The Jury Prize Film is presented to the famous Italian Tornatore, "Cinema Paradiso", "The Pianist of the Sea", and "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" are his masterpieces. After a brief speech, Tornatore announced the results: "The winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 61st Venice Film Festival is ......"

With that, Tornatore opened the envelope, glanced at the list, and looked at the audience with a smile, whetting everyone's appetite.

The whole scene was silent, everyone looked at the stage, and the air at the scene was a little sluggish.

The most nervous is undoubtedly the crew members of the four movies "The Aviator", "Vera Drake", "Deep Sea Sleep", and "Empty Room", and even Zhang Ran, who is usually very steady, is a little sluggish in breathing.

After a short pause, Tornatore announced in a loud voice, "Vera Drake!"

Zhang Ran exhaled heavily, but the tension in his heart did not lessen, but intensified.

Now only the Golden Lion is left!

The first place in the Best Film selection is the Golden Lion Award, and the second place is the Grand Jury Award, and it is impossible for a film to win both the first and second places at the same time. "Vera Drake" won the Grand Jury Prize, which means that they are not eligible for the Golden Lion.

Now "Empty Room", "Deep Sea Sleep", and "Aviator" all have hopes of winning the Golden Lion Award, among which "Aviator" has the greatest hope. However, Zhang Ran knew that Kim Ki-deok would not win the Golden Lion Award until 2009, and the real competition would be between "The Aviator" and "Deep Sea Sleep".

The Golden Lion Award was presented to Quentin, who took to the stage and began to give a speech.

Zhang Jingchu was a little afraid to look at Quentin in the stand, closed his eyes, and prayed silently; Huang Lei's face was pale, and his hands trembled slightly; Zhao Fei and they were all all beating faster and had difficulty breathing; Zhang Ran straightened his body and looked at Quentin with a serious expression, his heart was beating violently, and he was about to jump out of his chest!

Quentin expressed his respect for the Golden Lion, then opened the envelope, glanced at the final result, he laughed, he was not surprised by this result at all, and then he began to announce the answer: "The 61st Venice Film Festival, the winner of the Golden Lion Award is ......"

At this, Quentin paused, looked up at the audience, and smiled to whet everyone's appetite.

After this pause, the scene suddenly fell silent, without the slightest sound, as if time had stopped.

Quentin was pleased with everyone's reaction, and after a slight pause, he announced loudly: "Congratulations on the Chinese movie "The Aviator"!"

When the name "Aviator" was called, Zhang Ran felt that there was a huge bomb exploding in his heart. The great happiness dared to rush to the top of his head, and his mind was briefly blank. He stood up a little dazed, "The Aviator" won the award? Is it really a golden lion?

"Zhang Ran, Golden Lion!Golden Lion!" Zhang Jingchu cheered and pounced directly on Zhang Ran. She was so excited that tears flowed down her eyes, but there was a bright smile on her face. It's really great to have won the Golden Lion Award!

Zhang Ran's legs were a little weak, Zhang Jingchu pounced, his feet trembled, and he almost didn't sit back on the chair. Fortunately, he stabilized his figure, his brain also came to his senses, and he hugged Zhang Jingchu and smiled: "Daughter-in-law, you seem to be fat!"

"I hate it, it's a joke at this time!" Zhang Jingchu glanced at Zhang Ran.

"Won the award, it's really a golden lion!" Huang Lei shouted and gave Zhang Ran a big bear hug. He didn't have any outstanding works in film, and although "Singing While Walking" was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival, he was quite embarrassed by what happened to "Singing While Walking" in Cannes. Because the movie was obscure and boring, the reporters ridiculed Chen Kaige and awarded the film the Golden Alarm Clock Award, which means that there must be an alarm clock to wake up the audience who fall asleep. Now he finally has a movie to prove himself!

"Congratulations, Zhang Ran!" Zhao Fei smiled and hugged Zhang Ran, clapping vigorously. He has worked with many great directors, and "Hang the Red Lantern" is his best work, and it is also his masterpiece, but now he has an even better work.

The rest of the crew around stood up and clapped vigorously, as did the entire hall. The crews of "Deep Sea Sleep" and "Empty Room" are a little regretful, but they are all convinced, "The Aviator" is a good movie, and they are convinced by the defeat in its hands.

Zhang Ran straightened his clothes, greeted warm applause, and walked on the podium of the Venice Film Festival again with the excitement in his heart.

It was not the first time Quentin had seen Zhang Ran, and gave Zhang Ran a hug with a smile: "After watching the premiere of "The Aviator" that day, I knew that I would definitely be able to win the Golden Lion Award. The movie is so subversive, completely different from "Time and Space Warrior", it's hard to imagine that it is the work of the same director, you are a real genius!"

"Thanks, Quentin!"

Receiving the precipitated Golden Lion Trophy from Quentin's hand, the passionate emotions hit Zhang Ran's heart, he stood in front of the microphone, his heart fluctuated, and he didn't know how to speak for a while.

Winning the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival is a huge incentive for his hard work for more than ten years, which makes Zhang Ran believe that his efforts have not been in vain, and his career as a director can go higher and further.

Zhang Ran looked up at the stands, saw Zhang Jingchu standing and applauding, took a breath and said: "Without the support of the team, there would be no movie "Aviator", so I hope that the members of the "Aviator" crew can come on stage and share this honor with me!"

The Golden Lion Award is the Best Film Award, which is given to a film, and it is generally the producer who receives the award, but it is nothing new for the entire crew to go on stage together.

