Peacock is free and tranquil, although the path is bifurcated and the mist is blurred, it is a long journey to the depths of human nature. This is a movie about a middle-aged man who prides himself on being calm and breezy to reminisce and reflect on his youth. ”

The whole film of "Peacock" is mainly gray tones, delicate and smooth, the actors' performances are sincere, simple, delicate and nuanced, and the "namelessness" of the actors also adds to the realism of the film. The protagonist is dramatized and gives some warmth in the midst of despair. ”

"Although the theme of "Peacock" is a little heavy, it restores a past life, and the fate of the characters is powerful enough and moving enough. ”

"Peacock is not a Chinese film, this is a world movie, a story that can happen in any country and any family. ”

"The stories in 'Peacock' happen one after another, and there are many places that shock the audience, so it doesn't seem boring at all. Maybe for Chinese, there will be more resonance, but most Westerners can understand this film because the human nature depicted in the film is similar. ”

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"Peacock" is on fire!

The final film of the festival did not disappoint audiences, so much so that the tickets for the four special screenings after the premiere were sold out.

"It's a civilian epic!"

This is the title given to "Peacock" by the house magazine "The Screen".

In this film review full of beauty and enthusiasm, He Xin's performance is also highlighted:

When he first appeared, he was still a handsome and dashing paratrooper, but he became a middle-aged man leaning on the back of a bicycle on the side of the road and eating steamed buns - his teeth were stained with vegetable leaves, and he used his freshly finished hand to brush the greasy hair on his head, his cheeks full of juice and his slightly protruding belly.

And He's performance completely concealed his usual temperament, when his gloomy eyes collided with his sister's bright eyes in an instant, he ate buns while inexplicably, no affinity smile, the camera will be gray and ambitious image has completely defeated the sister in front of him in an instant, when he appeared in the deepest hidden depths of the dream of a perfect man, become the most ordinary man in the world......

I still shed tears with my sister, but in essence, our tears are not the same, I am impressed by He's superb acting skills, the characters are so detailed but extremely tense expression, thank you for touching me!

For He Xin, he was also very shocked after watching "Peacock". It was the first time he saw the finished film, and when he was filming, he didn't have any special feelings, except for the director's strictness to Zhang Jingchu, and even he laughed at Senior Sister Zhang's acting skills in his heart.

But when the fresh and delicate appearance, plain face in the movie, two pigtails lined with clean white shirts, and a smile with a different kind of purity, but the strong and stubborn sister under the weak appearance was presented in front of him, I didn't know whether to praise the director Gu Changwei's training of the actors, or admire Senior Sister Zhang's accurate portrayal of the characters.

For a long time, He Xin's deepest impression of Senior Sister Zhang is still the image of the single mother in "Disciple", who pierced her thigh with a needle and was crawling with rats after her death.

Especially the shot full of rats crawling on his body, it is creepy to watch. Also as an actor, He Xin knows very well how much courage it takes to act as a young girl in this scene.

Just like the unruly eyes of the sister she played in "Peacock", there is a light flashing to chase her dreams, she can be ruthless, as bold and decisive as she can take off her pants at once.

He Xin suddenly found that Senior Sister Zhang was very similar to Zhang Ziyi, who he had always admired in his heart, and it was also her debut, and she also showed extraordinary acting skills. But as far as the debut novel is concerned, the sister in Zhang Jingchu's "Peacock" seems to be slightly better than Zhao Di in Zhang Ziyi's "My Father and Mother".

Speaking of which, both of them are his senior sisters, and they have both worked together. However, compared to Senior Sister Zhang's face, which was full of ambition and full of attack power. Senior Sister Zhang is a face that makes people feel very comfortable, a face that is popular with the audience, and will not give people a sense of oppression.

It's just that He Xin doesn't understand it, compared to Senior Sister Zhang's future masterpieces, marrying a husband and having children, and having both children and daughters, Senior Sister Zhang seems to be much more bumpy, and there is no work that can be done after "Tangshan Earthquake", and in the end she can only play a tool heroine in "Wushuang".

"Senior Sister Zhang, congratulations!"

