On the last day of the festival, the reporters who stayed in Berlin were like spies, asking if there was any news, "whether the jury's results have come out", and even through various connections to set up information about the attribution of the awards. Even Zhang Ran received calls from several reporters, asking him if he had received a notice from the organizing committee.

So far, all 20 films in the main competition have been screened, and only the biggest suspense of the award is left at this film festival. The overall quality of the films participating in this year's Berlin Film Festival is low, and there are not many really excellent works, and many media say that "One Man Puts on the Lights" saved this Berlin Film Festival, otherwise there are no highlights at all.

"One Person's Lights" is naturally the biggest hit of this film festival, and almost everyone is optimistic that the film will win the Golden Bear Award. In addition, the Russian film "How I Spent This Summer", Bosnian female director Yasmila Banik's "On the Road" and Roman Polanski's "Shadow Writer" are also very popular for winning awards, the Chinese film "Reunion", and the Turkish-German co-production "Honey" also have their own fans.

In addition to the Golden Bear Award, the competition for actor and actress has also attracted much attention, among the best actor candidates, Li Xuejian, the star of "One Man's Lantern", and Grigory Dobiazin, the star of "How I Ended This Summer", are the most popular. Li Xuejian portrayed a lonely, kind, and conscientious old policeman, interpreting the inner world of the characters with superb acting skills, leaving an indelible impression on the audience. In the competition for the queen of the movie, Zhang Jingchu, the star of "One Person's Lights", is considered the biggest hit, and she has won rave reviews for her excellent portrayal of the deaf and mute, and the only one who can threaten Zhang Jingchu is Shinobu Terashima, the star of the Japanese movie "Taro Worm".

However, this is the evaluation of the media, and the evaluation of the media at the festival is completely different from the opinion of the jury. A well-informed reporter learned that Herzog, the chairman of the jury, is particularly fond of the Turkish film "Honey", which in addition to being warm, also exposes the cruel side of nature, and Herzog himself has a particularly strong jungle complex, and his films often show the opposition and conflict between man and nature, so "Honey" has been strongly supported by Herzog. Somali writer Nuruddin Farah, German actress Flobois, producer José Maria Marlos, and Italian female director Francesca Comancini are also said to have supported the film.

Of course, these are all gossip, it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and the Berlin Film Festival has a practice of dark horses, "Blood is Coming" has a score of 3.5, which is praised by many media as the "Citizen Kane" of the 21st century, but in the end it lost to the relatively mediocre "Elite Force", so until the moment when the answer is finally revealed, everything is variable.

Many crews who hope to win awards, such as "How I Spent This Summer", such as "Honey", the crew members are dressed up early in the morning and sit on the phone waiting for the notice of the organizing committee. Only the crew of "One Man Puts on the Lights" is more casual, Li Xuejian and Hu Jun went to Trier to visit Marx's former residence and have not yet returned; Feng Yuanyi took his teacher Mersin around Berlin; Zhang Ran took Zhang Jingchu everywhere to receive awards and received all kinds of messy awards.

The three major film festivals are similar, in addition to the awards in the main competition unit itself, there are also a bunch of off-site awards. "One Man Puts on the Lights" won several awards, one of the more important awards was the Catholic Humanitarian Spirit Award. The award is given by a jury selected by the International Film Organization of the Protestant and Catholic Churches for works that depict human nature outstandingly. The judges commented on "One Man's Lights" as "a smooth and clear director, a film full of warmth, and a superb performance that shows the real relationship between people".

Zhang Ran did not attend the award ceremony of the Catholic Humanitarian Spirit Award, and Zhao Fei, the cinematographer of the film, accepted the award on his behalf and expressed his gratitude on behalf of Zhang Ran: "Zhang Ran feels very honored and very happy to receive this award. ”

Zhang Ran did not attend the award ceremony of the Catholic Humanitarian Spirit Award, not because he had any preconceptions about this award, but because he was going to support Yoji Yamada's film and attend the premiere of "Younger Brother". Yoji Yamada arrived at the film festival early, specially to cheer for "One Person's Lights", and Zhang Ran will definitely not be able to cheer for "Younger Brother".

At the entrance of the red carpet at the premiere of "Younger Brother", Chinese reporters saw Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu, and flocked to him to inquire about the news: "Director Zhang, reveal what the award is!"

Zhang Ran spread his hands and looked helpless: "I didn't receive a notice from the organizing committee, I don't know if there is a prize!"

The reporters are very confident in "One Man's Lights", with a record score of 3.9 in the field magazine, and unanimous praise from the global media, how can such a movie not have an award, and they said: "There must be an award, and it is a big prize, if "One Man Lights Shines" does not win the award, then we will collectively boycott the Berlin Film Festival!"

Zhang Ran laughed and said: "Thank you Jiyan, if you really win the grand prize, I will invite you to dinner!"

The reporters let out a burst of cheers: "Director Zhang, we have all heard it, if you really win the grand prize, you must invite us to dinner! You are a great director, you are not allowed to be a laipi!"

Zhang Ran patted his chest and said, "You go and inquire, I have always believed in my word!"

Entering the theater, Zhang Ran said hello to Yoji Yamada, chatted with the leading actors Sayuri Yoshinaga and Yu Aoi, and then came to his place with Zhang Jingchu, waiting for the movie to start.