The audience applauded warmly again and invited the crew members of "Aviator" to the stage with applause.

Huang Lei looked at Zhang Jingchu and said in surprise: "Zhang Ran is letting us go to power?"

Zhang Jingchu nodded: "Yes, let's go!"

Zhao Fei didn't like to show his head too much, so he smiled and waved his hand: "You two just go up, I won't go up!"

The others also said, "Go ahead!"

The audience at the scene was still applauding, Zhang Jingchu and Huang Lei didn't say much, walked onto the stage, and hugged Zhang Ran again.

The applause stopped, and the audience all looked at Zhang Ran, who was staring at the microphone, looking at him expectantly, wanting to hear what the young man would say.

Zhang Ran's mood fluctuated and he was full of emotion, but the most was happy, and the smile on his face couldn't be stopped: "Really, it's like a dream." "The Aviator" is a movie that reflects my heart according to my ideas, without thinking too much about the box office and not thinking about awards. If it weren't for Marc Müller's invitation, "The Aviator" would not have come to Venice, thank him very much! At the same time, I am very grateful to the jury for awarding us this award, which is the greatest recognition for us!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Ran paused: "There are many people who need to be thanked, actors, crew members, and many friends who have helped us, this list is too long, I can't read it here." But without you, there would be no movie, thank you very much! "The Aviator" is the first film I made it to the top three, but it will definitely not be the last. I will work harder and strive to shoot more and better works! Thank you, thank you!"

After Zhang Ran finished speaking, he raised the Golden Lion Award in his hand, and then with the brightest smile, he turned around and walked off the podium with Zhang Jingchu and Huang Lei.

All the guests and all the audience at the scene gave a standing ovation, and the thunderous applause spread, and the entire movie palace trembled in the applause.

The entertainment version of the major domestic portals acted extremely fast, and a few minutes later, the headline was changed to the news that "The Aviator" captured the Golden Lion.

On September 11, local time in Venice, the 61st Venice Film Festival officially closed. Zhang Ran's "The Aviator" carried out the surprise to the end, winning the Golden Lion Award for Best Film, the highest honor of the Venice International Film Festival. This is also after Zhang Yimou's "No One is Missing", China's mainland filmmakers have once again won the honor!"

Although it was already the early morning of the 12th in China, many people who followed "Aviator" have been waiting for news. When the news of "The Aviator" winning the Golden Lion came, Nortel students cheered, and the students of the 01 table were sprayed in the dormitory with streamers.

"Zhang Ran took the golden lion! I'll go, it's too awesome, it's not in vain that I wait until midnight!"

"Our family Zhang Ran is the best, and we will definitely win more awards in the future!"

"Zhang Ran, I will always support you!"

Within a few minutes of the announcement of the capture of the Golden Lion in "The Aviator", Zhang Ran's phone rang without interruption, and the congratulatory text messages were one after another, and the phone was just after receiving a call, and the second one would come in immediately, and even Zhang Jingchu and Huang Lei received a lot of congratulatory calls.

At the subsequent celebration reception, judge Xu Feng chatted with Zhang Ran for a while and talked about some of the inside story of the selection. The president of the jury made a rule before the discussion: each film must receive at least two votes to enter the discussion. Hou Hsiao-hsien's "Coffee Time" and Jia Zhangke's "The World" failed to get two votes, and Xu Feng raised his hands to try to fight for both films, but it didn't work. Zhang Ran's "Aviator" does not have many votes, only 5 votes. However, among Zhang Ran's 5 votes, they are all 4 die-hard supporters, and these 4 die-hard supporters have become the most critical factor for "The Aviator" to win the Golden Lion Award.

The media inquired that the news was wrong, and the competition for the Golden Lion Award was not between "The Aviator" and "Deep Sleep", but between "The Aviator" and "Vera Drake". Xu Feng, Spike Lee, Scarlett Johansson, and Dusan Makaviev supported "The Aviator", while "Vera Drake" was supported by the president of the jury, John Baumann, and Helen Mirren, Wolfgang Baker, and Caro Presti, and the two sides argued endlessly, and finally held three rounds of voting.

In the first round of voting, each person chose three of their favorite movies, "Deep Sleep" received 7 votes, "Vera Drake" 7 votes, and "The Aviator" 5 votes. In the second round, only one favorite movie was selected, 4 votes for "The Aviator", 4 votes for "Vera Drake", 1 vote for "Sleep in the Deep", and "Sleep in the Deep" was out. In the third round, everyone voted only on the two movies "The Aviator" and "Vera Drake", and in the end, "The Aviator" received 5 votes, while "Vera Drake" only had 4 votes, and "The Aviator" won by one vote.

After the results came out, the "Vera Drake" supporters were upset, and the judges had a big fight, but the supporters of "The Aviator" were happy, and Scarlett Johansson even danced.

Zhang Ran didn't expect that there would be so many insiders behind the award of "The Aviator", so he bowed down and said, "Sister Xu Feng, thank you!"

Xu Feng said politely: "It is appropriate to help your own people." "Vera Drake" is a British movie, and John Paulman and Helen Mirren are also British, so they support "Vera Drake". It's great that you have "The Aviator", it's really amazing that you can make a movie like this at such a young age!"

Zhang Ran shook his head lightly and said: "These days, I have read a lot of reports, some of the criticisms are reasonable, I have to work harder, I don't want "Aviator" to be my highest level, I must continue to move forward!" (To be continued.) )