Chapter 428: The Nine Members of the Jury
Quentin is ugly, that's the consensus.
is nearly 1.9 meters tall, with a large forehead and chin, but his facial features are sunken inward, like a gourd scoop that has grown badly. He speaks very quickly, and his mouth is full of American dialects.
On the morning of the 3rd, when Chu Qing walked into the conference room, this guy came up and hugged a bear and shouted in a very exaggerated tone: "Hey! Let's see who's coming? Hello, my dear Chu! β
"Hello, uh, I'm sorry I'm late."
He pushed the other party away without a trace, secretly disgusted, and saw that the room was already full of people, so he hurriedly apologized.
"Of course not, our butts haven't touched the chair a minute before the soles of your feet hit the ground. Here, let me introduce you to all of you! β
Quentin is the president of the jury of this year's film festival, and he doesn't treat himself as an outsider at all, and the master dragged Chu Qing to him and said: "The sexiest actor in France, Ms. Emmanuelle!" β
"Nice to meet you, Chu!"
Emmanuelle Bea stood up, said politely, and shook his hand gently.
"I'm even more honored!" He also bowed slightly.
The woman had good-looking blue eyes, prominent lips, and a certain eccentric sensuality and arrogance. For many men, she has a fatal attraction, but Chu Qing doesn't like it very much, always feeling that the other party is like a patient, and suddenly she will go crazy hysterically.
"Avich, a wonderful playwright!"
Quentin led him to the next one, a middle-aged man with glasses.
"Hello, Chu, I like your "Blind Well" very much."
"Oh, thank you so much!"
Then, there is an older blonde woman with rough facial features and a typical American wildness.
"Lady Catherine, wow. Her "Body Heat" made me crazy back then! β
Quentin is simply an ADHD + talkative tease, inexplicably very hilarious, waving his arms while talking, as if he can't express his excitement without this.
"Hello Chu, you're a great young man!"
"Thank you, you are just as charming."
Including the chairman, there are a total of nine judges with diverse identities, including directors, actors, screenwriters and film critics. Chu Qing walked down in turn and greeted them one by one. Actually, I haven't heard of it at all.
In a short time, we reached the last place, in the corner of the table.
She didn't feel it when she was sitting, but together, ho, she was tall and thin and straight into the sky. Short hair, pale complexion, and extremely hard facial lines, if you look at it casually. I thought it was a handsome guy. But if you look closely, the femininity hidden in it comes out, and instead forms a wonderful attraction.
"Hello, Tilda Swinton!"
Didn't wait for Quentin to introduce. She called herself home and held out her hand.
"Hello, Chu Qing!"
He returned the salute in return, for some reason. She was the only one who had a good impression of her.
After introducing a circle, when everyone sat down, there were immediately nine materials sent by the staff.
Quentin was at the front. slapped his face, and tried very hard to pretend to be vertical and horizontal, but unfortunately it looked like a deflated * three.
"Ladies and gentlemen, now that we are all here, I am honoured to announce that we are about to leave a wonderful and unique record in the history of Cannes. All of you are the best filmmakers, and although the cultural environment is different, they all maintain a respectable and devout heart for film......"
This thing said the opening, as usual, it was very self-congratulatory, and it was easy to end, everyone applauded the face, and they began to look through the materials.
From this afternoon to the closing day of the film festival, more than a dozen pages were densely written.
Every morning, I first sign in to this work center, and then have a meeting to talk about the day's arrangements, or watch a movie, or participate in an event, or attend a press conference on the hill of all parties.
Because during the festival, not only are the films screened, but also countless dinners and seminars, all of which require the presence of the judges, and each of the nine people has a table.
Chu Qing mainly watched the movie and the subsequent exchange meeting, basically after watching one, holding a meeting, and if there was no agreement, it would be replayed.
There are eighteen shortlisted works this year, some copies have been delivered, and some are still grinding, such as Wang Sunglasses's "2046", and some are still reshooting shots.
