"There is really a college student film festival on our doorstep, and if you don't graduate early, you can still participate."

In response to Yang Mi's ridicule, Qin Muchu rolled his eyes in response.

is also a college student film festival, even if he really didn't graduate, he is embarrassed to participate, isn't this bullying? .

Seeing his girlfriend smiling happily, his eyes wandered over her close-fitting dress.

Laugh, you've got you covered tonight.

The opening ceremony of this year's Venice Film Festival is different from the last time Qin Muchu came, but it is not much different, it is also the exhibition hall of a theater.

The exhibition hall is large enough to accommodate a thousand people.

After the group sat down in the seats arranged by the organizers, it didn't take long for the opening ceremony to officially begin.

First, the organizers came up to express their welcome and gratitude, talked about the long history of the Venice Film Festival, and then invited the jury of each unit to give speeches on stage.

After this process, more than an hour passed.

"Gollum~"

Qin Muchu heard a strange sound, and just turned his head to speak, he was pushed back by Yang Mi next to him.

"Not me."

However, the next moment, a strange voice sounded again:

"Gollum~"

Qin Muchu smiled:

"Hungry?"

Yang Mi didn't hide it anymore, holding her stomach, and her whole body wilted:

"Starving."

In order to look good in a dress today, she didn't eat much last night, and she just drank a glass of milk this morning, and dealt with two mouthfuls casually at noon.

It's already done by now.

The contrast between his girlfriend's deflated belly and her tall honey is in stark contrast, Qin Muchu is a little distressed:

"Why don't we go to dinner, anyway, there will be the opening film left, and it doesn't matter if you watch it or not."

After that, I was ready to say hello to the other teachers and leave.

But being stopped by Yang Mi, she grabbed Qin Muchu's hand and frowned and whispered:

"What crazy are you talking about? The opening film is our movie, and we don't even watch it to eat, is this like words? Unlucky! ”

Qin Muchu didn't care,

"It's not important to eat anything, let's go, I'm hungry too."

He wanted to pull Yang Mi up, but Yang Mi pulled him hard, and his little eyebrows were about to be twisted together.

Just when the two were at a stalemate, Yang Mi's hand was suddenly touched.

She turned her head to see that it was Gong Li sitting next to her.

"Here, candy."

Gong Li stuffed a few small candies into Yang Mi's hands.

Although Qin Muchu and Yang Mi were very quiet, she sat next to her and heard it clearly.

"Sister Gong Li......"

Yang Mi was in a daze, not knowing where she got the candy.

Gong Li saw what Yang Mi was thinking, and explained with a smile:

"I used to go on a diet to wear a dress, so I made it a habit to bring a few sweets in case I didn't get hungry and had nothing to eat. I don't care about that anymore, but the habit remains. ”

"Thank you, Sister Gong Li."

Yang Mi thanked her, then turned to Qin Muchu and said:

"Okay, I'll just have candy."

Then he smiled and peeled off the candy and put it in his mouth, and tasted it deliciously.

And Gong Li looked at Yang Mi and Qin Muchu, and his eyes gradually became soft.

She just said a little less, although she developed the habit of bringing candy, but the first idea was not what she thought, but someone gave her candy......

"Now, I'll give it all to you."

Qin Muchu was a little helpless, and took out a large handful of candy from his pocket and put it in Yang Mi's hand.

Gong Li's eyes became surprised.

"Why didn't you just give it to me? Say, do you want to steal it? ”

Yang Mi muttered, opened two or three candies in a row, and stuffed them all into her mouth.

Just a few candies, she still wanted to save and eat, and insisted until the end of the opening film.

Now I don't have any scruples, I eat openly.

"I don't know the hearts of good people, can candy be a good thing?"

Qin Muchu pinched Yang Mi's bulging face because of the candy.

The candy was taken from the hotel when he saw Yang Mi not eating at noon, just in case she was hungry.

"How can candy be eaten as a meal......

Gong Li had this sentence in her mind, and someone also said it to her back then.

Alas~

With a sigh in his heart, he shook his head and withdrew his gaze.

It is also the director and the actors, I hope they can go out of a different way and not repeat the mistakes of the past.

……

"Thank you all for coming, the opening ceremony of this Venice Film Festival has gone well so far, and now, we will have one last event, to see the opening film.

Qin Muchu's directorial work from the Celestial Empire - "Father Trapped in Time"! ”

After the host finished speaking, he quickly left the stage, the stage was empty, the big screen lit up, and the movie began!

It is undeniable that Qin Muchu has a great reputation in the circle in the past two years.

"Wen" has the Berlin Golden Bear Award film "Happiness", and "Shang" has "Inception", which is popular all over the world.

