Chapter 1036: Palme d'Or
After the speech of the award presenter Monica Bellucci, all eyes are now focused on Jane Campion, waiting for her to reveal the list of winners. Chinese reporters and film critics in the press center, Chinese netizens in front of computers and televisions all held their breath and were very nervous.
Jane Campion smiled and revealed the answer: "Timothy Spoo, Mr. Turner!"
The crew of "Mr. Turner" hugged each other and celebrated the victory, and Chinese reporters and netizens breathed a sigh of relief that "Scorching Sun" did not win the best actor, which means that there is still a chance to win the Palme d'Or.
The rules of the main competition at the Festival de Cannes are constantly changing. In 1991, Polanski awarded the Palme d'Or, Best Director and Best Actor to the Coen Brothers' "Barton Fink", and since then, the Cannes Film Festival has stipulated that a film can only win one award, but it can be accompanied by an acting award, such as Zhang Yimou's "Alive" in 94 won the Grand Jury Prize and Best Actor.
This rule was later violated three times, in 1999 Cronenberg awarded the Grand Jury, Best Actor and Actress to Dumont's "Human, Human", in 2001 Liv Uman awarded the Grand Jury, Best Actor and Actress to Haneke's "The Piano Teacher", and most seriously, in 2003, Charhou awarded the Palme d'Or and Best Director to Gus Van Sant's "The Elephant".
However, since that year, the Cannes Film Festival has clearly stipulated: only one of the seven awards in Cannes can be double-yellow, and this award cannot be the Palme d'Or; a film can only win one award, unless this award is the best screenplay or jury award, with the approval of the chairman of the festival, it can be accompanied by an actor award, such as in 2016, Farhaty's "Salesman" won two awards for best screenplay and best actor. This rule guarantees that at least six of the seven awards in the main competition will be awarded, and a maximum of eight films will be awarded.
After "Mr. Turner" won the best actor, American actress Julian Moore easily took the actress crown. She also became the second major film festival queen after Juliette Binoche. Julian Moore was not present, and the trophy was collected by the producer. Julian Moore won the Venice Actress in '02 and the Berlin Actress in '03, but he didn't show up.
It's not just Julian Moore, but most of the Hollywood stars are like this, and they don't pay much attention to the actresses of the three major film festivals. For American actors, the actresses of the three major film festivals do not add much to their acting careers, and they are not worth paying attention to.
Still, Julian Moore asked the producer to convey her gratitude, saying: "As an American actor, it is a great honor to be awarded the title of actress at the world's oldest film festival!
Zhang Ran looked at the producer who spoke on behalf of Julian Moore, thinking that now China is the second largest market in the world, and it will definitely surpass North America and become the world's largest market within five years.
The awards ceremony continued, with André Sarginsev's film Leviathan winning the Best Screenplay Award, Italian female director Alice Lovalcher's Miracle winning Best Director, and Young Director Dolan's Mummy sharing the Jury Prize with Godard's Goodbye Language.
The process of awarding awards to Chinese journalists, film critics, and netizens was a tense and anxious process. Every time an award is awarded, as long as the winner is not Zhang Ran and "Scorching Sun", everyone will breathe a sigh of relief, and then continue to worry about the next award.
The film industry knows that Dolan is a fan of Zhang Ran, and Dolan even wanted to be admitted to the Asian Film Academy. After seeing Dolan's work, Zhang Ran wrote him a letter encouraging him to follow the path of art film. Since his debut, Dolan has always regarded Zhang Ran as a spiritual mentor, and in Dolan's films, you can always see passages imitating and paying tribute to Zhang Ran.
Now that Dolan has won the award, and Zhang Ran is in the audience, he expressed his gratitude to Zhang Ran on stage: "When I was 15 years old, I saw the movie "Aviator" directed by Zhang Ran, and that movie opened a door for me. I found out that movies can be shot like this, and the lenses can be used like this. In 09, after my film "I Killed My Mother" won the award in Cannes, I sent a DVD to Zhang Ran and wrote a letter to him. He wrote me back and said you have to find your way! Today, I want to say to Zhang Ran, you are my teacher. Thank you!"
Jia Zhangke looked at Dolan on the stage, and then at Sophia Coppola next to him, and felt a little emotional, Zhang Ran has influenced too many young directors, Coppola, Dolan, Ryan Coogler, and the director of "Deaf and Dumb Tribe", these young directors regard Zhang Ran as a spiritual mentor, as these young directors gradually grow up, Zhang Ran's status in film history will become higher and higher!
The status of film history has little to do with awards, it is the fans who determine the status of film history. Of course, this fan is not an ordinary person, but a film critic and director. The more film critics who write articles and books for you, the more directors who see you as a spiritual guide and are inspired by your films, the higher the status of film history.
Li An has won numerous awards, but his status in film history is not particularly high, far inferior to Wong Kar-wai, Hou Hsiao-hsien and Yang Dechang, the key is that there are few film critics and directors among Ang Lee's fans, not many directors learn from Ang Lee, and there are not many film critics who write books for Ang Lee. Hou Hsiao-hsien's situation is different, although he does not have too many awards, famous Chinese and foreign directors such as Jia Zhangke and Kore-eda Hirokazu all regard him as their spiritual mentor, and their films are deeply influenced by Hou Hsiao-hsien. With so many well-known directors endorsing Hou Xiaoxian, Hou Xiaoxian's status is naturally high.
