Cannes in May is a great place to visit, with blue skies, white clouds, sandy beaches, yachts, and French beauties in bikinis. If you add the film festival, as well as stars, directors, and film companies from all over Shijie, this scenery is even more beautiful.

Although the European film market began to be attacked by Hollywood one by one since the 80s, and it was even more a mess in the 90s, the Europeans who boasted that they had a deeper history and tradition than the vulgar Americans were not very convinced, so they held high the humanities and arts as a banner and talked to themselves, ignoring everything else, like an ostrich burying its head in the sand.

Therefore, this zuihou banner does not stop the commercialization of the Cannes Film Festival, which is not to say that Cannes has begun to favor commercial films, which is unacceptable to Europeans who hold high the banner of art, especially the French. However, Cannes is becoming more and more like a large film market, and if in the sixties and seventies, the three major European film festivals only made directors and actors famous, now it has shifted to more and more participating films to find buyers.

As mentioned before, it is very difficult for independent films to be released, and Hollywood produces countless independent films every year, but less than one in ten can be successfully released, so the Sundance Film Festival came into being. As one of the oldest film festivals, Cannes' appeal is already a lot higher than that of Sundance, and with a wider range of involvement, films from all over Shijie can come to participate in the exhibition, and then look for distributors who are willing to take over.

Although Sundance also accepts films from outside North America, it is mainly for North American films, so the revamped Cannes Film Festival is still widely sought after, not to mention that the Palme d'Or is also the most important award of all film festivals.

Of course, if you want to get it, it's still those so-called high-artistic movies that are possible, such as-

"The winner of Best Director is, Joel? Cohen, David? Lynch! With the voice of the award presenter, there was an uproar, and it was actually a double yolk egg!

However, the applause rang out, and it was very warm, in order to show that it was different, much higher than those commercial film awards, so at the Cannes Film Festival's semi-annual award ceremony, there has never been any singing and dancing performances, so applauding the winners has become the most lively part.

Naomi was also clapping, clapping excitedly, not just for David? Lynch, who also took over the film for himself, "Mulholland Drive".

Upon its release at Cannes, the film received numerous critical acclaims, with many critics calling it a masterpiece, and the European media calling it the most promising American film of the summer.

"The ubiquitous hints, the metaphorical details, the changing characters, the stories that are difficult to see and echo each other, make people feel like they are in a dream," described an article in the French newspaper Le Figaro.

On top of that, they raved about Naomi as the lead actress, saying that she not only needed to show the innocence and confidence of a newcomer, but also to play the struggle of despair, with an exam-like play-within-a-play in between, in short, this combination of Betty and Dane may be the most difficult film role of the year so far.

European filmmakers liked this tune, as if only films that were laborious to understand had true art.

Not to mention this, in short, Naomi received a high reputation at the Cannes Film Festival with "Mulholland Drive", but unfortunately, the Best Actress was awarded to the senior French actress after all, Isabel? Huppert.

Although Naomi felt regretful, it was not unacceptable, not to mention that her mind was not on this, but she had seen it several times in Cannes in the past few days.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but raise her head and look around, as if she wanted to find him, but there were so many people in the venue, how could it be so easy to find, besides, he didn't have any works in the exhibition, and he didn't know if he could attend the award ceremony.

Her already uneasy heart had become a little disturbed again, and in fact Naomi's heart had begun to stir up after Galen had come to the apartment that day. Although she repeatedly told herself that the matter was over and that there was nothing to care about, she faintly agreed with Galen's statement that it would be unfair to anyone to make such a decision without fully understanding a person.

This shijie is not so fair, and I can only think about myself. Naomi tried to convince herself in this way, but she soon discovered that this was what Sean had said to her. Well, then if you can't decide, then don't do it, and once you do, stick to it...... Again, that's what Sean said to her.

Naomi suddenly found that her life was full of the imprint of this young man who was 11 years younger than herself, and she could not forget it.

She thought that she would be better after coming to Cannes, in fact, she did get a certain amount of calm in the first few days, unfamiliar places can always attract people's attention to a certain extent, and "Mulholland Drive" won a lot of word-of-mouth after its release, which diverted attention, and finally got better.

But as the awards ceremony approached, Naomi suddenly spotted Sean in the crowd, yes, it was him, it must be, she believed she was not mistaken, but ...... Will he weishenme come here?

