Chapter 621: Award Ceremony!
Hu Yu and Han Xue chatted with Jackie Chan and others for a while, and then separated, because this year's award ceremony was about to start.
Jackie Chan has a better seat because of his international popularity, and Fan Bingbing, although he is a well-known figure in China, but in the world, it is average, after all, she has not grown up to the international fan of later generations, and she is still in the category of Huaxia fan.
And Hu Yu, because it is a big hit, the organizer arranged a good location for him, located in the first row, and it is in the middle.
Beside him, they are the favorites to win the Cannes Film Festival.
For example, Michael Haneke, the director of "Love", which is the favorite for this year's Palme d'Or, has Carlos, one of the favorites for best director!
Each one of them is the light of the stars at this year's Cannes Awards Ceremony!
As the lights in the auditorium began to gradually go out, the auditorium, which was still relatively lively just now, immediately fell silent!
Then, tidbits of the Palme d'Or began to appear on the big screen directly in front of the auditorium.
This tidbit doesn't last long, just thirty seconds.
When the tidbits appeared, a nice female voice sounded in the auditorium, "Ladies and gentlemen, the award ceremony of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival is now open, please welcome the host of this year's closing ceremony." β
This sentence is said in French.
Bang Bang Bang!
At the scene, there was a warm applause, although Hu Yu didn't know French, and he didn't know what he just said, but after he saw everyone applauding, he also applauded.
Then, the two golden palm leaves in the center of the rostrum began to rise, and a beautiful woman dressed as sexy and avant-garde walked out, she was none other than Catherine, the host of the night.
With a charming smile on her face, Catherine came to the front of the podium and said in French: "Ladies and gentlemen. Good evening everybody, thank you all for joining us today for the closing ceremony, we are gathered tonight because of the film, which allows us to transcend reality. Cinema is both a journey and a destination, leading us to a higher realm. β
"Cinema does not shy away from violence, cinema comes from reality. Movies are not enough to reflect the evil and violence in our real lives, not at all. Cinema really does our duty to see the darker side of ourselves. Of course, there is also the bright side. β
"Cinema heals our wounds, and the Festival de Cannes is a stage for great filmmakers to showcase their talents and express their opinions. β
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Under the stage, Hu Yu and Han Xue sat quietly in their positions, looking at the hostess on the stage, he had to admit that the opening remarks of the hostess were very good.
Although he can't understand French, he can understand English, and after the beautiful host finishes a sentence, it will be translated into English at the same time.
After all, English is the most influential language in the world.
A large part of the people who come here do not know French, but the vast majority of them understand English, but in order to set off the status of Cannes as the host country, French is regarded as the first language.
After all, this is the official film festival of the Kingdom of France.
As the host finished his opening remarks, the award ceremony of the 65th Cannes Film Festival officially began.
The first is a few small awards, such as the CamΓ©ra d'Or, best short film, etc., and the second half, there are some awards, such as the Best Actor and Actress Award, the Best Director Award, and the Palm of Gold, the highest award at the Cannes Film Festival.
I have to admit that compared with the entertainment form of the Oscars, the Cannes film festival is quite concise, and the awards are basically one after another, and there are no interludes or superfluous activities in between.
In fact, this is a pure film festival, generally speaking, the awards ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival lasts for an hour, and the one-hour award ceremony is actually very short.
And the Oscar awards ceremony lasts three or four hours at every turn, in fact, the Oscar awards are not many more awards than Cannes, so why does she last three or four hours?
This has to do with the format of the Oscars, which is not so much an awards ceremony as an entertainment extravaganza!
Even, many fans are accustomed to calling the Oscar ceremony an Oscar night!
Why? Because on this night, you can see a lot of wonderful programs, if the Cannes Film Festival is to formalize the awards ceremony, then the Oscars are to entertain the awards ceremony.
Every year at the awards ceremony, the Oscars invite some popular stars to perform on stage.
It is precisely because of this that many people like to watch the Oscar ceremony.
In front of the TV.
Countless viewers were almost asleep watching the ongoing awards ceremony on the television.
It's really this awards ceremony, it's so boring.
"I finally know now why everyone likes to watch the Oscars and not the Cannes awards ceremony, jet lag is one reason, but the biggest reason is that this Cannes awards ceremony is completely a hypnotic ceremony, Ma Dan, I want to sleep when I watch it!"
"You want to sleep, I'm about to fall asleep, this award ceremony is poisonous, if I didn't want to see if Mr. Hu Yu could win the Palme d'Or, I guess I wouldn't have been able to roar and go to sleep." β
"Actually, that's the real awards ceremony, isn't it? But, to be honest, after watching this one, I don't want to watch it a second time, it's too easy to sleep. β
"Oh my god, when will it be Hu Yu's turn, I doubt now that I can hold on to that moment!"
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On the Internet, countless netizens began to complain.
However, this is just the idea of outsiders, and for insiders, such a fast pace is what they like.
For the star directors who are waiting, the faster the pace, the better, because the faster the pace, the sooner they will be able to know if they have won an award, which is much better than waiting to be in a hurry!
Half an hour has passed, and the Palme d'Or has passed half of the time.
At this time, a number of small awards have been awarded, and it is worth mentioning that the winner of the Best Short Film Award at the 65th Cannes Film Festival was Ispartath's "Silence"!
With the announcement of the Palme d'Or for short films, the award ceremony has officially entered the awarding process.
The first award was the Best Screenplay Award, which had nothing to do with Hu Yu because he was not selected for Best Screenplay.
Time passed little by little, and another twenty minutes passed, and this year's Cannes Film Festival finally has only a few big awards left to be announced, and the next award to be announced is the Best Director Award!