsheng's "Help Me, Eros", not only was it cold, but even before the screening ended, more than half of the audience left the audience early.

Don't look at the hype of "The Sun", it's just to fool the domestic audience. In Venice, Jiang Wen's name is nothing at all, and even in terms of popularity, it is not as good as Tony Liang, the actor of "Lust and Caution", and he is still the best actor in Cannes!

Although Diao Yinan can only be regarded as a newcomer in Venice, the name He Xin is not unfamiliar to the hardcore fans of the Gang Film Festival. In particular, the films "Lan Yu", "The Little Tailor", and "Incense" are relatively popular Asian films in European literary theaters.

Lao Ma, the chairman of the organizing committee, who is known as "the favorite Chinese film and American independent film", naturally came to cheer early. The president of the organizing committee of the Venice Film Festival is a four-year term, and this year is the last year of Lao Ma's term. Four Chinese-language films and eight American independent films were shortlisted, which is absolutely unprecedented in the history of the three major European festivals, and Lao Ma must want to take advantage of the last film festival of his tenure. However, according to the latest reports from local Italian media in the past two days, Lao Ma is likely to make an exception and be re-elected as the chairman of the four-year film festival.

The national teacher did not come, probably to avoid suspicion. But one of the judges, Alejandro González, came. The director, who later won the Oscar Grand Slam and is known as one of the three heroes of Hollywood and Mexico, is no stranger to He Xin.

When he and Ning Hao came to Venice for the first time with "Incense", they met the director of the film "21 Grams", which was shortlisted for the main competition unit and helped Sean Penn win the Best Actor award.

At that time, Alejandro Gonzalez was only a well-known American independent film director, and his popularity in Europe was not even as good as Lou Ye and Wang Xiaoshuai. He was very excited after watching "Incense", so he stayed to find He Xin and Ning Hao to introduce themselves, so they met.

But this is not the case, last year's feature film "Babel" directed by him not only won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Film, but also won seven Oscar nominations including Best Picture. It seems that he has become an internationally renowned director.

His arrival immediately caused a commotion at the scene. This goods first congratulated Diao Yinan very politely, and then gave He Xin a big hug.

"Man, I love Two Donkeys so much that I can't wait to watch it a second time. ”

Hearing this, He Xin roughly understood the reason why the national teacher hinted to him, and he was surprised and moved at the same time.

He said in English with a clear Chinese flavor: "Three grams of oil! Three grams of crooked horses to eat!"

"Man, even though you did a great job in the movie, the best actor in my mind is Black Six and Black Seven, and their performances are really fantastic, haha!"