Chapter 368: Off-site Prize
"Ahh Her hands fluttered desperately, causing a splash.
Zhang Ran knew that Zhang Jing could swim at the beginning, and the water was quite good, seeing her pretending to call there, she smiled and applauded: "I give nine points for this acting skill, and I am afraid that you will be proud if I don't give ten points!"
Zhang Jingchu pulled with her hand, took a splash of water and poured it on Zhang Ran's face: "I hate it, I'm all in the water, you don't cooperate with me!" Then she stretched out her hand aggrievedly and said, "Pull me up!"
Zhang Ran lay on the side of the boat, held Zhang Jingchu's hand and pulled it up, and hummed in his mouth: "Pull the radish, pull the radish, hey, hey, don't move!"
When Zhang Jing first saw that Zhang Ran was still laughing at herself, her eyes rolled drippingly, and then she pulled suddenly. Zhang Ran was caught off guard, and was suddenly pulled into the water by her, with large strands of foam and splashes.
Zhang Ran wiped the water droplets on his face, and glared at Zhang Jingchu angrily: "Okay, you Zhang Jingchu, it's just too vicious!" He really didn't expect that Zhang Jingchu would actually pull himself into the water.
Zhang Jingchu snorted, pouted and said proudly: "I fell into the water, you still laugh at me, you deserve it!"
Zhang Ran glanced around, and the people on the bridge and the boat were all looking at them and laughing, and they didn't want to worry about her: "Okay, hurry up and go ashore, you see so many people are looking at us!"
It's summer now, and the water isn't cold at all, Zhang Ran first stabilized herself, lifted Zhang Jingchu up from the water, and pushed her up to the boat, and then climbed onto the boat herself.
Zhang Jingchu was soaked, her light dress was attached to her body, her not too big breasts, flat lower abdomen and slender thighs were presented in front of Zhang Ran, showing infinite attraction. Her long wet hair was messily draped over her shoulders, her forehead was dripping with water droplets, and her face was ruddy, which looked unique.
Zhang Ran couldn't help but say, "Daughter-in-law, you are playing with wet temptation!"
Zhang Jingchu glanced at her body, her ears were blushing, she was not afraid of Zhang Ran looking at it, there was nothing on her body that Zhang Ran had not seen. It's just that this is a public place, and if other people are staring, then she can't stand it. She couldn't help but sneer: "I hate it, I'm like this, you still make fun of people!"
Zhang Ran smiled and said, "I'll get sick if I wear wet clothes, it's too late to go back to Lido Island now." I think so, first find a hotel, looking for a dry clothes to change!"
Lido Island is far away, and it takes almost an hour to rush back, and I am afraid that my clothes are dry. Zhang Ran asked the boatman and asked him to find a hotel closer to the shore, and then he took off his shirt, twisted it vigorously, and put it on Zhang Jingchu to prevent her from walking away.
The boat soon docked on the shore, and Zhang Ran pulled Zhang Jingchu into the hotel. After opening the room, Zhang Jingchu went to take a shower in the room, Zhang Ran asked at the front desk where there was a store selling clothes nearby, and then went to buy two sets of clothes.
Zhang Ran took a shower and came out of the bathroom, Zhang Jingchu was sitting on the bed watching TV. Zhang Ran sat down next to Zhang Jingchu, then picked up the remote control and pressed it, and the sound of "uh-huh-oh" came from the TV. He immediately criticized: "It's just depraved, it's too depraved!" Just after watching it for a few seconds, his hand hit Zhang Jingchu's small waist: "Daughter-in-law, why don't we learn from the advanced experience of the Italian people?"
Zhang Jingchu slapped Zhang Ran's hand: "Don't make trouble, hurry up and change your clothes, we still have a lot of places to visit!"
"The clothes we changed were all sent to dry cleaning, it's impossible not to do it! It's boring to stay in the room, it's better to do some exercises that are good for the body and mind!" said Zhang Ran and threw Zhang Jingchu on the bed.
"In broad daylight, you, we still have to visit, then you hurry up!" Zhang Jingchu quickly became emotional under Zhang Ran's skillful technique.
"I'll be soon!" Zhang Ran assured.
When Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu returned to the hotel where the crew was located, it was already half past six. As soon as they walked into the lobby of the hotel, Zhao Fei came over anxiously: "Oh, Zhang Ran, where did you two go?
Zhang Ran remembered that his mobile phone was soaked in water, and he hadn't bought a new phone yet, so he asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhao Fei looked at his watch and said anxiously: "At four o'clock, the International Federation of Film Critics informed us that "The Aviator" won the Fipresci Award, and let us go to receive the award in the evening. Your phone has not been able to get through, I will let Huang Lei and them go to the scene first, the award will start at seven o'clock, only half an hour, you should hurry up and change your clothes!"
The FIPRESCI Award, also known as the International Film Critics Award or the FIPRESCI International Film Critics Award, is an off-venue award given at the three major European film festivals and other international film festivals. Each year, the association forms its own jury at film festivals around the world and awards awards before the festival's awards ceremony.
Zhang Ran looked at his watch, looked at Zhao Fei, and said, "Brother Fei, you go to the scene first, and Jingchu and I will go to change clothes." If it's too late, you can help us collect the prize. His tone was calm, not panicked at all. The FIPRESCI Award is just a big deal, and it's not a big deal if it's not there.
Seeing Zhang Ran say this, Zhao Fei nodded: "Okay, you guys hurry up, I'll go to the scene first!" After speaking, he left in a hurry and rushed to the award ceremony.
