At this time, Luc Besson's heart couldn't help but be excited, in fact, in addition to the financial power, this crew is completely controlled by himself, as a young director, such an opportunity is more than rare.

And the choice of the actor is still his favorite Jean Reno, since he began to cooperate with "The Penultimate Count" in 81, Jean Reno is Luc Besson's favorite actor, and he is also the actor he has worked with the most in his life.

However, Luc Besson does not agree with Mo Fei's other statement. With such a good story idea, coupled with him, a rising future director, and Phoenix Culture, uh, the operation of its subordinate subsidiary, will it not make money?

So while Luc Besson agreed, he also felt a lot of energy in his heart, he wanted to see how much box office this film could win with his best production.

It's just that Luc Besson can't know, and it is impossible for him to tell him, that the box office performance of this film has already been understood, and it only bought more than 40 million dollars in the nineties in his previous life, and he has a reference for saying that.

No matter how good the operation is now, no matter how good the publicity is, as long as it is not a Hollywood movie or a super blockbuster in this era, the possibility of getting a set score is almost zero, and this "Killer Leon" is double the box office in the previous life, and any more is basically a fantasy.

There is no need to ask Jean Renault about this, Luc Besson can agree to it for him, and Jean Renault at this time has just debuted not long ago. Even in films like "The Final Showdown" and "Absolute Privacy", he is not the absolute protagonist, and now he has the opportunity to play the protagonist of a movie that is likely to be a big hit. There was no way he could refuse.

After talking to Luc Besson, there was nothing to do, and the characters who prepared the crew and everything naturally fell on Luc Besson, and he himself was very happy about it, all he had to do was wait to attend the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival.

Today's Mo Fei is no longer the lost young man who just came to this world in eighty-four years. The halo over his head is the best proof that one of the most successful producers in the world won the Oscar for Best Screenplay. The Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film Director and so on have brought him great attention.

At the opening ceremony, the combination of Mo Fei and Honggu was definitely one of the most attracted shots. And Mo Fei didn't avoid suspicion or anything. either let Honggu hold his arm, or reached out to hug Honggu's slender waist, and was at ease under the lens of reporters, which also made the scandal between the two fly all over the sky again.

Many people really don't think there's anything about it, as a partner at the opening ceremony, this kind of behavior is strictly etiquette and a necessary kind of politeness. Although Mo Fei is still wearing the iconic 'Chinese formal dress', Honggu is also wearing a modified cheongsam with a strong style. But it's this sensitive combination and very different styles that makes them pay more attention.

In fact, this is all the reporters doing to blame. Always find a way to forcibly involve all kinds of topics, and then make a shiny selling point for your own news, otherwise you are still worthy of the word reporter. Who made Mo Fei's reputation like this, who said it if he didn't say anything.

There is another reason for such attention, that is, "Farewell My Concubine" is set as the opening film of this year's Cannes Film Festival, and the film's producer and heroine will of course be more eye-catching.

Regardless of whether the opening film is open or not, I am still more confident that "Farewell My Concubine" can win the award, the experience of the general in the previous life is on the one hand, and the production of the movie itself is also an indispensable reason. Then there is the chairman of the jury of the main unit of this film festival, it is Sidney Polak, who has just negotiated the first cooperation with Mo Fei, I believe he will definitely say a few words for this movie, which can be regarded as luck.

Among the three films brought this time, the one I hope to win the award is "Farewell My Concubine", this film in the previous life won the Palme d'Or, and he has also seen the film made this time, it is not worse than that one, and some of the scripts and lenses have been improved.

If you don't win the award, I'm really sorry for Kaiye, people are pointing to this movie, you have taken it away, if you even ruin the honor of the film, it's too much to say.

As for "Taiping Mountain", although it has also entered the main competition unit, it is very clear in his heart that the atmosphere of buying that film is still very good, and if he really wants to compete for the Palme d'Or, the possibility is not very great. In the end, it is to win the honor of being included in the enclosure and screening films, which can be regarded as worthy of the title of Xu Anhua's best director in Berlin.

and another film, "Samantha" directed by Zhang Wanyao, was shortlisted for a kind of attention unit. An award that was established relatively late at the Cannes Film Festival in Honggu, dedicated to talented new directors, has always supported niche films with a more unique aesthetic and novel style, in order to encourage filmmakers of different visions and styles to continue their efforts.

It's hard to say whether this movie can win an award, if you look at the movie itself, the zombies are fine; But judging from Zhang Wanyao's fame and influence in Europe, she is only 30% to 50% sure, which is really hard to say.

If Zhang Wanyao really wins this award in the end, it will definitely be a great thing for her. Not only the impact of the award itself, but also the sponsorship of the film festival to support its release in France. France is the birthplace of world cinema, and it is enough to influence the whole of Europe in film art, and winning this award is basically equivalent to opening the door to Europe, which can be said to be really profitable.

