The first award is the highest technology award. This award sounds pretty impressive, but it's not actually an official award in the main competition. Awarded by a jury composed of the French Audiovisual Technology Superior Committee, it is awarded to the works in the main competition that demonstrate technical excellence in photography, sound, art, costumes, editing, mixing and art.

For a long time, the technical awards were presented at the closing ceremony of the film festival, but after 2000, they were separated from the festival and awarded by the technical committee separately, and completely became an off-site award.

When many people talk about Hu Jinquan's film "The Heroine", they always say that it is the first Chinese-language film to win an award at Cannes, because the film won the technical award at Cannes in 1975. In fact, this is wrong, Li Hanxiang won the technical award in 1962 with "Yang Guifei", and "Chivalrous Girl" is the second Chinese film to win the technical award. After "Chivalrous Girl", Zhang Yimou's "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma's Bridge", Chen Kaige's "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin", Wong Kar-wai's "In the Mood for Love" and other films have won this award.

Because they knew that this award was not an official award, Xu Wangqiu and the others didn't pay much attention to it. They casually looked at the award presenters on the stage, waiting for the technical awards to be awarded and the awards of the main competition unit were officially awarded.

At this moment, the award presenter on the stage read in French: "The winner of the technical award is the movie "Cold", photographer Zhang Yimou!"

The guest of honor was a member of the French Supreme Technical Council, who spoke French, and Xia Meng didn't pay much attention to it, and when they heard "Cold" and Zhang Yimou, they were all stunned, and they didn't know if they heard it wrong. They turned their heads to look at Xu Wangqiu in unison, and said with a little excitement: "Did we win the award?" It seems that I heard "Cold" and Zhang Yimou. ”

Xu Wangqiu was thinking about his new film, and he didn't pay much attention to it, and vaguely heard "Cold" and Zhang Yimou, but he wasn't sure if he heard it wrong. He turned to look at Natasha Kinski next to him, pointed to his nose and asked, "Did we win the award?"

Natasha Kinsky was amused by Xu Wangqiu and sneered: "Yes, it was you who won the award." ”

Xu Wangqiu was convinced that he had heard correctly, nodded to Xia Meng, and said with a smile: "That's right, we won the award." This award is given to Lao Mou, Sister Xia Meng, you can come to the stage to help him receive the award. ”

Xia Meng shook his head with a smile: "He is friends with you, or it is more appropriate for you to come to the stage to receive it on your behalf." ”

Xu Wangqiu also felt that it might be more appropriate for him to go on stage, so he walked towards the stage. After walking on the stage, he shook hands with the award presenters and received the award certificate. The Technology Award is not an award in the main competition unit, but only a certificate.

Xu Wangqiu took the award certificate and said nonsense into the microphone: "I'm really sorry, our photographer Zhang Yimou couldn't be at the scene due to work, and I will receive this award on his behalf." But before he went to Cannes, he told me what he would say on stage if he won the prize. I will repeat his words below, thank Ms. Xia Meng for her investment, thank all the members of the crew, thank you to all those who supported this film, and thank the jury for awarding this award to me. Thank you especially to Director Xu Wangqiu, you are the best director in the world, and it is a pleasure to work with you! I can't wait to make the next film!"

David Jiang couldn't help but say: "Wangqiu, this guy is so thick-skinned, he actually brags himself like this!"

Xia Meng also wanted to laugh a little: "It's okay, I think Zhang Yimou may be even more exaggerated if he comes to the stage to accept the award." ”

Xu Wangqiu continued: "Our film was banned from being shown in Xiangjiang, and the telecommunications department said that our film was inciting the masses to hate and defy the government, and the whole film was advocating crime and was not suitable for screening. This is not right, our films are just a reflection of social reality. I hope that the Electrical Inspection Department will not link movies with politics, so that "Cold" can meet the audience in Hong Kong as soon as possible. That's all I have to say. Thank you!"

The scene was silent for several seconds, and then there was a sea of applause.

Xu Wangqiu had just returned to his seat with the award certificate, and David Jiang snatched the certificate, took it in his hand and looked at it over and over again, he couldn't put it down. After playing around, he handed the certificate to Xia Meng with a lot of sycophancy, and asked her to appreciate the award certificate of the Cannes Film Festival.

The official awards for the main competition will be presented, starting with the Jury Prize.

The Jury Prize is the third prize awarded to a film, the first prize is the Palme d'Or and the second prize is the Grand Jury Prize. To put it simply, the Palme d'Or is the first place among all the films in the main competition, while the Grand Jury Prize is generally awarded to the film selected by the jury after the Palme d'Or, that is, the second place of all the films in the main competition, and the Jury Prize is a consolation award.

This year, the jury awarded the award to the Hungarian film "Diary for a Daughter", a semi-autobiographical film. Through the perspective of a sixteen-year-old girl, it tells the Soviet Union in the 30s and the post-war purges of Hungary, which has strong political implications.

Director Marta Mesaroš is a well-known Hungarian female director, who won the Golden Bear in Berlin in 1975 for her film "Adoption". "Diary for My Daughter" was filmed in 1982, but due to the political issues involved in the film, it was not allowed to be released until this year.