The same is true of Zhang Ran, whose films are favored by critics, with theorists like David Baudelaire backing him, and among young directors there are followers like Dolan. It is certain that as Zhang Ran's fans gradually grow up, Zhang Ran's status will become higher and higher.
After the famous movie star Sophia Loren took the stage, she was going to present the Grand Jury Prize.
Now there are only the last two awards left in the entire awards ceremony, the Jury Prize and the Palme d'Or, and there are only two crews left, the crew of "Hibernation" and "Scorching Sun", who is the big winner tonight, the atmosphere is suddenly tense.
Reporters and film critics in the press center, fans in front of computers and televisions all held their breath, their eyes glued to the screen, and silently prayed in their hearts, never the Grand Jury Award, not the Grand Jury Award!
Zhang Jingchu, who was sitting in front of the computer with her daughter in her arms and watching the live broadcast, was also a little nervous at this time, holding the mouse and refreshing the screen.
Jane Campion stood up and opened the list of winners in her hand. She knew which winning movie it was, but she still glanced at the list, confirmed the final result, and announced with a smile: "The winner of the jury prize is "Winter Sleep"!"
The camera cut to the crew of "Hibernation", and the actors of the crew all stood up and hugged each other to celebrate. Director Ceylon was a little disappointed, he had already won the Grand Jury Prize twice in Cannes, but he didn't expect it to be the Grand Jury Prize this time. He comforted himself in his heart that a director has won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival three times, which can be regarded as a record!
Chinese reporters and film critics at the press center stood up, raising their arms and shouting. "Hibernation" won the Grand Jury Award, which means that the Palme d'Or is from "The Scorching Sun", and the Palme d'Or is from China. At the same time, Zhang Ran's fans in front of the computer and TV, as well as ordinary netizens, also began to celebrate the victory.
From Weibo to Fly, from cat pounce to tiger pounce, from Baidu Tieba to Douban eight groups, countless people are frantically swiping the screen: "Hahahaha! The Palme d'Or is here!
"The Palme d'Or is Zhang Ran's! She is really amazing, she is really the pride of our China!"
"21 years after "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or, Chinese films regained the Palme d'Or!"
The smile on Zhang Jingchu's face was brighter than the peach blossoms in March, she kissed her daughter hard, pointed to the screen, and said, "Xiaoxiao, Dad has won the award again!
As if she understood, the little girl scratched at the computer with her little hand, and shouted excitedly, "Dad!"
After Ceylon's acceptance speech, the classic soundtrack of "Vulgar" sounded, and Quentin walked onto the stage holding hands with Uma Thurman. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the premiere of Vulgar in Cannes, and the official Cannes celebration brought the film's lead actors and directors to the city, where they were also the guests of the Palme d'Or.
After Quentin's remarks, all eyes were on Jane Campion, waiting for her to reveal the final result.
Jane Campion didn't look at the list in her hand at all, looked at the audience, and said with a smile: "This year is a rare year in the history of Cannes, and there are several particularly good films, each of which has the strength to win the Palme d'Or." But there is one movie that stands out in particular, and I believe everyone can guess which one it is. The film that won the Palme d'Or was the Chinese film "Scorching Sun"!
As soon as Jane Campion's words fell, Wang Luodan jumped up without hesitation, raised his hands high, and shouted excitedly. Li Xuejian looked calmer, but his agitated hands were trembling slightly. The rest of the crew of "Scorching Sun" stood up, hugged each other and cheered loudly. Although Zhang Ran doesn't attach much importance to the award, he is still very excited to get the Palme d'Or, and hugs the crew members to celebrate after getting up.
Chinese reporters and film critics in the news center, Zhang Ran's fans in front of computers and televisions, and all ordinary netizens who support and love Chinese films are shouting and shouting at this time, celebrating the victory.
Ceylon, who was sitting not far away, looked at the crew of "Scorching Sun" celebrating the victory, with a bitter face, and shook his head gently, but he still gave sincere applause, losing to "Scorching Sun", he really has nothing to say!
After a brief celebration with the crew members, Zhang Ran walked to the stage. The guests and spectators on both sides of the passage stood up and applauded him. When Zhang Ran walked on the stage, the audience stood up, and even the judges sitting on the right side of the stage stood up, smiling and applauding Zhang Ran.
Zhang Ran hugged Quentin and Uma Thurman, gave Jane Campion a warm hug, and then received the Palme d'Or from Quentin.
Quentin and the others retreated to the side and gave up the stage to Zhang Ran, this night belonged to Zhang Ran.
Zhang Ran, who was standing in the middle of the stage, looked radiant under the cover of the lights. He breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "I received the notice from the organizing committee at noon, and I was working with Godard at that time. He also received a notice from the organizing committee, and he asked me, are you going to accept the award? I said, yes, that's a great honor. I asked Godard, are you going? He said I'm not going, I'm going to keep making films. I really admire Godard, who is in his eighties, and is able to maintain such a strong creativity. I want to be a director like him and keep filming. Life is not endless, but movies are not dead. Thank you!"
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