In order to get a high-grade premiere hall for "Fangfang", DreamWorks spent a lot of money for it. It's okay to be cheap, like those low-budget movies, and just take them to ordinary beach movie theaters to show them, but then there will be no publicity.

DreamWorks' European distribution company, although it has few formal employees, has a wide range of connections in the European film industry. In fact, after knowing Kang Jianfei's new film invited Sophie? After Marceau became the heroine, two French film companies took the initiative to come to the door last year to discuss the purchase of films.

The agent distributor and the cinema company of "Fang Fang" in France have basically been negotiated, and the only thing that has changed is the price, which depends on whether "Fang Fang" can win the award in Cannes, and whether it will win a big prize or a small award, and finally increase the basic price code that has been negotiated.

Now that "Fangfang" is going to premiere at a film festival, the quality of publicity determines how much money the agency distributor and the theater company can make, and they care about the success of the film's premiere as much as Kang Jianfei.

With the help of local film companies in France, reporters gathered on the night of the release of "Fang Fang", and many famous film critics were also invited. Marceau's naked play came in the name of ordinary audiences, and the screening hall was almost crowded.

When the main creator of the crew appeared in the premiere hall, Kang Jianfei and Leung Jiahui were directly ignored, and the ordinary audience behind them was almost all Sophie? Marceau's fans, shouting her French nickname for several minutes.

The host of the premiere finally calmed the excitement of the fans, Sophie? Marceau, at the signal of Kang Jianfei, walked to the front of the stage with a microphone in his hand. Wave and smile at the fans below. After a period of reporters filming wildly, Sophie? Marceau began to advertise: "I am very happy to be here today for the premiere of Fang Fang, my first film made outside of France. Although the process of filming was a bit hard. But it was a very interesting experience. Mr. Kang Jianfei is a great director, his work "A Chinese Ghost Story" was screened in France last year, I think many people should have seen it. And his other film, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", was released in North America two months ago and got $55 million at the North American box office...... And the man behind me, Mr. Leung Ka-fai, who was the lead actor in the film, helped me a lot during the filming...... Finally, I hope you can enjoy "Fang Fang". And continue to give me support and hard work as always. Thank you! ”

These words were put two or three years ago, Sophie? Marceau would certainly not have been able to tell, and at that time she would only stand next to the director like a little lady and pose for reporters to take pictures. After a few years of experience. Although Sophie? Marceau was still in Form 2 at times, but he was much more mature than before.

Sophie? After Marceau praised Kang Jianfei and Liang Jiahui, he promoted "Fangfang" and himself by the way, and then handed over the microphone to Kang Jianfei.

This is Sophie? Marceau's home turf. Kang Jianfei and Liang Jiahui can only come to mix up familiar faces. After the interaction with fans, the Cantonese version of "Fang Fang" with bilingual subtitles in English and French officially premiered.

The lights in the screening room went out, the reporters' cameras were put away, and the Oriental DreamWorks logo appeared on the big screen.

The opening scene of the movie is a bedroom, and Leung Ka-fai is holding a gift box and asking, "What is this?" ”

"Valentine's Day gifts." The cousin played by Lan Jieying sat on the bed and quietly unbuttoned the first button of her blouse.

"Isn't Valentine's Day too early?" Leung Ka-fai opened the gift box and took out a pair of cloth shoes from inside.

"Tanabata. Valentine's Day in China," Lan said. "It was made for you by my grandmother, and it was very light to wear."

Leung Ka-fai raised his eyebrows helplessly and said, "I can wear these shoes to accompany her to watch Cantonese opera." ”

"The real gift is here." Lan Jieying unbuttoned the second button of her clothes, revealing the milk/groove looming inside. She turned over gently, under the short skirt she was full of spring but couldn't see anything clearly, with her soft twisted waist and charming eyes, that charm was simply seductive for men.

The French love art and romance, and there is a special oriental subtlety in Chinese cinema. This kind of subtlety is not very popular with Americans, but it is timely on the European side, and it is not unreasonable that so many Chinese films have won awards in Europe later.

The face of an oriental beauty like Lan Jieying may not be enough to make the French audience like it, but the half-concealed temptation she just made in the film just tickle the hearts of French men.

The seduction of the beautiful woman on Valentine's Day made the audience think that there would be a passion play soon, but who knew that the actor actually turned around with an unnatural expression and left.

What's next for Sophie? Marceau's appearance, and soon appeared on the beach, only Sophie? Marceau undressed as she walked, jumping into the water topless with only a pair of panties.

"Boil!"

There was a heckling of exclamations in the screening room, and then ...... There is no then. Since it is a long shot, the audience can only see Sophie from a distance? Marceau's smooth back.