Xu Wangqiu didn't know if there was a political factor in the jury's award to "A Diary for My Daughter", but he knew that in the three major film festivals, politics was a more ingenious thing, especially films involving various socialist movements were easier to win. For example, "Iron Man", which won the Palme d'Or in 1982, is a film about the Polish workers' movement in the 80s, and "Daddy Goes on a Business Trip", which won the Palme d'Or in 1985, is a film about Yugoslav politics and life.

But the festival's preference for politics is not entirely aimed at socialist countries, such as the 2004 Palme d'Or Fahrenheit 911, a film of the George W. Bush administration, and the 2006 Palme d'Or, a film about the Irish War of Independence, which was fiercely criticized in Britain and criticized by many media as an anti-British film.

The awards ceremony continued, with Angelopoulos taking home the award for Best Screenplay for "A Trip to the Isle of Sesser", director Bertrand Tavergne for Best Director for "Country Sunday", and British actress Helen Mirren for her performance in "The Day of Grudges".

Next up was the award for Best Actor, and guest of honor, Catherine Deneuve, took the stage with an envelope.

Before the awards ceremony, among the media reporters in Cannes, the best actor was the most popular for David. Jiang. The reporters were full of praise for David Jiang's performance, believing that he perfectly portrayed the process of a kind and good person gradually being swallowed up by darkness, and the whole performance was soul-piercing and unforgettable.

The famous French film magazine "Feature Film" commented on David Jiang's performance: "David Jiang is the biggest discovery of this film festival; he perfectly portrays the process of a kind, enthusiastic, and sympathetic good person gradually collapsing and eventually becoming a madman without humanity." His voice, tone, demeanor, and body movements are all completely immersed in this character, and the indescribable pain from life itself is naturally revealed all the time. In the process of watching the movie, the audience unconsciously walked into his world, and they didn't feel that he was acting at all, but thought that he was such a person. ”

David Jiang's biggest rival is Alfredo Landa, the actor in the Spanish film "Holy Child". In the movie, he portrayed a poor father living in a rich manor, so that the audience can truly experience the hardships and pains of the lives of the low-level characters, which is very impressive.

In addition, Gerald Depardieu, the actor of "Psycho", and Peter Cawjot, the actor of "Bitter Moon", are also rave reviews and are considered strong contenders for the best actor. However, the two of them are slightly weaker, and the possibility of winning the award is also smaller.

Since David Jiang is the favorite for the Best Actor Award, Xu Wangqiu and they all sat up straight when they saw Catherine Deneuve on stage.

Xu Wangqiu glanced at David Jiang next to him, saw him pursing his mouth, his eyes were glued to the envelope in Catherine Deneuve's hand, he couldn't help laughing, and pushed his elbow against David Jiang's arm: "How is it, are you nervous?"

David Jiang pretended to be calm and said: "Isn't it the actor, it's not that I haven't won it, what's there to be nervous about?"

Xu Wangqiu pointed to Jiang David's forehead: "Don't be nervous, then what's going on with your forehead?"

Jiang David stretched out his hand and touched his forehead, found that his fingers were full of water, and reached out to fan himself: "The weather is too hot, in such a hot weather, the air conditioner is not turned on a little bigger, the heat is killing me." ”

Xu Wangqiu almost laughed, thinking that this guy was really a dead duck, with a hard mouth. At this moment, Catherine Deneuve had finished her award speech and began to open the envelope in her hand. Xu Wangqiu also stopped teasing David Jiang and waited for Catherine Denafudo to announce the final results.

In 1970, he won the Best Actor Award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival for the movie "Revenge", and in 1973, he won the Outstanding Acting Award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival for the feature film "Rebellion". But after that, his career began to decline, and he never made a really loud work, and had to start acting in TV series.

The Cannes Film Festival is the most influential film festival in the world, and if it can win an award in Cannes, then returning to Hong Kong will definitely attract great attention. In 1975, Hu Jinquan's "The Heroine" won the Grand Prix at Cannes. It is not yet the official award of the main competition unit, and it has caused a sensation in Xiangjiang.

David Jiang believes that if he can win the Best Actor Award, he will definitely cause a sensation in Hong Kong and turn over completely.

From a popular first-line niche to a TV drama café, David Jiang held his breath in his heart. The strong desire for the award made him sit on pins and needles, and his heart was beating violently, almost jumping out of his chest.

Catherine Deneuve, who was standing in the center of the stage, glanced at the list of winners, showed a look of surprise, and announced loudly: "The winner of the Best Actor Award at the 34th Cannes Film Festival is the actor of the movie "Cold", David Jiang!"

Jiang Dawei only felt a buzz in his head, and the blood in his whole body instantly rushed to the top of his head, making his ears roar incessantly. He couldn't believe his ears, and he turned his head to look around, only to see that everyone around him was looking at him and saying something with excitement on their faces. But their voices seemed to be far away, and they couldn't be heard clearly.

Wang Mingquan didn't care about his ladylike image at all, his eyes widened, like a crazy woman, and he screamed at David Jiang: "Ah Zun, you have won the award! You have won the award! Cannes actor!"

Xia Meng was also excited, and while applauding, he congratulated David Jiang: "Ah Zun!

Xu Wangqiu pulled Jiang David up directly, gave him a hug fiercely, slapped him on the back hard, and laughed: "You have won the award! You have won the award!"

At this moment, David Jiang was finally convinced that he had really become the Cannes actor.