Two days later, the premiere of "Chongzhen".

The first row was already full of the festival's jurors, and director Li Qi was on the side, looking nervous.

Because Lu Jia played the role of a princess, she was also invited to participate in the Cannes Film Festival this time.

It's her first time participating in an international film festival, so she looks excited.

Hong Chen, Ge Chen, and Lu Jia sat together, Hong Chen sat in the middle, with a sense of immediacy of a domineering president; Ge Chen was tall, with a professional outfit and black-framed glasses; Lu Jia was dressed up young and beautiful, and smiled and said something to Hong Chen from time to time.

When people who don't know see this scene, their eyes are full of envy.

By the way, sigh, it's good to be a big star.

At this moment, the cinema is already full, and as a big movie shortlisted for the main competition unit, it naturally receives a high degree of attention.

At this time, the lights dimmed, and everyone's eyes converged on the screen.

At first, there were some long shots, including beautiful rivers and mountains, majestic palaces, and well-dressed magnates.

Then, the movie gradually revealed to the audience that the foundation of Daming hidden under the golden glory has long been in turmoil.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty has no enthusiasm for governing the country and leveling the world, but he has nowhere to show it.

It's like hitting cotton no matter how your fist hits, looking at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, no one is willing to take even the slightest responsibility.

Hong Chen's performance in it is even closer to perfection.

Just the scene in the court, I don't know how many audiences were amazed.

In his eyes, there was self-blame for looking at the ruin of the country but being powerless, there was resentment when he saw that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all wine bags and rice bags, and there was also the fear of hearing that Li Zicheng's army had invaded the imperial city.

Richie is a great director, and he is very good at controlling the tone of the film.

At the beginning of the movie, most of them were bright colors, with beautiful mountains and rivers, red walls and green tiles.

Gradually, the filter is rendered gray, and the picture also presents a strong pathetic color.

Li Zicheng's thousands of troops and horses, the smoke of gunpowder in the palace, and the civil and military officials who lost their armor.......

Until the end, on the gray coal mountain, Hong Chen slowly walked on a desperate road with a eunuch.

The last scene is really amazing.

Hong Chen's performance before committing suicide in the coal mountain is very infectious.

"No wonder I can be shortlisted for the main competition unit, this acting is so powerful!"

"Whew, it's so depressing, this emperor is crying for me. ”

"This king who is powerless in the face of a weak country is pitiful. ”

"History has always been like this, the king loses, and the person who fails can always be a tragedy. ”

In the movie theater, many people saw this scene and expressed infinite emotion in their hearts.

In the end, after the whole movie was played, most of the audience nodded secretly.

From the current point of view, "Chongzhen" is definitely a good movie with depth.

At this year's Cannes Film Festival, the competition for the Palme d'Or is bound to be extremely fierce. Because the quality of any work in the main competition unit is very high!

It is precisely because of their high quality that they were selected for the main competition.

.......

The next day, the award ceremony officially began.

Appeared at the end of the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival. As soon as he got out of the car, the cameras in the hands of the reporters were like spears and cannons, frantically taking pictures of him.

The red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival is full of security guards maintaining order, and celebrities need to show an invitation to enter.

Unlike those film award ceremonies, there is no special order for this red carpet, so the scene will be a little chaotic.

However, security personnel will always be on the lookout for the scene, and anyone who stays too long will be ruthlessly evicted.

To be honest, those who have been nominated don't bother to stay on the red carpet for too long, so they just go through the motions, but many blanket stars like to take photos at this time.

Hong Chen walked across the red carpet in the spring breeze, and he didn't stop at all. But the cameras' cameras follow him all the time.

On the way, he met several young and beautiful female stars to greet him, these stars were all Chinese female stars, but Hong Chen didn't know him, so Hong Chen didn't pay too much attention to it.

The award ceremony is still a familiar process, a familiar feeling.

The stars are shining brightly, and they sit together.

