808 Two underdogs

It is precisely because last year's Best Actor and Best Actress both broke out shocking upsets, and even one of the few big upsets in the history of the Berlin Film Festival, that the bold choice demonstrates the firm determination of the Berlin Film Festival to reform and innovate.

Naturally, this year's attention involuntarily focused on these two awards again: Is it possible that it will continue to cause upsets? In what form will it be? If not, who are the popular award-winning actors? The best actors and actresses of the three major European film festivals are as important as the Oscars, or even better.

Under the watchful eye, Jake Gyllenhaal walked on the stage in a suit, but without a tie, the whole person still looked very relaxed, without superfluous politeness and greetings, and briefly chatted about the Berlin Film Festival, and then raised the envelope in his hand, "Everyone is waiting for me to go on stage tonight, obviously not expecting a talk show, then, I'll hurry up and get into the topic." ”

There was no laughter. American humor doesn't work in Germany, and the smile on Jack's lips stiffened in the face of the indifferent faces in the audience, and then he exhaled heavily and sighed, "Phew, welcome to Berlin." A self-mockery, incidentally, mocked the "coldness" of Berlin.

This time, there was a chuckle of chuckles, and the tense and stiff atmosphere eased slightly.

Then, Jack didn't talk nonsense anymore and said into the microphone, "At the 62nd Berlin Film Festival, the winner of the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress is ......" opened the envelope and looked at the cards inside, a smile flowed from the bottom of his eyes and the corners of his mouth, "Congratulations, Rachel-Manza (Rachel-Manza), 'Battlefield Wizard'." ”

Quiet, quiet, quiet, everybody looked at each other: another upset.

"Wizard of the Field" focuses on the civil war in the Congo and examines it through the eyes of an underage girl.

After losing her parents in the war and being forced into the jungle, she became a child soldier. The rebel commander not only trained her to be a killing machine, but also ordered her to become his own "sexual" vent. In the midst of fear and turmoil, the girl meets a white-haired boy, falls in love with him, and calls him a "wizard".

Most of the actors in this work are amateur non-professional actors, and they are also real witnesses and victims of this civil war.

The heroine, Rachel Marvazan, is a fourteen-year-old girl whose real life is as tragic as the character, suffering and suffering from war, living on the streets, and unintentionally, a documentary filmmaker records her street life in real life, and later the documentary is seen by Canadian director Kim-Nguyen, which gives birth to "Battlefield Wizard".

Not only is Rachel an amateur actress with "Witch of the Field" her first performance, but at the age of 14, she became the youngest actress in Berlinale history.

Underdog, upset again.

After a short silence, Lan Li stood up and gave applause, for this award, for this work, and even more for the girl who came out of the war.

Just as the film "Detachment" focuses on, in this world, whether developed or backward, children are still a group of tormented and high-profile people, "Detachment" captures a scene of life in the city of New York, and "War Wizard" records the reality of the African world.

The 14-year-old girl walked from the war-torn streets of Congo to the podium of the Berlin Film Festival. This journey is too difficult and not easy.

This is the meaning of the existence of movies, allowing people to see a broader, more far-reaching, and more magnificent world, realize their own insignificance, and always maintain a humble and contented heart, and strive to live. So, Lan Li stood up, and after Meryl Streep, stood for the second time tonight, giving Rachel Mavazan a round of applause.

One, two...... Gradually, all the guests in the audience stood up one after another, and thunderous applause resounded throughout the audience.

However, the protagonist does not appear, and everyone is looking around for the winner. Jack had to step down from the stage and find Rachel, who was thin, small, and dazed in the crowd, and in the midst of the layers of surrounding, Rachel didn't seem to understand what was going on or what to do.

Director Kim Noguyi was standing next to him, but at this time he couldn't cry, and tried to speak several times, but several times ended in failure.

Jack kept explaining the situation to Rachel and then tried to reach out, but Rachel saw Jack's hands and suddenly shrank back, curled up in the chair, exuding vigilance all over his body, which made Jack helpless.

Suddenly, Lan Li realized something, walked forward quickly, crouched down beside Jack, and said in French, "Are you Rachel? In Congo, French is one of their official languages, and "Wizard of the Field" was also filmed in French, and Rachel does not understand English.

"You've won an award. Now, you should come up to the stage to collect your trophy and express your feelings. Lan Li looked at Rachel intently, no dodging, no flinching, no sympathy and pity, the light of light in the depths of her eyes flashed with friendship and tenderness. Rachel like this reminds him of Anne Silliman.

