Cannes as a famous tourist resort city, the urban area is not large, in fact, European cities, probably except for London, Paris, Berlin and other megacities, other cities can not be compared with the scale of China, hundreds of thousands of people are already considered big cities.

There is a main road in Cannes that is several kilometers long in the north and south, but the most lively places are concentrated in the coastal area, the whole urban area is a bit like a shovel, the main road is a handle, in addition to the shops on both sides of the street, and then extended to residential areas and various holiday villas.

The shovel section is home to hotels, shops, restaurants, and cinemas. Of course, as the main venue of the city's most distinctive film festival, the Palace of Festivals is like the tip of a shovel in the center of the city, with the beach on one side and the yacht area on the other.

The wide, well-groomed promenade stretches on both sides, with a sandy bay on one side and elegant hotels on the other. Most of the hotels are old buildings from the last century, but there are also very modern buildings. The green belt in the middle of the promenade is in full bloom, and tall palm trees come alive in the bright Mediterranean sun.

He Xin and Chen Kun must first go to the Cinema Palace for pilgrimage, the entire Cinema Palace has 25 cinemas and screening rooms, and the large cinema hall that can accommodate 1,000 people is being arranged nervously because the opening ceremony will be ushered in the next day. Other cinemas range from 35 seats to atriums as large as 300 people.

To attract tourists, there is also an official souvenir shop and a casino in the Palais du Cinémath. The two also went in curiously to take a look, and it was very lively. Fortunately, neither of them is a gambler like Wang Banbi and King Yan, they just came out after a quick look.

After that, the two took a boat to the famous Île Sainte-Marguerite, which was once a famous military fortress in France, but the main attraction for tourists was that it was once the legendary detention place of the Man in the Iron Mask, and it was like a prison cell for the Man in the Iron Mask.

He Xin loved to watch the movie "The Man in the Iron Mask" in his last life, and it was through this movie that he learned about famous French history such as Louis XIV, Louis Philippe, d'Artagnan and Fouquet.

Later, Xiao Lizi also filmed a version of "The Man in the Iron Mask", but He Xin felt that the picture was too delicate after watching it, but it was not as good as the 77 version.

With Chen Kun, who knows a little basic English and simple French, by his side, it is much more convenient for both playing and shopping.

Chen Kun also couldn't understand why this product likes to buy things like women, the hat and wallet of the commemorative edition of the Cannes Film Festival, the unique French Grasse perfume, and the various colorful cicadas that reflect the city's logo, this guy bought a lot of them, saying that he took them back and gave them away.

What's even more weird is that Chen Kun saw that he even bought condiments like thyme and rosemary.

Chen Kun couldn't help but ask strangely, "Why are you buying these?"

"Take it back and stew!"

"There are a lot of them in this kind of vegetable market, and you still need to buy them here?"

"Well, it's made in France, go back and see what's different. ”

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On the 15th, at 7 p.m., the 55th Cannes Film Festival opened.

Zhou Xun and Chen Kun's agent Li Xiaowan, who came with him, were very nervous, and after eating at noon that day, they slipped Zhou Xun into the room and began to make shapes and try on dresses.

Li Xiaowan is quite famous in the circle, one of the two bosses of Rongxingda, He Xin met her for the first time when he departed from the capital airport.

Although she was very enthusiastic at the time, the first impression of people really mattered. He Xin didn't like this person very much from the beginning, he felt that this person's eyes were too sharp, and he looked very strong, and his agent Chang Jihong's gentle and kind face was simply two extremes.

Of course, this may just be his personal feeling, but the rejection in his heart still makes him only maintain a superficial politeness to Li Xiaowan.

Although the hotel is only a ten-minute walk from the movie palace, the dressed Desjie still brought a Citroen business car when he came over.

Come to think of it, you can't walk down the street in a dress or hail a taxi.

Although He Xin is no longer a rookie who has walked the red carpet for the first time, when they arrived at the scene, they were still shocked by the scene in front of them.