The plot of "Younger Brother" is very simple, with Sayuri Yoshinaga and Tsurube Tsurube playing the siblings, and Yu Aoi playing Sayuri's daughter, telling the story of her sister Ginko who runs a pharmacy in Tokyo, and her younger brother Tetsuro has been living a profligate life, occasionally returning home to cause trouble. One day, his younger brother fell seriously ill and his life was in danger, and when Yinzi learned about it, he put aside his old grudge with his brother and regained his sister-brother affection.

The whole movie maintains the warm characteristics of Yoji Yamada's films, and through the soothing rhythm, the family relationship between sisters and brothers is narrated, peaceful and beautiful, and the whole movie is moisturizing and silent, and the presence of the camera is not felt at all, showing extremely high skills. Yoji Yamada is almost 80 years old, and it is really admirable to be able to maintain such a strong creative ability.

After the movie, Zhang Ran just came out of the movie theater, only to see Zhao Fei rushing by, and said in a hurry: "Why did you two come out? There is an award ceremony at night!"

When Zhang Ran heard this, he couldn't help asking, "What award? Is it for a movie or an actor?"

The organizing committee of the Berlin Film Festival usually notifies the winning crews to participate in the award ceremony on the morning of the award ceremony, but this time there was a fierce debate among the judges, and no one could convince anyone, and the results of the review were not released until the afternoon.

It was already three o'clock when Zhao Fei received a call from the organizing committee, called Zhang Ran, found that his mobile phone was turned off, and came to the cinema to find someone, but he couldn't get in, so he could only wait at the door.

Zhao Fei didn't care to explain more, and urged: "What award organizing committee didn't say, there is no time, let's go quickly!"

As a director, Zhang Ran doesn't particularly care about the image, and it looks like it lacks personality when it is cleaned up too neatly, messy, and endless, but it will give people a feeling that this is the style of an artist. Although Zhang Jingchu cares about her image, before participating in "Younger Brother", she has already done styling, and she doesn't need to redo her hair, she just needs to change her skirt, and it doesn't take too much time.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu appeared on the closing red carpet on time, causing screams one after another at the scene, pushing the atmosphere to the top.

Zhang Ran and his entourage entered the cinema and found Wang Quanan's "Reunion" crew next to them, so they chatted.

Soon after, the host took to the stage and kicked off the awards ceremony. First, the award for the short film category was awarded, and then British director Babak Nagafi took home the award for Best Debut Female Film for "Sebe's Childhood".

Dieter Koslick, the president of the festival, was invited to the stage by the host, and after a short speech, Herzog, the president of the jury, took six judges, including Yu Nan, to the stage, and the award ceremony of the main competition unit officially began.

"How I Ended This Summer" won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Achievement for its extreme approach and rustic cinematography, and then Wong Kwon An's "Reunion" won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay for its presentation of the theme of family and reunion, bringing Chinese films to Berlin again.

I don't know if the organizing committee did it on purpose, but it was his ex-girlfriend Yu Nan who presented Wang Quanan with the award. Three years ago, they won the Golden Bear Award together for "Tuya's Marriage" here, and three years later, the two have broken up, but they are together on the same stage. Yu Nan sighed in the face of his former collaborators and lovers: "This world is really small, we may be separated in the same place, and we will meet in the same place again." After speaking, she generously hugged Wang Quanan and congratulated him.

When Wang Quanan delivered his acceptance speech, Yu Nan couldn't help but choke up a little. The audience was very emotional and felt that it was a pity for them to break up. Zhang Jingchu couldn't help but say: "They have been talking for ten years, it's good, why did they break up?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said nothing, if you find out that I often go out to prostitute without telling you, will you break up with me? Which normal woman can endure this kind of thing!

After Wang Quanan left with the silver bear satisfied, the well-known Spanish producer José Marlos took to the stage, and last year's production of "Sad Milk" won the Golden Bear in Berlin, and he is now presenting the award for best actress.

At this moment, Zhang Ran obviously felt that Zhang Jingchu's body beside him had become stiff, so he held her hand and smiled at her, which means that no matter what the result is, I am by your side!

Zhang Jingchu also smiled at Zhang Ran, saying that she knew that she was confident in her acting skills, and she was also confident in the role of being less than this, but after all, this is the Berlin movie queen, if she wins it, she will be the second queen of the three major film festivals in the mainland after Gong Li, she is nervous and looking forward to it, and she can't calm down.

The Berlinale is a little different from the Venice and Cannes Film Festivals, where the Venice and Cannes award presenters take to the stage to talk about their feelings about the awards, while the Berlin award presenters read the comments given by the jury. José Marlos opened the envelope and read slowly: "This is a very difficult performance, high contrast and dramatic, the actors perform freely, creating a real character, and her charm illuminates the whole movie!"

Zhang Ran was overjoyed when he heard this, and knew that this was Zhang Jingchu, and among all the performances at the Berlin Film Festival this time, only Zhang Jingchu played the role of Zhang Jingchu. He shook Zhang Jingchu's hand vigorously and signaled that the award was hers.

However, Zhang Jingchu didn't notice it, nor did she realize that Jose Marlos was talking about herself, her eyes were firmly fixed on Jose Marlos on the stage, so nervous that she was about to stop breathing.

José Marlos finished reading the jury's comments, looked up at the audience, looked at the list of winners in his hand, and read with a smile: "The winner of the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress is Zhang Jingchu, from the movie "One Man Puts on the Lights"!"

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