Rachel hesitantly looked at the director beside her, Jin Lianlian nodded in agreement, Rachel looked at Lan Li again, and said timidly, "I don't know what to say." ”

"You can say whatever you want. This is your moment. Lan Li said with a smile.

Rachel's eyes lit up, "Really? Even if you tell Kanida that I miss him so much, is that okay?"

Who Kanida is, Lan Li is unknown, maybe Rachel's little friend, maybe Rachel's relative. However, Lan Li smiled again and nodded, expressing affirmation, "No problem." ”

Rachel smiled, stood up, looked at Kim again, and after getting approval, she took a step, carefully looking around, the tension gradually faded, the novelty gradually sprouted, and the footsteps even walked in front of Jack, towards the direction of the stage.

Jack only had time to wink at Lan Li, quickly lip sync, "Thank you", and then immediately turned around and escorted Rachel onto the stage amid thunderous applause from the audience. Then, Jack walked around Rachel quickly, rushed to the master of ceremonies, and began to fulfill his duties as an award presenter: receiving the trophy and presenting the trophy.

Jack gestured to the microphone not far away with an encouraging look to get out of the way and handed the stage to Rachel.

With a youthful spirit, Rachel was a little bolder, took a step forward, and began to speak loudly into the microphone about her acceptance speech.

It wasn't so much an acceptance speech as a sentiment: she tried to tell Kanida that she missed him and that she would be going back soon, that there was a lot of aspirin, and that there was a lot of clean water — and that there was hot water, and that she would bring it back so that Kanida should not worry.

Although it was a testimonial in French, rambling and verbose, and not standard French, the accent and diction of the dialect were a little weird, but in Berlin, more than half of the guests on the scene could understand it, no one was impatient, no one urged, and it was rare to see that Rachel's nearly two-and-a-half-minute acceptance speech was all finished.

As Rachel walked off the stage, applause rang out again, not only for the 14-year-old girl, but also for the African continent, which was still tormented by war.

Seeing Rachel's figure disappear into the darkness behind the halo, the eyes of the guests returned to Jack, waiting for the next award.

The award ceremony finally started to get interesting, and the Best Actress award was awarded to 14-year-old Rachel Marvazan, continuing last year's upset momentum, but is this a chain phenomenon or an independent phenomenon?

Faintly, anticipation and curiosity began to slowly heat up.

Jack seemed to feel the mood too, with a smile on his face, but always meaningful, and he stood in front of the microphone again, "Congratulations again to Rachel Marvazan." Excellent performance, a work that I personally like very much. With a brief sigh, Jack then changed his words and returned to the whole, "Next, Best Actor." ”

Above the film festival, the actors do not distinguish between the leading and supporting roles, and all the actors are treated equally. Among the entries shortlisted for the competition unit, every actor who plays the role is eligible to participate, and to exaggerate it, even the dragon set without lines is a candidate, so it is definitely not easy for more than a dozen entries and hundreds or even thousands of actors to stand out from them.

Every year, the best actors and actresses of the three major European film festivals are in the spotlight, and the level of discussion is even more heated than the Grand Jury Award, second only to the top award.

At this moment, after Rachel Marazan won the upset, the attention of the best actor skyrocketed, the air on the scene was almost frozen, and the award ceremony finally had a little smell of gunpowder and quietly permeated.

Jack continued his previous style, without too much nonsense, simply opened the envelope, took out the card, glanced at it, and his smile bloomed greatly, bright and bright, and his eyes full of happiness seemed to say: I voted for him, this is the actor I chose, and I am very satisfied with this result.

The bright atmosphere emanating from the top and bottom of the body made the atmosphere of the scene drop slightly: isn't it the expected unpopularity? Is it another popular actor to win the title? The upset is always accompanied by controversy and excitement, especially after experiencing Rachel, the unpopularity seems to be the expectation. But, if not the unpopular, then who?

His gaze couldn't help but freeze slightly, and he quickly searched for information in his mind: who were the top winners in the past eleven days?

However, Jack didn't create suspense, and then spoke, and before the thoughts in the audience's minds could emerge, Jack's voice had already cut off all speculation and revealed the answer, "At the 62nd Berlin Film Festival, the winner of the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor is...... Ranley Hall, 'Detachment'. ”