In addition to these, the biggest difference from the red carpet of other film festivals or awards ceremonies is that in addition to the fans, including the reporters who take pictures and the security guards who maintain order, everyone is dressed in formal clothes and small bow ties, and a strong sense of luxury comes to the face.

As the creator of the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival has always been the strongest in the inheritance and protection of red carpet culture, and all guests attending the opening ceremony and journalists taking photos must be dressed in formal attire.

No wonder some people say: "The most important film festival in the world has always been Cannes, and it could even be said that it is more important than all the film festivals in the world combined!"

As a descendant of Cannes, the red carpet arranged by the crew of "Little Tailor" is still relatively high, ranking behind the opening film "Hollywood Ending" and another French film "The Pianist" after the jury debut.

When David Lynch, the chairman of this year's jury, led the only Chinese judge Yang Ziqiong in one hand, and Christine Hakim, an actor who has been a judge of the Cannes Film Festival for many times and is known as an Indonesian national treasure, and other members of the jury walked to the red carpet, it was suddenly full of light, accompanied by the cheers of fans.

This year's jury is quite high, aside from the fact that since winning the Palme d'Or in 90 with "Wild at Heart", almost all the works have been shortlisted for the main competition unit of the three major European festivals, not to mention David Lynch, the chairman of the jury, and the Danish director Billy Auguste, who has won the Palme d'Or twice, and the Chilean director Raoul Rhys, who has been shortlisted for the main competition unit of Cannes three times.

To say that the only two with relatively young qualifications are probably Chinese judge Yang Ziqiong, and Hollywood star Sharon Stone, who was shortlisted for the main competition unit of Cannes with "Instinct" ten years ago.

Although fans call Sharon Stone the most when the jury members walk the red carpet, the Hollywood actress hasn't had many great performances in the decade since "Instinct," and her career has inevitably started to dip. Although she held her head high on the red carpet at this time, she still seemed to be unstoppable.

"Hey, the woman next to Woody Allen is Chinese? - why is it so ugly!" Zhou Xun suddenly whispered.

He Xin and Chen Kun, who were whispering to the once sexy goddess and now the aging Sharon Stone, looked at the red carpet.

Sure enough, the crew of this year's opening film "Hollywood Ending" had just walked on the red carpet at this time, and in addition to a white lady, there was also an Asian face accompanying Woody Allen. As Zhou Xun complained, the young Asian woman was indeed extremely ugly, with a large pie face, almost no collapsed nose bridge, and the whole face looked like it was sunken, as if she had been trampled by a cow.

"This woman is not Chinese, but Korean, named Song Yi, the adopted daughter of Woody Allen. Chen Kun's knowledge is still quite extensive, and he explained it to Zhou Xun.

"It turned out to be an adopted daughter, no wonder it's so close!"

He Xin didn't care about it, but Zhou Xun's unintentional words suddenly reminded him of a scandal about Woody Allen that he had seen on the Internet in his later life, saying that the reason why he divorced his wife was because he had an affair with his adopted daughter, and later married his adopted daughter.

Could it be this one?

If this is really the case, he has to admire the old man's taste is really heavy!

The reason why this year's film festival chose Woody Allen's new film "Hollywood Ending" as the opening film, the organizers said at the press conference before the opening ceremony that it was to pay tribute to the outstanding 67-year-old director.

It's just that at this time, no one would have thought that this 67-year-old outstanding director would actually break out the scandal of cheating on his stepdaughter a few years later, and even make movies at the age of eighty.

"Ah Xin!"

"Sister Ruoying!"

He Xin heard a familiar voice, and hurriedly turned around, and saw milk tea in a white dress standing between two men, one tall and one short.

'Liang sir!''

The tall man he knows, it is Liang Jiahui, the guest of honor for Best Actor at the Academy Awards.

"Hello, Mr. He!"

"Don't, don't, Sir Liang, just call me Ah Xin!" He Xin said busily.