Back in the room, Zhang Ran changed into a suit, and Zhang Jingchu also quickly picked out a blue skirt, and then quickly changed into it. She spun around in front of Zhang Ran and asked, "What do you think?"
Zhang Ran took a closer look and nodded: "It's okay to do this without hair, it looks quite fresh, it suits you very well!"
The award ceremony of the FIPRESCI Awards is not as formal as the main competition unit awards, but is held in the form of a cocktail party, which is somewhat similar to the Golden Globe Awards, but there are not as many awards as the Golden Globe Awards, only three or four, so it cannot be regarded as an award ceremony, but a few awards are distributed by the way at the reception.
Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu rushed to the scene and found the table where the crew of "The Aviator" was, and as soon as they sat down, they heard the host at the front desk announce loudly: "The winner of the FIPRESCI Award in the main competition unit of this Venice Film Festival is ......"
The host deliberately lengthened his tone, and the people in the audience also pricked up their ears, and the reporters raised their cameras in their hands, waiting for the answer to be revealed.
"The Chinese movie "The Aviator"!"
The guests at the scene applauded one after another, "The Aviator" is now the favorite to win awards at the film festival, and it has been supported by "Film Manual" and "Sight and Sound", and it has been highly evaluated in the film critics' circle, and "The Aviator" is not surprising to everyone.
Zhang Ran, whose butt was not yet hot, straightened his clothes, walked to the front desk amid applause and flashes, and received the award from Klaus Ed, the secretary general of the alliance. He looked at the award certificate and said in Chinese: "Thank you to the Film Critics Alliance for awarding me this award, which is an important encouragement for a young director like me." Thanks to all the members of the crew, without your efforts, this movie would not be possible. Thank you!"
The audience applauded thunderously, and everyone believed that the FIPRESCI Award was just the beginning. Because on the last day of the film festival, from the morning, there are continuous off-site awards.
Sure enough, as everyone expected, "The Aviator" won several awards one after another from the morning on the 11th, the Most Innovative Film Award, the Best Film Award at the Film Future Award, and the Parcinetti Award for Best Film and Best Actor.
Zhang Ran didn't know what these awards were, there were dozens of similar awards during the film festival, and he didn't bother to care about so many, just accept the awards.
In fact, the off-site awards of the festival are awarded by different organizations, and each award has its own focus, such as the Catholic Cultural Award, which is awarded by the Protestant and Catholic Church International Film Organization for works that depict human nature brilliantly. Therefore, the off-site prize is not much related to the grand prize in the main competition unit, and winning the off-court prize does not mean that you can win the grand prize in the main competition unit.
Of course, the fact that the off-site awards are more than the ones that show that the quality of the film is reliable, and the hope of winning the main competition unit award is definitely greater than that of the film that does not win the award.
At the end of the film festival, the most important basis for reflecting whether a film will win an award is whether the crew will attend the award ceremony, so many reporters have tried every possible way to inquire about the crew's itinerary. Ju Wenpei of the movie channel also found Zhang Ran to inquire about the news, Zhang Ran did not hide it, and told her that she would attend the awards ceremony in the evening. Soon, Chinese reporters in Venice rushed to tell each other that "The Aviator" must have won an award.
According to the movements of each crew in the past two days and the repercussions generated by the film, media reporters from various countries determined that the strongest contenders for the Golden Lion Award at this Venice Film Festival were the Chinese film "The Aviator" and the Spanish film "Deep Sea Sleep".
The three major film festivals have their own characteristics, Cannes is a major teacher, Berlin is political, and Venice is good art. The Venice Film Festival has always emphasized that film is in the service of serious art, focusing on film experimenters from all over the world, encouraging them to make films with new forms and unique techniques, even if there are some flaws, as long as they are innovative, they can be accepted by the festival. Therefore, "The Aviator", a film with a strong personal style and strong artistic characteristics, is especially favored by Venice.
And "Deep Sea Sleep" tells the true story of a Spaniard named Raymond Sampero, who injured his neck in an accident, resulting in high paraplegia, and has been bedridden for 30 years. During these 30 years, he has been committed to supporting the fight for euthanasia and fighting for the right to euthanasia. This is a film with a heavy theme, but the director handles it with sadness but not sadness, and the details of life and beauty dilute the debate on the right to life and death.
The other two films that are considered to have the ability to challenge for the Golden Lion are the British film "Vera Drake" and the Korean film "The Empty Room", both of which are highly rated by the media, with one ranking third and one fourth.
Vera Drake is a film about illegal abortion in England in the 50s, in which the heroine Vera is a selfless woman who fully devotes her love to her ordinary working family in front of her family and friends. At the same time, she secretly visited some women and helped them to have abortions to avoid unnecessary pregnancies. Her actions were illegal in England at the time. When the film premiered in Venice, "Vera Drake" was protested by religious people in cinemas because of its sensitive subject matter, which led to a temporary interruption of the broadcast, but the mainstream media rated the film very highly, considering it a masterpiece.
"Empty Room" is the work of South Korean director Kim Ki-duk, which tells the emotional entanglement between a young boy who puts up an advertising flyer and a housewife who is abused by her husband. After the media saw this movie, it caused a sensation, and they all said that the movie would definitely not go home empty-handed.
Of course, this is just speculation from the media, and it is difficult to say who will win the Golden Lion. During the festival, anything is possible. The real result will not be revealed until the 8 p.m. awards ceremony! )