After the premiere, He Xin specially stepped forward to congratulate Zhang Jingchu.

Today she is the absolute heroine, smiling extremely brightly in the stars and the moon.

"You're not bad either!" Zhang Jingchu winked at him.

"I just want to tell you that you are the best actress in my mind!"

"Wow, thanks...... Hey, what do you mean by that, can I understand that you are comforting me in advance?"

Zhang Jingchu was surprised at first, but she was smart and quickly understood the subtext in He Xin's words.

"Uh......"

He Xin just wanted to express his feelings, but he didn't expect her to ask like this.

The Chinese emperors and queens of the three major European film festivals, in addition to the few known in this life, of course, except for another time and space where the beautiful boy won the grand slam and Fan Xiaopang was crowned the Venice actress, he never deliberately paid attention to this kind of thing in his previous life, after all, literary films are still too cold and boring for the general public.

Only one year in the later life, because of Andy Lau's blessing, he watched a Hong Kong literary film called "Sister Peach", and now in retrospect, there are Ning Hao and Yu Dong in it.

However, he knew that Andy Lau's godmother won the Venice actress with this work. It's just that there is a very interesting comment at the back of this movie, which is roughly a review of the four Chinese actresses who have won the three major European film festivals. Funny, the only one of these four who is really Chinese is Zhang Yanyu, who was born in Hong Kong and grew up in the United Kingdom.

But there is definitely no name of Zhang Jingchu among them, it's a pity to think about it, although he hasn't seen all the works shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's film, but the performance of Julia Yates, the heroine of the German local film "Sophie Skule", which is currently the most popular among the actresses, is still a little worse than Zhang Jingchu in his opinion.

But how to say it?

Of course, this is when everyone is equally strong, it is definitely not Li Yifeng in "Sparrow" PK He Bing in "Love in the Courtyard", Zhang Yi in "Chicken Feathers Fly to the Sky", Zhang Jiayi in "White Deer Plain" and Liu Yunlong in "Kite", and Sun Li in Shuiba PK "The Flowers Bloomed and the Moon Was Full That Year" in "Beautiful Li Huizhen", Yuan Quan in "My First Half of Life" and Cherry in "Chicken Feathers Fly to the Sky".

The reason why Zhang Jingchu failed to win the award can only be said to be bad luck.

In the face of He Xin's speech, Zhang Jingchu pursed her lips, although her eyebrows still hung with the stubbornness of not admitting defeat, but she still smiled and said: "Anla, I am already like a dream to be able to come to Berlin, how dare I hope to win any actresses, but I still hope that our film can win awards." ”

Look, you can talk a lot, and only if you believe in you can you have a ghost!

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"I am honored to announce that MongolianPingPong has won the FIPRESCI Award for International Film Critics"

When the awarding guests just finished speaking on the stage, He Xin and Xiaodouding immediately clapped their hands excitedly, but when they turned their heads, they found that Ning Hao was still sitting there stupidly, He Xin hurriedly pushed it and reminded: "Why are you still stupid, hurry up to the stage to receive the award!"

"Oh!"

Ning Hao seemed to have just come to his senses, fortunately, he had the experience of Venice, he performed quite decently this time, hugged the award presenter on stage, took a small card made of crystal or glass, raised it above his head, accepted the applause of the audience, and then stammered into the microphone and recited the English acceptance speech prepared by Xiao Douding for him in advance.

"Oh, it's a pity it's not a cute little bear!"

When Ning Hao came down, he snatched the transparent medal and looked at it carefully in his hand, while muttering in his mouth.

When he returned to Berlin last time, he won the Best Newcomer Award as a big trophy, and the Jury Prize won by "Bicycle" was a silver bear.

"Little bear, you think beautiful! Only those who are shortlisted for the main competition are eligible. Ning Hao said with a smile.

Speaking of which, compared with the only one of the Cannes Palme d'Or, Venice's Best Film Award has a golden lion and two silver lions, the Jury Prize and the Best Director Award, the Berlin Film Festival is the most generous, with three Golden Bears for Best Film, Best Short Film and Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the Jury Prize, the Special Jury Award, the Best Director, the Best Actor and Actress Award, etc., a total of eight Silver Bear Awards.