"Then Ah Xin, you also call me Jiahui!"

Liang Jiahui shook hands with him with a smile.

This is definitely the best Mandarin speaker of all the Hong Kong people He Xin knows. It is said that he lived in Tuanjie Lake, rode a bicycle to the Forbidden City every morning to film, and sat on a real dragon chair to play the emperor. Later, those so-called emperor professional households, such as Zhang Guoli, Tielin and others, did not have this kind of treatment from him, and they all sat on fake dragon chairs.

"This is director Chen Guofu. Milk Tea then introduced him to the short, bespectacled man next to him.

When He Xin heard this, he immediately shook Chen Guofu's hand excitedly and said, "It turns out that you are Director Chen, fortunately!

This thing couldn't help but glance back at Zhou Xun as he spoke, he knew in his previous life that Chen Guofu's name came from the "Sound of the Wind" that impressed him extraordinarily.

"Oh, Mr. He, hello. ”

Chen Guofu was obviously a little surprised, although the other party was young, he was still a Golden Horse actor in the end, and his works could be shortlisted for the main competition unit in Cannes, which should not be so exaggerated.

"Director Chen, I watched your "Marriage Notice", really, the shooting is very good!" He Xin said again.

This time he didn't say nonsense, the last time he went to Wanwan to participate in the Golden Horse Awards, he heard Guan Jinpeng talk about this movie, and later sent him a DVD of this movie.

After he watched it, he finally understood how Feng Xiaogang's later "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" came about?

"Marriage Notice" depicts the various forms of life of Wanwan men from a female perspective, while "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" just changes the female perspective to the male perspective of Qin Fen played by Ge You to look at various types of women in the contemporary continent.

The plot is basically the same, but when you think that "The Wind" is produced by Huayi, and Chen Guofu is one of the directors, it is not surprising that Feng Xiaogang filmed "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb".

One more thing, it was with this "Marriage Notice" that milk tea was crowned the queen crown of the Asia-Pacific Film Festival.

Chen Guofu realized that he is not a prolific director, and together with "Double Pupils", which came to participate in the screening unit of the Cannes Film Festival this time, he has made a total of four films.

At this time, a Golden Horse actor can look at his work with the attitude of a fan, of course he is very happy, and immediately started the commercial blowing, saying: "Mr. He has won the award, and your performance of "Lan Yu" is also very exciting, I am very moved to watch it." ”

At this time, Zhou Xun and Chen Kun also came to say hello, both of them actually knew Chen Guofu, and after Zhou Xun helped him introduce Chen Guofu's other identity, He Xin learned that Chen Guofu was still the production director of Columbia Pictures Asia, responsible for the development and production of Chinese films.

Of course, Zhou Xun also knows Liang Jiahui, but it is the first time he has met with milk tea, while Chen Kun is also very familiar with milk tea because of his guest appearance in "Astringent Girl", but it is the first time he has met Liang Jiahui.

While everyone was greeting, Milk Tea also quietly asked about Cheng Hao's recent situation.

"She's taking pictures of ancient puppets right now. He Xindao.

"Ancient puppet?" Milk Tea obviously didn't understand this new term in his mouth.

"Oh, it's a costume idol drama. He hurriedly explained.

"Poof!"

Milk Tea couldn't help laughing and said, "Ah Xin, I see that you are getting more and more funny talking now!"

The two hadn't chatted for a few words, when they heard Dai Sijie, who was more cold and reserved, and didn't come over to say hello, shouting, "It's time for us to play." ”

He Xin looked up, and sure enough, the crew of "The Pianist" was about to walk to the center of the red carpet, and the embarrassed actor was holding his trouser pocket in his hand, and turned around 360 degrees in style for the reporter to take pictures.

They quickly apologized to the three of them and hurried over.

Then Zhou Xun took Director Dai's arm in the middle, He Xin and Chen Kun lined up on both sides, and finally walked on the flashy Cannes red carpet.