After the opening ceremony, Mo Fei's characters participated in various viewing and discussions, as well as those so-called forums. Of course, these things don't mean much to him, except for quietly absorbing the experience of those old directors, and it's just a matter of sitting there and dozing off.

The main thing is that he is too young, even if he has won many awards, he is still a young man. In front of a bunch of old fritters, he said that nothing would be too good, some people like young people and some people don't like it. Especially at the Cannes Film Festival this time, there are two guys he doesn't like very much, so there is nothing to say.

One is Italian-American director Martin Scorsese. A guy who has forgotten his ancestors and betrayed the current one, and some of the things this guy has done also make Mo Fei look down on him very much, although he did it in the history of his previous life, but in this era where those things never happened, he still has a strong hostility towards this guy.

The other one is the Japanese director Nagisa Oshima, who does have two brushes as a director. As early as eight years ago, he was the winner of Best Director at Cannes, and he was also shortlisted in '83, and this year's call is not very low. But this guy has inherited the habits of the Japanese. Filming and the film is simply a salty film, and those things are never missing, although many directors are very interested in which kind of shots, but Mo Fei, who has a light on his face, is reluctant to get too close. It's really not good for his reputation.

Sometimes something. It's not that you can get what you want if you want to dodge and dodge, it's really someone who is close to Mo Fei if you don't die, and it's one of the guys he hates the most at this film festival, Martin Scorsese.

This guy also won the Palme d'Or award many years ago, and now he is naturally looking for a suit of the same level as himself, and Mo Fei is the best choice, passing through the crowd, and politely taking the initiative to greet Mo Fei: "Hi, Mr. Mo Fei." I'm Martin Scorsese, and it's a pleasure to meet you! ”

Look at this guy with black-rimmed glasses who is directly a KFC colonel. I really don't know what to say, so humble and polite, it's not too much to say that I am a gentleman, but why do I have to do those things that don't have assholes, I'm angry when I imagine it, no matter how fucking polite I don't care about you.

Just politely shook hands with the other party and said a few words, and directly cut off the other party's stolen kindness: "Hello, Mr. Scorsese, it's nice to meet you (voiceover: I will kill you if I have a chance), there is a friend over there, I was rude first." ”

After saying that, he walked over to Nagisa Oshima with Honggu, to be honest, he would rather stay with the old pervert than say a word to old Martin, it is probably a kind of spiritual cleanliness.

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In the film industry, there is such an organization, called the 'International Association of Film Critics', relying on its qualifications to be old enough and talk to enough people, always stealing the limelight at major film festivals and award ceremonies. Every year, they form their own jury at film festivals around the world, and preemptively award their own awards, the "FIPRESCI Award", one step before the festival awards ceremony, which really makes people hate their shamelessness.

But this time, I can't hate it, because the International Film Critics Association gave their grand prize at this Cannes Film Festival, the 'Fipresci Award in the main competition unit', to Phoenix Culture's film "Farewell My Concubine".

On the day of the awards, it was not surprising. "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or, the biggest award at the 39th Cannes Film Festival, with its perfect artistic style and full and incisive shots, becoming the biggest lucky person. And the old Martin who greeted Mo Fei earlier also changed from a face full of fighting spirit to a dish, and after congratulating Mo Fei with two sentences, he left without a word, it is estimated that the old guy is angry enough.

And Honggu, who had high expectations, did not disappoint him, and won the Best Actress Award with her perfect acting skills in the two shortlisted movies "Farewell My Concubine" and "Taiping Mountain". However, what Mo Fei didn't expect was that this award turned out to be under "Taiping Mountain", and it seems that sometimes the prejudgment is really not very reliable.

And what makes Mo Fei speechless the most, and what also makes many people speechless, is the award 'Jury Award' won by Zhang Guorong, which is generally only awarded to directors.

The reason why this award was awarded to him was even more speechless, and it was because of the jury's voting error, and he made up for it in this award.

After learning the reason, Mo Fei was crying and laughing and couldn't be cured, and he was also glad for Zhang Guorong, if it was really the year in the original history, this award would never have his share.

I remember that time, it was because Claudia Cardina, a female judge of the jury, liked Zhang Guorong's female appearance too much, so she voted for him for Best Actress, so that he missed out on Best Actor at Cannes by one vote.

And this time, the two female judges of the jury made the same mistake and voted for Best Actress to Zhang Guorong, so that he also missed the Best Actor Award, but fortunately, the chairman of the jury this time was Sidney Pollack, who was very good, so he made public the voting results of this very dramatic plot and gave him a reissue of a jury award as a sign of comfort.

For such a thing, Mo Fei is not surprised, Zhang Guorong in "Farewell My Concubine" is really a little more beautiful than a woman, it seems that the old brother is very powerful in pretending to be a woman. (To be continued......)