As for what nude scenes, it's all a deceptive gimmick.

But Sophie? Marceau's fans were still amazed by the glimpse just now. Thanks to the deliberate creation of the Gaumont company, Sophie? Marceau has been showing herself as a jade girl over the years, and she has not made a lot of passionate films like in another time and space.

If Kang Jianfei really let Sophie? Marceau shows people with a sexy image, and if you shoot a passionate nude scene in the film, the effect is absolutely negative, and it will be Sophie? Marceau's fans scolded bloody.

In another time and space, the old Polish director made the innocent Sophie? Marceau suddenly made a passion scene, and after the film was released, it almost attracted curse abuse from the entire French press and fans. It's like a beautiful oil painting stained, Sophie? Marceau's image of a jade girl jumped instantly, and many of her original fans even vowed not to watch her movies again. And then after a few more years, Sophie? Marceau's sexy image was gradually accepted by the public, and finally she was praised as the first beauty in France.

Why is the movie "Fang Fang" so popular? Is it because of Sophie inside? Although Marceau has taken off his clothes, his overall image is fresh and sunny, and this positioning is easy to be recognized and sought after by the audience.

That's how the audience in the screening room feels now, they see Sophie? Marceau undressed, so that she could see her slick back, but no one was disgusted or thought that their goddess was being desecrated. Because judging from the heroine's dialogues and behaviors, Sophie? Marceau's undressing seemed so natural and honest that it didn't make people have unhealthy thoughts at all.

The whole movie is basically Cantonese dialogue, only Sophie? Marceau and her grandmother, and Sophie? Some of the clips of Marceau's return to France are in French dialogue.

The difference in language did not create a barrier to viewing, and critics and audiences alike enjoyed it, at least the film was fast-paced and humorous, far more interesting than most of the difficult art films that participated in the festival.

The male protagonist played by Leung Ka-fai began to pursue the heroine, but due to the existence of his cousin's fiancée, and an unspeakable reason, he always retreated and restrained at critical times.

The actor fell in love with the heroine, but he just worked as an intern doctor and he had no money, in order to find a restaurant worthy of the heroine, he asked the heroine to a mansion, and said that it was his home, and then said that he didn't wear a key, so the two climbed over the wall and entered.

Halfway through dinner, the owner of the mansion went home, and a humorous and witty conversation made the audience in the screening room laugh happily.

Then the actor spent half a month's salary to buy off an employee of a crew, and took the heroine into the studio, saying that he wanted to take her back to Vienna 300 years ago.

When the heroes and heroines wear dresses and dance to the sound of cheerful music, it seems that the entire screening room is going back in time, and everyone travels back to 300 years ago with the film.

This is the climax of the first half of "Fang Fang", when Leung Jiahui plays the European medieval discrimination and finds someone to duel in the air, the film critics in the screening room finally take the film seriously.

It can definitely be called a classic shot, a film critic from Paris can't help but sit up straight, excitedly making a brief record in a small notebook.

The rhythm of the film goes down after the climax, and then it is paved step by step to take the audience up. Finally, when the actor's crew hammered, the final climax of the film came.

Knock, knock!

Seeing the actor who was hesitant and struggling in his heart, many viewers urged him softly.

"Boom!"

"Whoa!"

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

The glass wall is shattered and splashed, the hero and heroine finally have a lover and finally become married, and in the subtitles and theme song of the movie, thunderous applause rang out in the screening room.

Kang Jianfei felt the atmosphere of the scene, and finally smiled proudly and put down the stone hanging in his heart.

Kang Jianfei's "Fangfang" has changed greatly compared with the original, and the entire storyline has not changed much, but the details have long been unrecognizable. To be honest, many of the details of the original version are very rough, and after being processed by Kang Jianfei, they become very delicate and have an aftertaste.

Just listening to the nearly ten minutes of applause in the screening hall, you know that Kang Jianfei's changes have been recognized by the audience.

The day after the premiere, the Cannes Film Festival's house catalogue "Screen" had this to say about "Fang Fang": "Sophie? Marceau's breakthrough in image was a surprise, Tony? Leung Ka-fai's performance is also very exciting, this is a dazzling romance film. ”

A total of 4 out of 4 points, the rating given by the house program is 3.2, although the score is not very high, but it has been affirmed by film critics and house magazines.

In the next seven or eight days, presumably some movies were screened to talk about the desertion of a few audiences, and the screening hall of "Fang Fang" was full. Perhaps "Fang Fang" is not the best film in the eyes of the festival jury and media critics, but for the average audience, "Fang Fang" is the most popular film at this year's Cannes Film Festival. (To be continued......)