Then the Blue Angels Award for Best European Film, the Meteor Award, the Crystal Bear Award and other awards were awarded one after another. He Xin applauded with the crowd and asked casually, "Hey, Haozi, how many acceptance speeches have you prepared?"

"Just one copy, what's wrong?" Ning Hao turned around.

Being able to win the International Film Critic Fipresci Award this time is quite satisfying for him, and he always holds the crystal medal in his hand tightly and does not let go.

"Well, the Wolfgang Stotch Prize hasn't been awarded yet, and if we win, what are you going to say when you come up to the stage to receive the award?"

"Uh......"

Ning Hao was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled: "No matter how cheap it is, let us take advantage of it, you think too much!"

He Xin actually didn't have much hope, after all, the International Film Critic Fipresci Award is the second prize of the Youth Forum unit, and according to the tradition of dividing pork, the first and second prizes can't be awarded to one work, right? After all, there are more than 30 films shortlisted for the Youth Forum unit.

Despite this, he still teased eight points and looked forward to two points: "But what if you win an award, don't forget that your idol Jia Section Chief won two awards that year!"

When Ning Hao heard this, he said embarrassedly: "How can I compare with Director Jia......"

Before he finished speaking, he heard Xiao Douding next to him say: "Don't argue, the Wolfgang Stotle Prize will be awarded soon." ”

The two quickly shut up and looked at the stage.

At this moment, I saw the award presenter, the German national treasure actress Catherine Deneuve, walking up to the stage with an envelope.

"Yo, it turned out to be the Queen Mother!" Ning Hao muttered quietly.

He Xin is no stranger to Catherine Deneuve, who saw this beautiful blonde German actress on TV at the opening ceremony of the first Shanghai Film Festival in his last life.

It was Deneuve's highest moment that year, and he just won the French César Award for actress and was nominated for an Oscar for the French film "Indochina". At the Shanghai International Film Festival, which was still very shabby at the time, he was regarded as the biggest star, and newspapers and television rushed to report it.

Compared to that time, Deneuve is now an old lady in her sixties, but the production is still very stable, and she has maintained two to three films a year to meet the audience.

At this year's Berlin Film Festival, the French comedy film "The Palace" starring her was also shortlisted for the non-competition screening unit, in which the old lady played a mean, arrogant, and high-spirited queen mother. At the time of the premiere, all three of them went to see it together.

The old lady spoke a few words in fluent English on stage, and then opened the envelope unhurriedly.

At this moment, He Xin and Ning Hao both held their breath in unison, and they didn't even dare to blink their eyes, although they were telling themselves in their hearts that they didn't have much hope, but there was always expectation, this was the highest award in the Youth Forum unit, not to mention the prize of 10,000 euros. The prize money of the International Film Critics Fipresci Award won by Ning Hao just now was only a pitiful 3,000 euros.

"Wow!"

When the old lady saw the contents of the envelope, she exclaimed playfully.

"It was ...... who received the Wolfgang Studch Prize"

The old lady could pause for a moment, swept around the audience, and then spit out a string of English words: "MongolianPingPong!"

“yes！”

I saw Xiao Douding jump up from her seat all of a sudden, although even if she jumped up, the whole person was not obvious, but it did not prevent her from waving her fists and exclaiming loudly!

She is the producer of this film, and she once fought with the crew on the desolate prairie for more than two months.

There was a commotion in the audience, although the Wolfgang Stotch Award is only the highest award in the youth unit, but "Green Meadow" actually won the first and second places in this unit at once, which is enough to shock.

"Hurry up!"

Seeing that Ning Hao was stupid again, He Xin hurriedly pushed him.

"Oh!"

Ning Hao blinked, there was a trace of trance, he couldn't even believe it, and he slowed down for a while before standing up stiffly. When he passed by He Xin, he was stunned: "You don't go up?"