Therefore, the judges have a lot of free time, and they don't have to watch movies every day. As for the requirements for everyone, in addition to being objective and fair, the most important thing is to be strict and never reveal the slightest inside story to the media.
This morning's meeting is to get to know each other, and there is nothing to study. Everyone watched the process, and there was no objection, so they dispersed.
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"When are they coming?"
"Okay, that person knows my number, right?"
"Uh-huh, that's fine, bye-bye!"
In the hotel room, Chu Qing hung up the phone, his expression was very subtle.
"Who?" Cheng Ying asked.
"Director Feng! I don't know who came out of the moth, so I cut a piece of flowers and asked someone to bring it over, so that we can publicize it. β
"Who's to entrust, it's not Zhang Yimou, right?"
"How is it possible, it is said that it is a person from China Film, and they want to organize a group to come over to promote it."
"Then we have to rent a booth?" She also felt troubled.
"The booth is not needed, just show it to Duteron, the achievement is successful, and the achievement is not pulled down!"
Chu Qing shrugged, he didn't have any hope for the overseas release of "No Thieves in the World", just that piece is as logical and conceptual as a sifting basket, it's no wonder that Westerners will like it!
It is said that the two of them had a simple lunch, and soon it was three o'clock in the afternoon.
They rushed to a small hall in the Palais du Cinema Lumière, where the jury's first film, The Motorcycle Diaries, was to be screened.
This is a special viewing theater, which is very small, with only a few dozen seats. Nine judges arrived at eight, and Tilda Swinton seemed to have something to do, a little late.
Everyone scattered and looked for seats, and most of them ran to the first two rows.
Chu Qing didn't join in the fun, flashed to the third row with Cheng Ying, and not long after sitting down, Tilda Swinton pushed the door in, first stood there and glanced twice, and then walked straight in his direction.
"Can I sit like this?"
The woman asked with special etiquette, she was from an orthodox Scottish aristocracy, and her gestures had a hint of high-end style.
"Of course, please!"
Chu Qing didn't dare to slack off, raised his butt slightly, and nodded.
"Who is this?" She glanced at Cheng Ying and couldn't help asking.
"Hello, I'm Chu's assistant and translator."
The eldest lady who is in a hurry seems to have been suppressed by the other party's aura and has become very well-behaved.
"Translation?"
Tilda Swinton was a little puzzled, then reacted, covered his mouth and smiled, without asking more.
Chu Qing couldn't hold back her curiosity, and secretly glanced at others, she didn't wear the dress in the morning, but changed into a white shirt, and then matched it with straight white pants, which became more and more unusual.
"Phew!"
His heart suddenly jumped, and he vaguely felt that he and this actress must be the same kind in some things.
Everyone sat for a moment, only to see that the lights were dimmed, and the big screen was lit up, first for a long period of darkness, and then for a short period of time, and then a text flashed, which read:
"It's not a touching story, it's a part of two people's lives. In those moments, they fought their way forward for the sake of their shared hopes and dreams! β
The text is Spanish, and the subtitles are in English, fortunately, there are no rare words, Chu Qing can understand it. It is precisely because he is afraid of a similar situation that he has memorized the introduction of the film on the official information.
The director of this film is the Brazilian Walter Sellers, who has a classic "Central Station".
And this "Motorcycle Diary" is about a 23-year-old medical student Ennesto? Guevara, and 29-year-old Alberto? Granardo becomes a traveling companion. The two set off from Argentina on a broken motorcycle, crossed the South American continent and the social groups of various countries, and began to feel the truth and suffering of life.
When the journey ended, the actor made an unusually great decision to change his name to, Cut? Guevara.
With this name, Chu Qing is quite interested, although his understanding of this person is limited to those big-headed T-shirts that cost dozens of dollars a piece in China.
(The result of forcibly two shifts without a state is that I have no shame to everyone, cover my face and run away.) (To be continued......)