There are very few people present who can achieve this kind of art and business blossoming at the same time, and the two "flowers" are the most beautiful ones.

Most of them are a bit "biased" and "liberal arts".

Therefore, a group of filmmakers are still very concerned about Qin Muchu's movie.

"Father Trapped in Time", is it a science fiction film like "Inception"?

The beginning of the film is a long shot, Gong Li carrying a bag, hurriedly walking down the road, accompanied by the sound of a cello, and the end of each cello is accompanied by a crisp guitar pluck.

The combination of the two is low, rich, and lively.

But with every step of Gong Li's steps, the music changed.

The cello's voice grew louder and louder, and its tail note became heavier and heavier, as if punching a person.

The rhythm becomes oppressive, and the arias sound, as if they are sacrificial prayers, make people feel a little weird and nervous.

Is it another brain-burning film?

Many viewers who have watched "Inception" have smelled a hint of familiarity from the movie screen just now.

This rhythm, the overall feel, and the color composition of the film are very similar to the style of "Inception".

When the camera condescendingly overheads Gong Li ascending the stairs along the "Hui" shaped staircase, perhaps because many stairs overlap each other, giving people a sense of confusion.

And this staircase is like a cage.

There are only one or two seconds of footage, but in the eyes of a group of professional filmmakers, they can see what is going on.

This kind of shot hints that the word "sleepy" in the name of the movie, they probably have already felt it.

But why are you trapped?

Some kind of supernatural power?

Ten minutes into the movie, they were a little unsure of their speculation.

Doesn't this seem like a science fiction movie?

Otherwise, you can't have no clue for ten minutes, right?

Instead, I saw a somewhat mean old man, who deliberately framed the nanny for stealing his watch, and refused to admit it after being dismantled by his daughter.

The story continues to develop.

The shortcomings of the elderly are also more exposed, selfish, mean, and a little neurotic.

For more than ten minutes, everyone was confused and didn't know what the movie was talking about.

But there was a strange feeling, as if something was abnormal.

Until Liu Yijun appeared, this feeling reached a small peak.

A strange man appeared in the house, claiming to be the old man's son-in-law, but the strange thing was that the old man didn't seem to know the man, but the man was very calm about it, and it didn't seem strange to the old man's reaction.

In the next conversation between the two, everyone vaguely guessed something.

The old man seems to be sick and has memory problems.

So, this is a film about Alzheimer's patients?

After grasping this, everyone felt a sense of relief.

The previous suspense and weirdness have been well placed.

Alzheimer's disease, there are a lot of movies of this genre, and everyone has seen some of them.

They have already begun to guess the next plot, which is nothing more than the daughter taking care of the elderly, and the father and daughter are affectionate.

And just when everyone was relaxing, the people who seemed to be hiding in the shadows suddenly burst out and shouted, making them feel goosebumps rising again.

A strange woman appears, claiming to be the old man's daughter.

Not only are the old people unfamiliar, but the audience is also unfamiliar?

If this woman is the old man's daughter, who is the woman at the beginning of the movie?

Paired with a terrifying background soundtrack, they have a feeling of scalp tingling, and they can't help but shiver, as if they are watching a thriller.

"Shhhh

The pain from his palm made Qin Muchu open his eyes that were pretending to sleep.

Yang Mi was holding his hand tightly.

"Don't pinch it, it's going to break."

He patted Yang Mi's palm.

"How did you make it like a ghost movie......"

Yang Mi couldn't help but get closer to Qin Muchu, as if she could feel more at ease.

She had seen the edited version of the movie, not only her, but the other actors in the crew had seen it, but the final version of the soundtrack, they had seen it for the first time.

With and without a soundtrack, it feels different all of a sudden.

"It's okay, the early stage is to be full of suspense, and the later turns have a sense of ups and downs." Qin Muchu replied.

The movie goes on.

Gong Li appeared again, carrying a big bag of things, which really confused the audience this time.

They had just accepted that Zhang Manyu was the real daughter, and now Gong Li reappeared and overturned their speculation.

Gong Li was talking to someone on the phone, and through the conversation, he learned that it should be the nurse mentioned earlier.

"His condition is getting worse and worse, and he didn't even recognize me the other day."

This line reveals the answer.

In other words, Zhang Manyu is the face imagined by the old man, in fact, she is Gong Li, but she is not recognized?

When you look at it this way, it seems that everything is connected again.

When the elderly are sick, they can't tell the difference between people and places.

When the old man said in front of the new young nurse that his daughter was trying to steal his inheritance, he also said that he would die behind his daughter.

Gong Li's sad expression that couldn't be explained, everyone empathized fiercely.

What can you do when you encounter such a sick old man?