Sean had planned to bring "My Grand Greek Wedding" to Cannes for the exhibition, and Naomi had heard him say it, but the movie had already been released, so what was he doing here? Yes, Sean also said that he was going to accompany her to the Cannes Film Festival, but she had already ended their relationship, so how could he be here? What's more, he is still running back and forth between the crew.

Several times, Naomi tried to go over and grab him and ask him what was going on, but she endured it. And Sean didn't come to greet her, just stood at a distance and looked at her silently, with an indescribable sad look.

"Congratulations, David." After Lynch returned with the paper roll representing Best Director, Naomi congratulated him with the crew, but her eyes kept sweeping the venue from time to time.

Don't do that, Sean, we've already got it covered. She said this in her heart, but after pulling the shoulder straps of the evening dress, she couldn't help but show a wry smile, this pale dress was still the one he had chosen for himself.

Soon, the awards ceremony ended, and the participating stars also left in twos and threes after three shows, and Naomi answered the hotel with the crew, ready to participate in the party afterward.

Such a party was ready at the beginning, after all, "Mulholland Drive" has a fairly good reputation in Cannes, and there are already publishers willing to take over, even if Zuihou gets nothing, it is worth celebrating.

After chatting with a few people at the party, Naomi went to the corner alone, and although everyone was in some good spirits, she was really not in the mood right now.

It's just that although she doesn't look for things, things will come to her, and soon a familiar voice rang in her ears: "Congratulations, Nami." ”

Naomi was startled, her eyes widened and she looked at the man in front of her who was approaching her silently in disbelief, and she was speechless for a while, and the latter couldn't help but touch her nose with some embarrassment: "What, I look terrible today?" ”

"No, I'm just a little surprised." As soon as she spoke, she couldn't help but be startled again, her voice was so dry.

The two just looked at each other, standing in the corner and keeping silent, still walking around with the others, and a few guys who thought about accosting each other, but when they saw them like this, they both left.

"Would you like to go out for a walk?" Sean finally spoke, and Naomi, biting her lip, nodded.

The beach is just outside the hotel, and although the night sky is as thick as ink, there are still people who choose to stroll on the beach from time to time under the lights of the seaside.

"Why are you coming here?" After a silent distance, Naomi finally asked.

"I wasn't going to come, I think...... You probably don't want to see me here," Sean whispered, "but Galen told me that since I think 'Mulholland Drive' can be given to you, since I recommended you to play it, it's over...... You should also watch you get the credit you deserve, so ...... I can really rest assured. ”

Naomi froze for a few seconds, then bent down, her body trembling uncontrollably, her soft words shattering her defenses that had been pried open.

"Nami, are you okay?" Sean quickly helped her up.

She covered her mouth, trying to keep herself from making a sound, and her head twisted to the side, but she still couldn't stop the tears from rolling down her face.

"Don't do that, Nami, don't do that." Sean immediately hugged her into his arms, "Believe me, the hardest time has passed, I've been in Cannes these days, I've seen the comments of film critics, even if you don't believe me, you should believe in their standards, right?" So, you will get a lot of attention and awards for this movie, maybe not the Oscars, but it is enough to prove your worth, and you will also receive countless attention and applause for it. I've said, I've always said, you're going to have your own honor, and God won't let down people like you who work hard. ”

He held her tightly in his arms and whispered in her ear, every word so firm and powerful.

More tears rolled down his eyes, his body trembled even more, and Naomi buried her head deep in his chest, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Although...... Although at the time of the test screening...... Most of the people who have seen it say it is good...... But I'm still worried...... Very worried...... I don't know if I can really see the light of day...... I don't have the next decade to waste...... And you...... It's getting farther and farther away from me......" Naomi said intermittently.

She finally raised her head, tears in her eyes: "In your arms...... I'm safe, no one can hurt me...... But not in your arms? I don't know, Sean, I'm scared if one day ...... Have I lost you? I can't help but think so, because ...... Because ......"

"I'm sorry, Nami, I'm sorry......" Sean cupped her face, "I can't promise you anything...... But I know...... You've made it, you're already able to hold your head up in Hollywood. I said that "The Genius Ripley" would be a big sell, and it would be a big hit, and I said that "My Grand Greek Wedding" would be a big sell, and it would definitely be a big hit, and now, I said that you would definitely succeed. ”

Then, a tearful Naomi wrapped her arms around Sean's neck and kissed him fiercely on the mouth.