Among them, the most concerned is naturally the ownership of the Palme d'Or and the actor and actress.

The crew members of "Chongzhen" are basically people from Hongchen Media Company sitting together and chatting.

"Master Hong, what are the chances of us winning this time?" asked director Li Qi a little nervously.

Hearing his words, Hong Chen shook his head and said, "It's hard to say, there are a total of twenty films nominated for the main competition unit, from all over the world, and many of them are very good works. ”

Ge Chen also nodded and said: "The Cannes awards are much more competitive than those awards in China, after all, in the face of the global film industry, no one knows which one will be able to kill." ”

"yes, to be honest, this time I really don't know the bottom of my heart. Hong Chen was a little nervous and said.

As they spoke, some of the bits and pieces of awards had already been awarded.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the next thing we will give out is the award for Best Actor and Actress. ”

The host said passionately.

Hearing her words, everyone couldn't help but cheer up.

When the Best Actor is announced, the first thing to do is to announce the nominations:

Among the nominations, there is Hong Chen's "Chongzhen".

The clip played on the big screen is the last scene of Hong Chen hanging himself from the old tree in the coal mountain, especially the last sentence of Hong Chen: "I don't want to be the king of a dead country." It made all the audience amazed.

This kind of performance is really touching.

Several other male-starred movies are also very classic, so when the nominees came out, the audience cheered.

But this time, the spotlight didn't hit the top of Hong Chen's head.

"The winner of Best Actor is:"

Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the audience cheered.

Several of the unsuccessful candidates did not say a word.

Defeated.

Hong Chen's performance in this movie is logically impeccable, but when it comes to top international film festivals, those who can be shortlisted for Best Actor have impeccable performances.

Coupled with the fact that the final result is determined by the jury, everyone's aesthetic is different.

Therefore, Hong Chen regretted not being selected.

"Master Hong......" Li Qi wanted to say something.

Ge Chen and Lu Jia also looked at Hong Chen with concern.

Hong Chen smiled and said, "It's okay, this situation is normal, the actor of the international film festival is not so easy to get." ”

Hong Chen felt a little lost in his heart, but he was still relatively relaxed.

He had been mentally prepared for this before.

"Chongzhen" tells the story of the ancient Chinese dynasty after all, and the scenes and plots shown may not be liked by everyone.

After that, the Palme d'Or was also announced, and the winner was the cold country movie "Parasite".

"Chongzhen" only Li Qi won the Best Director Award, and other than that, there was no grain.

About 90% of the films participating in the Cannes Film Festival are unsuccessful.

The competition is extraordinarily brutal.

"The depth of the script is still not enough, or the degree to which the ancient Chinese culture is not accepted is deep. Hongchen realized what the problem was.

At international film festivals, it's normal to fail.

As he said before, each according to his ability.

He didn't have much expectations for this movie, and it could only be regarded as a relatively successful literary and documentary film.

To be honest, being able to stand out from thousands of films in the world and be nominated for Best Actor and Palme d'Or at Cannes is already a full affirmation of his acting skills and this film.

"Brother Hong Chen, are you okay. Lu Jia comforted with concern.

"It's okay, you can't win every nomination, it's normal. Hong Chen smiled.

"Well, you obviously performed so well in "Chongzhen", I don't think other people's acting skills can compare to you at all!" Lu Jia said angrily.

"I've seen "Pain and Glory", and Antonio's performance is also outstanding, and this actor deserves to be given to him. Hong Chen said.

There is no first in the text, and there is no second in the martial arts. The same is true for movies, the jury's opinions always have a certain degree of subjectivity, and it is impossible to say whether they will win the award.

However, as long as it is recognized by the public, it is not a successful movie.

At the Cannes Film Festival this time, Hong Chen realized how fierce the competition of international film festivals is.

Unlike in China, basically his film can be nominated, and the possibility of winning the championship is very high.

Thankfully, he has another movie.

For "The Shawshank Redemption", Hong Chen is really full of expectations.