Cannes does not have the spaciousness and vastness of Berlin, nor the bustle and bustle of Venice, and after half a century of weathering the old and dilapidated Palais du Cinéma, the twenty-five limited-seat screening rooms simply cannot meet the needs of the market.

And that's not all. In addition to the main competition unit, there is also a kind of attention unit, special screening unit, midnight screening and other links, in just 12 days, more than 50 films will land in Cannes, some works will be screened at the Palais du Cinéma, and some works will be screened in another venue a kilometer away, but the palm-sized Cannes really has no more space to accommodate the screening hall -

What's more, how many of the townspeople's inhabitants are willing to flock to the cinema except every May? This is just a town with a population of barely 70,000. As a result, the limitations of the screening venues and the number of people that make Cannes unique.

The 2,000 spectators at the Lumière Hall are a drop in the bucket for the entire market, in other words, journalists, markets and professionals are the main audience at Cannes, who are the first to see the finalists of the festival.

With more than 4,000 journalists, the Festival de Cannes is the main spectator, from traditional media to electronic media, from magazine editors to social media celebrities.

Despite this, countless crowds still flock to the Festival de Cannes in early summer.

In order to see the demeanor and splendor of top stars, to experience the glitz and glamour of Vanity Fair, to experience life under the spotlight up close, and to join the ranks of countless movie lovers. Unlike Toronto, which belongs to the audience, Telluride, which belongs to the movie, and Sundance, which belongs to the art, Cannes has its own myriad charms that are fascinating.

Every year in Cannes, it is exciting, exciting, and eye-catching, with star-studded occasions surrounded by surging magnesium lights, applause and shouts that continue for twelve days in a row, witnessing the splendor of the morning sun and the splendor of the sunset.

This year is even more so.

The moment the official organizing committee announced the jury was the first time it attracted the attention of the world.

Steven Spielberg, who has been in the world for more than 30 years, has never won the top prize at any of Europe's top film festivals, but who won the Venice Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993 and the Cannes Film Festival for Best Screenplay in 1974, all of which are testaments to his status and glory.

The list of jury members is also star-studded.

Ang Lee, Nicole Kidman, Christopher Waltz, Cristian-Mungiu, Lynne-Ramsay, Naomi Kawase, Vidya-Balan, Daniel-Auteuil.

The composition of the list follows the style of Cannes as it has always been, striking a balance between art and commerce, with starlight becoming an important point of reference.

Ang Lee naturally does not need to say that he has won two Oscars for Best Director, two Venice Golden Lion Awards, and two Berlin Golden Bear Awards, and the same is true for Nicole, an Oscar actress and Berlin actress, and Christopher is a two-time Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, as well as a Cannes Best Actor trophy.

Romanian director Christian Mongi won the Palme d'Or in Cannes in 2007 for her "Three Weeks and Two Days in April", Lynne Ramsey is a British director with only three short films and three feature films, but she has won various independent awards, and 2011's "We Need to Talk About Kevin" shines in the US awards season.

Japanese director Naomi Kawase is a direct director of Cannes, with "Moe no Suzaku" and "Log no Mori" as masterpieces, while Vidia Baran is a representative of Indian actors, and this year marks the centenary of the birth of Indian cinema, and Cannes will also hold a special session.

French actor Daniel Otto is also a veteran actor, "The Eighth Day", "Hidden Camera", "Winter Heart", "Men's Ambition" and many other works, have won Cannes, European Film Awards, British Academy Awards, and French César Awards.

With a president of the jury, led by eight jury members, all of whom are directors and actors, this year's Festival de Cannes has clearly gone one step further on a professional level, but also in terms of popularity and prestige. Undoubtedly, this also made the audience look forward to the final selection of the Palme d'Or.

Because according to the jury system of the three major European film festivals, the three highest awards of the Golden Bear, the Golden Lion and the Palme d'Or are also the most direct reflection of the jury's artistic appreciation taste.

Subsequently, the moment when the official organizing committee announced the shortlist of the competition unit sparked heated discussions around the world for the second time.

After a cursory glance, this list is enough to make people's blood boil -

Jim-Jarmush's "Only Love Lives Forever", Asghar Farhati's "The Past", Nicholas Winding Refern's "God Can Forgive", Takashi Miike's "Straw Shield", Roman Polanski's "Venus in Fur", Jia Zhangke's "Heaven Is Destined......