And then, the plot is reversed again.

A new character has appeared - Chen Daomin.

He also claimed to be the old man's son-in-law, and this son-in-law communicated with Gong Li.

Therefore, he should be a "true son-in-law".

But......

At the beginning of the movie, didn't Gong Li say that she was divorced? I also have to go to Hong Kong Island to find a new boyfriend to live with.

So who is this "real son-in-law" now?

Thinking deeper, a question arose: Does this son-in-law exist?

Because with the development of the plot, the old man's ability to perceive time seems to have been lost.

With that in mind, by the time the movie is about halfway through, the audience has probably followed the movie's mind and learned how to watch it.

And after knowing this, in addition to feeling that the movie was more clear, a sense of amazement and surprise for the film director rose in my heart.

What did he think about making this film from the perspective of a patient?

And it is filmed so empatheticly, it makes people feel the confusion, disorientation and ...... of Alzheimer's disease Fear.

At this time, everyone understood why Qin Muchu wanted to make the movie like a horror movie at the beginning.

Because for people with Alzheimer's disease, every time they open and close their eyes, it's like experiencing a horror movie.

One second he was still sleeping in bed, and the next second he was eating in a strange environment, and next to him sat a stranger who claimed to be his relative, but he didn't know him at all.

How is this kind of life different from a horror movie?

The cognitive ability of things, space, and time is lost, so is this the world of Alzheimer's patients?

The atmosphere in the exhibition hall was a bit somber.

They feel like they're not watching a movie, but they're buying an "Alzheimer's Experience Ticket" and experiencing everything about the patient.

is different from other similar movies that focus on the daughter's hard work to take care of her father, so as to move people.

The film focuses on the patient, telling you what the patient's pain is and why the patient sometimes behaves in a way that normal people can't understand.

This kind of perspective, without the deep affection of father and daughter in a big book, is easy to move people, and states an objective fact with a calm and depressed style and lens, but it pulls up the audience's heart.

Watching the old man gradually change from strong to vulnerable, will the omnipotent father one day become like a child and need the protection of his children?

There was a faint sound of sobbing in the exhibition hall.

When the old man finally leaned against the wall alone and broke down and wept, he was not the only one who wept together.

The movie ends with lush foliage.

The lights are on, the screen is dim.

There was a short silence, and suddenly, everyone in the exhibition hall stood up, faced the direction where Qin Muchu and the others were, and applauded.

Qin Muchu was stunned, and also stood up and bowed slightly in response.

Li Yu and the other judges standing in the front row breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at each other, and smiled.

This is the first time they have seen this movie, but they are still impressed by it.

A calm narrative, choppy feelings, and the feelings are still the same as before the father and his children all over the world.

Deep enough, and universal enough.

That's why they chose this film as the opening film.

Now, it seems, it was a success.

……

Hotel.

Qin Muchu walked out of the bathroom after taking a shower and saw that Yang Mi was still tapping the keyboard quickly in front of the computer.

"I'm going to take a shower."

He pushed Yang Mi.

"Wait a while, I'll post this photo on Weibo."

Yang Mi clicked the mouse, and the picture on the computer was exactly their afternoon photo.

"Weibo? The internet here can't connect to our software, right? ”

"Heh, who is Sister Mi? It's just a wall, and you're done! ”

Yang Mi twisted her neck, as if she was uncomfortable sitting for a long time.

Then he patted himself on the shoulder:

"Xiao Qinzi, I'm not waiting yet, I don't have any eyesight."

Qin Muchu pursed his lips, but still put his hand on Yang Mi's shoulder:

"Queen Mother, how is this strength?"

"Hmm~ Yes, I will reward you for sleeping tonight, hahahaha."

Yang Mi couldn't help it and laughed.

She leaned back into her boyfriend's arms,

"So many people applauded at the opening ceremony today, is it safe for us to win the award?"

Qin Muchu showed a smile:

"The old man is stable in winning the award, and the other ......"

He paused:

"Not necessarily."

Yang Mi didn't want Qin Muchu to massage anymore, and turned to look at him:

"Why? I saw that the judges applauded. And this chairman is Li Yu, he is a native of the Celestial Empire, he can fully understand movies, there is no barrier, isn't the chance of winning a greater award? ”

Qin Muchu shook his head:

"The award presentation at film festivals is very complicated, and many times good films do not necessarily win awards, and upsets are common.

And some movie themes are basically award-winning, like anti-war films, white, black and yellow genre films......"

Film festivals are not only about the art of film, but also about political correctness.

encountering these films, Qin Muchu is blind no matter how good the movie is, and the best situation is to take one of the "double yolk eggs" like Berlin.

(End of chapter)