Chapter 407: Cannes Actress and Special Award
"68th Cannes International Film Festival, Best Actress Winner......"
The pace of the awards at Cannes is quite fast, and the winners will be announced immediately after the awards have been introduced.
“…… The winner is Rooney Mara for Carol!
Almost as soon as the host read out the name of the winner, Mu Ming only felt a chill in her heart, and her pupils suddenly narrowed.
Before the closing ceremony, Terese listed several possible awards for Mu Ming. One of the worst awards may be the "Three Yellow Eggs", which was won by French actress Emmanuel, "Queen Kate", and Miss Wan Qian.
In other words, the competition actually happened between Wan Qian and Rooney Mara, the other heroine of "Carol".
As a result, the first name to win the award is Rooney Mara.
Cannes can't choose four "Cannes actresses".
Mu Ming subconsciously wanted to turn her head and comfort Miss Wan Qian. Unexpectedly, before he could take action, he heard the host on the stage continue: "...... and "Room," anQian. Congratulations to both of you!"
Peak loop turn!
No one expected that this year's Cannes actress would really be able to burst out a "double yolk egg".
It's just that this road has taken a bit of a strange turn.
On the bright side, it is surprising that the most promising "Queen Kate" did not win the award, but another actress from the same work won the award.
From the dark side, under the hint of the French side, the French actress whose work was selected as this year's opening ceremony film did not win the award, but the Chinese actress who was unknown before and suddenly became popular until the film festival in the past few days won the "actress" throne.
This wave of operations of the Cannes jury really made everyone understand.
However, Mu Ming doesn't care what the jury thinks now, anyway, it's good to get the planned award.
Although Miss Wan Qian has a rational temperament, she was also a little stunned by the sudden surprise. I sat in a daze for a while before I reacted. Immediately after, the eyes were instantly moist.
Although before this, Mu Ming had been saying that it was very likely to win the Best Actress award, but she really didn't take it too seriously.
Let's take a look at who was the last actress to win a Cannes actress? Although she has always been very confident in her acting skills and has been working hard to improve, she knows in her heart that not to mention Gonghuang Manshen, even Zhang Ziyi's level, she is half a step behind.
There are also their own competitors, whether it is Blanchett or several others, all of whom are well-known actors in Europe. In contrast, he is still unknown in China, let alone comparable.
Therefore, she actually didn't think she could win this award.
However, occasionally I still fantasize about it, and there is still a hope in my heart. Also, there is Mu Ming. I don't know why, but I am more willing to believe what he told me than my own rational analysis, there will be miracles.
Perhaps, it's because he's been working miracles all along.
Then the familiar "anQian" just now told her that a miracle had really happened.
Wan Qian stood up and hugged Mu Ming excitedly. Of course, it only took a second or two to let go of his hand and hugged Xiao Zhao, who was also excited.
In fact, it wasn't just her who was excited, the whole hall was a little boiling. The media reporters sent the results to China as soon as possible, and some of the guests whispered about the meaning of the award list.
Of course, more people are congratulating. In particular, several Chinese film groups and filmmakers at the scene, including Jia Zhangke, who has never liked Mu Ming very much, applauded vigorously.
In any case, this is the glory of their Chinese filmmakers, and they are equally honored.
And on the other side of the world, the messages and barrages of this live broadcast are also explosive in front of the screen, basically all kinds of pride and blessings. Even if there are occasional barrages that want to show "different", they are instantly overwritten.
Back at Cannes, Wan Qian walked onto the stage under the baptism of the media's flashing lights.
The other winner, Rooney Mara, did not come tonight and was replaced by the director of "Carol". After a few simple words, he walked off the stage, so the whole stage is equivalent to Miss Wan Qian's one-man show.
"I ...... I don't know what to say, but I'm very happy now, really happy......"
Wan Qian's speech was a little incoherent, obviously because her mood had not calmed down. But it doesn't matter, no one will blame her at this time.
“…… Thank you to the jury, thank you Cannes, thank you to the audience for their support, and thank you to the entire "Room" crew for their efforts. ”
After saying two words, her emotions were cathartic, and Wan Qian's voice was much calmer. Taking a deep breath and looking in the direction of her position in the audience, the young lady continued:
"Also, I want to thank my director, Mu Ming. Thank you to him for giving me this role and giving me the opportunity to stand on the whole stage. The entire award for Best Actress has half of his credit. ”
Mu Ming in the audience heard Wan Qian's thanks and laughed silently. At the same time, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, and finally fulfilled my original promise.
didn't say much, and after thanking her, the young lady walked off the stage. However, she still has to have a wave of off-stage interviews, and it is estimated that she will have to wait a while to come back.
won the Best Actress, Mu Ming's goal of this trip to Cannes can be regarded as achieved. As for the later awards, although Mu Ming still had a little luck in her heart, she also knew that she should have nothing to do with herself.
As the closest person to Mu Ming, Xiao Zhao naturally knew what he was thinking. He shook Mu Ming's hand and comforted him: "It's okay, it's a big deal, we come every year, and I don't believe that we won't get the award." ”
"Forget it, in a short period of time, I have no plans to make literary films or feature films. Mu Ming pursed her lips, the feature film is too boring to shoot, and it is more fun to make a commercial film.
Moreover, Mu Ming feels that after several years of study and practice, her directing ability has improved a lot, and she should be able to try some big productions. Always shoot some small costs, although the benefits are good, but it is difficult to go further.
"Whew-"
Slowly exhaling a breath, Mu Ming cleaned up her mood. Forget it, if you don't win the prize, you won't win the prize. I am still young, and I have opportunities.
Best Actress was just one of the highlights of tonight's awards, followed by the award of Best Actor and Best Director.
It is worth mentioning that the best director was won by Hou Xiaoxian. Although "Assassin Nie Yinniang" is not very understandable to both foreigners and domestic people, the director's skills must be admitted. Therefore, this award is well deserved.
Director Hou himself obviously thinks so, and said proudly in the behind-the-scenes interview:
"The Palme d'Or is very simple, as long as it is done well, but the problem is not the problem, the jury is also a problem. They don't necessarily see my films clearly, and they are very capable of winning the director award, which is already very good. The way I make movies is incomprehensible to ordinary people, the form of film is very personal, and you can do whatever you want. ”
Well, making movies is not for everyone to understand, these literary film directors are also very capricious.
Therefore, it is not difficult to understand the reason for the low box office of literary films.
After Best Director, all that's left is the final award. Of course, before that, there are two special prizes to be announced: the Grand Jury Prize and the Jury Prize.
The Grand Jury Prize is an award second only to the Palme d'Or, and is given to films that do not win the Palme d'Or, but whose standards are just as good. If the winner of the Palme d'Or is the first place among all the shortlisted films, then the Grand Jury Prize is the equivalent of second place.
The award went to "The Son of Saul," about the Jewish concentration camps, and apparently the Coen brothers, who are also Jews, still liked the film.
In addition to the first time, there is also a Jury Prize. This award is special because it is not available every year. The reason for the award is generally that the judges love a certain film very much, and finally win a special commendation for it.
Miss Wan Qian has finished the interview and returned from the backstage. Although I was still a little excited, my mood had calmed down a lot. Anyway, there was nothing to do with themselves, so the three of them got together to discuss whether to eat something to celebrate after a while.
The official celebration will wait until the return home, which is considered a private celebration. Anyway, everyone hasn't eaten since the afternoon, and they've been hungry for a long time, so they still have to eat.
Just when the three of them were discussing where to go for a while, Mu Ming suddenly heard the host on the stage shouting loudly: "...... The winner of this year's Jury Award - "Room" MuMing!
What's the situation!?