François Oujon's "Flowers and Moons" are Hirokazu Kore-eda's "Father Like Son", Steven Soderbergh's "Behind the Menorah", Alexander Payne's "Nebraska", Paolo Sorrentino's "The City of Beauty", James Gray's "Immigrant......

Then, there's the Coen brothers' "Drunken Country Ballad."

This is just a part of the list of exhibitors in the main competition.

In addition to this, among the other units, Sofia Coppola's "Jewels", Alain-Guiraudie's "Stranger by the Lake", James Franco's "As I Die", Guillaume-Gailienne's "The Boys and Guillaume", Du/Qi/Feng's "The Blind Detective", Buzz Luhmann's "The Great Gatsby......

And so on and so forth.

This is a heavy shortlist, not only in the main competition, but also in various other units, a large number of highly recognized and highly anticipated works, each director or each cast lineup individually, which is enough to make all the news media flock, and now, all the works are gathered together, how can people not be excited?

What's more, this year's Cannes Film Festival sacrificed the card of Paul Newman.

The official poster features the late actor Paul Newman and his widow Joanna Woodward, who used to perform the classic upside-down kiss in their 1963 collaboration "A New Love/Sutra", which was inspired to express the memory of Paul Newman, who passed away in 2008, and also to commemorate the love between the actor and his wife who made outstanding contributions to the film industry.

Although Paul had another marriage before Joanna, he had two daughters and a son. When Paul and Joanna met and fell in love, many people suspected that Paul was married/cheating, and finally divorced his ex-wife and then married Joanna. At that time, this relationship suffered a lot of criticism and attention.

But Joanna and Paul's marriage lasted for half a century, until death separated them. They are a classic parody couple throughout Hollywood, with no lace news, no negative rumors, and always run their family in a low-key and focused manner, and even industry insiders envy them.

It is worth mentioning that not only life, Paul and Joanna are also golden partners on top of work.

In 1958, the first film "The Long Hot Summer" between the two actors was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival, and Paul won the best actor, and the two tied the knot soon after, and in 1973, the film "The Young Phoenix Yin" directed by Paul and starring Joanna was again shortlisted for the main competition unit of Cannes, and Joanna was successfully closed.

This time, the Festival de Cannes has prepared a special session in memory of Paul, while inviting Joanna to Cannes. Undoubtedly, the already lively film festival is now surrounded by endless attention.

What's more, this year's Hollywood sent a troika of Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Gosling and Lanley Hall, and even popular actors such as James Franco, Tom Hiddleston, and Matt Damon had to take a back seat.

According to incomplete statistics, this year's Cannes Film Festival attracted 480,000 people to the scene, which not only set a historical record for the Cannes Film Festival, but also set a historical record for the three major film festivals in Europe.

At this moment, in the train car, Lan Li can already get a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg of that heat wave.

After leaving London, Lan Li did not fly straight to Cannes.

He chose the Eurostar, crossed the Channel Tunnel, crossed the Channel Tunnel, entered France from England, arrived in Paris from London, and stopped for three days in the city of fragrant sideburns, enjoying performances at the Ballet Russes and a small restoration of Paul-Cezanne's lost paintings, before taking the train to Cannes in the south.

It seems to be a long distance across the whole of France, from the north to the south, but in fact, the train is only six hours, admiring the wonderful scenery outside the window, consciously slowing down, and the time disappears imperceptibly, and then the outline of the Cannes train station is already in view.

More than two-thirds of the carriages were already filled with passengers, which is unusual in Europe, and they were all packing their bags and preparing to leave the carriages one after another.

Lan Li's eyes caught a young man on the other side of the aisle, who looked to be in his early twenties, probably from China.

The reason why he noticed him was that before Lan Li fell asleep, the young man turned on his laptop and began to watch Lars-von-Trier's "Melancholia", which seemed to be preparing for this year's Cannes Film Festival and began to make up for the previous related films, but now it has been replaced by "The Avengers".

It takes a lot of courage to watch "melancholia" in the noisy and impetuous environment of the train.

The corners of Lan Li's mouth couldn't help but outline a light smile.