He Xin shook his head with a smile, and at the same time said to Xiao Douding, who was separated from an empty seat: "Xiaohu, you also go up, and by the way, help Haozi be a translator." ”

Xiaodouding originally wanted to refuse, but when he heard that he was asked to be a translator, he was unhappy, he was obviously a producer, and he was originally qualified to go up, so he was good?

However, she still bit her lip and hurriedly followed Ning Hao and walked to the stage.

"Congratulations, kid!"

The award presenter on stage, Catherine Deneuve, gave Ning Hao a big hug.

“Thankyou！”

Ning Haomu replied, then took the trophy and certificate, feeling the heavy metal weight in his palm, Fang felt that at this moment, Mo Ruo was clear.

"Thank you! Thank you Berlin Film Festival! Thank you jury! I'm honored, uh, and very excited, I came to Berlin and won two awards at once, especially this ......"

As he spoke, he waved the trophy in his hand.

If it was the first time he came on stage to accept the award, his performance was quite decent, Ning Hao at this time was completely excited and a little incoherent.

Xiao Douding next to him accurately translated his words into English and conveyed them to every audience.

"Thank you to Bilig, Dawa and Greban, I am very sorry that they did not make it to Berlin!"

"Thank you to all the Mongolian actors in the movie...... Thanks to the crew members Du Jie, Bao Shihong, and Geng Hao for ......"

"He Xin, my good brother, I want to say that you are my most suitable work partner, without you there would be no movie, thank you!"

To be honest, his speech had exceeded the allotted time, but the host at the scene was very understanding and did not step forward to urge this talented young director, who was very excited at the moment.

"Finally, I would like to thank this beautiful lady next to me, who is not only the translator, but also the producer of this film, and it can be said that together we have made this film possible. ”

As he spoke, he also opened his arms to Xiao Douding, who looked surprised, and said, "Miss Hu, Thankyou!"

This may be the first time that Ning Hao did not call Xiaodou Ding Gu Yuewan, Xiao Douding twitched her lips, and was even a little unaccustomed, but she still performed her duties as a translator very well, and finally hugged Ning Hao heavily in a round of applause.

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In this year's film festival, Chinese films are undoubtedly the biggest winners. After Green Grass won the first and second prizes in the Youth Forum section, Cai Mingming's "A Cloud on the Edge of the Sky" won two silver bears in succession: the Alfred Bauer Award and the Best Artistic Contribution Award.

Alfred Bauer was the inaugural President of the Berlinale and the award was established in honour of films that have opened up new perspectives in the art of cinema.

As far as the new perspective is concerned, the A-film "A Cloud on the Edge of the Sky" is definitely well deserved.

In the end, the most exciting thing is that "Peacock" won the Jury Award in one fell swoop, which is the third time that a Chinese film has won the Jury Award at the Berlin Film Festival after "My Father and Mother" by Guoshi and "Seventeen-year-old Bicycle" by Wang Xiaoshuai.

The organizer specially arranged for Bai Ling, a Chinese judge of this year's jury, to present the award to Gu Changwei.

Bai Ling, who was dressed very, very boldly, hugged Gu Changwei warmly on the stage, and immediately murdered many films. It's just that Lao Gu's expression at that time looked a bit like a forced smile?

The queen of this year's film festival was unsurprisingly won by the heroine of "Sophie Schuyler", German actress Julia Yates.

He Xin felt very sorry for Senior Sister Zhang.

The winner of Best Actor is 19-year-old American actor Lou Taylor Pucci. In the movie "The Thumb Sucker", he played a seventeen-year-old high school student who has a habit of sucking his thumb like a baby. Keno Reeves makes a cameo appearance as a dentist in this film.

The final Golden Bear Award was won by the South African film "Carmen of Cayalisa".

The most popular one before was Gu Changwei's "Peacock".

Therefore, this time "Peacock" won the second place jury award, which is both happy and indescribable regret for Gu Changwei.

However, this did not prevent the wealthy "Peacock" crew from holding a celebration party in the most famous Chinese restaurant in Berlin.

At this film festival, "Green Meadow" not only sold for a good price, but also won the two most important awards in the Youth Forum unit, in a sense, Ning Hao has obviously surpassed his predecessor and idol Jia Kechang when he first came to Berlin.