May 10, 2012, 7 p.m., Cannes Film Festival.

In front of the gate of the Lumière Theater, there is a long red carpet, hundreds of photographers, media reporters, people stand on both sides of the red carpet, every time someone walks the red carpet, they will turn the camera to shoot these filmmakers, or red carpet guests.

At this moment, a convoy of three cars arrived, showing that the team was very large this time.

The photographers squinted their eyes and looked over, all a little curious.

Some people have good eyesight, and they can't help but be a little surprised when they see that the filmmaker in the car seems to be an East Asian face, and then they come back to their senses and understand who this convoy is, and immediately turn the camera lens.

Today is the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival, and earlier on, stars from all over the world who wanted to walk the red carpet came.

There are naturally a lot of stars from China.

Not only Zhu Bingbing came, but also Zhu Zhu, who followed Juventus's son, as well as a group of actresses such as Da Mi Mi, Da Tiantian, Brother Chun, Ma Su and so on.

There are so many female stars, just like wholesale in the vegetable market.

However, there are very few Chinese-language films participating in the Cannes Film Festival competition this year.

Only Lou Ye's "The Mystery of the Floating City" and Li Shengyao's "Parasite".

And this year's Cannes Film Festival did not have a single film from the island country.

There are two films on the peninsula, namely Hong Sang-so's "In a Foreign Country" and Lin Changshu's "The Taste of Money".

The crews of the two Peninsula films have already walked the red carpet.

The crew of "The Mystery of the Floating City" has not yet walked the red carpet, but the crew of "The Mystery of the Floating City" does not have so many people.

Then all that's left is "Parasite".

At this time, in the front of the convoy, Li Shengyao, Liu Dehua, and Liang Jiahui sat in the front car.

Liu Dehua looked at the hundreds of reporters outside, slightly stunned.

He attended the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival last year with Anhua Xu, which has far fewer reporters and photographers than Cannes.

Although they are all the three major in Europe, there are also one, two, and three in the three.

In general, Cannes is first, Berlin is second, and Venice is third.

Because the French film market is bigger, the organizers will market, they will make trouble, plus the Venice Film Festival has had some mistakes during World War II, and the support of the beautiful country for France.

Since the fifties of the last century, the Festival de Cannes has been the world's number one film festival.

Every year, the number of participating films at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as the reporters who come to interview and follow up the report, as well as the film companies who come to see the films, the attention of the people is the first.

The Cannes Film Festival is so popular that it seems that the Palme d'Or is even more expensive, and it is undoubtedly more difficult to compete for this award.

Seeing so many foreign reporters, Liu Dehua was a little unconfident.

He is not like Liang Jiahui, who graduated from college school.

And he is in the Chinese film and television industry, although he won the actor, but the doubts have never stopped.

Liu Dehua thought of Li Shengyao's previous goal, and Li Dadao wanted to win the Palme d'Or in a row.

This matter is undoubtedly very difficult.

I don't know if Lee Shengyao will be nervous?

Liu Dehua couldn't help but turn his head and look at the young Li Dadao.

The lights were lit up in the car, and under the dim light, Li Shengyao closed his eyes, as if he was closing his eyes to recuperate, and from his expression, there was no uneasiness or worry.

Liu Dehua couldn't help but be a little envious in his eyes.

After working in the industry for so long, he vaguely understands some truths, some people can achieve amazing achievements, not only with good talent, but also with very strong self-confidence.

It's like Liang Chaowei and Zhou Xingxing.

These two are usually like social fears, and if they say one more word, it seems that they will take half their lives.

But once they act in a movie, they have their own set of theories, it's easy to get into the mood, and they're very confident.

He feels that Li Shengyao is such a person, although he usually looks very modest, but when it comes to movies, Director Li is very confident, and he has the mentality that Lao Tzu is the best in the world.

Lao Liu is very envious of such a mentality, he can't give birth to such a mentality, he thinks too much.

At this moment, the cheers of the fans outside became louder, and they came to the red carpet.

Li Shengyao opened his eyes, then got up and got out of the car.

The crew of "Parasite", Li Shengyao, Liu Dehua, Liang Jiahui, as well as Zhang Mo, Bi Gan, as well as Liu Tao, Ding Jiali and others all came over.

So many people quickly attracted the attention of photographers and reporters on the spot.

The flash clicked on.

Liu Dehua followed Li Shengyao, and saw that Director Li was very calm, walking in the front, facing hundreds of photographers, smiling, confident and frank, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Although Li Shengyao is a director, he looks really good.

It's different from other directors who are older or not in good shape.

Lee Shengyao is athletic all year round, tall and broad-shouldered, and he stands there with a feeling that he is the core.

A group of them walked the red carpet, stopped to take pictures after walking for a while, and everywhere they went, there was a group of photographers around to take pictures.

Soon after, they arrived at the Lumière Theatre and sat down in the front fourth row.

This position is very close to the stage, but not too close, and will not be caught by the lights, which is a good location.

A female volunteer came over and asked Li Shengyao if he wanted other services, and Li Shengyao said that he did not need it.

"Lee, can you sign for me?"

The female volunteer did not leave, but asked stupidly.

Liu Dehua looked at it in his eyes and sighed slightly.

won the Palme d'Or with "1937", many European fans know Lee Shengyao, and more people know him.

If you compare the appeal in Europe and the United States, the name Li Shengyao should be second only to Cheng Long and Li Lianjie, and higher than everyone else.

Soon after, the host of the opening ceremony took the stage to speak for a while, and then the film festival chief Xi Jacob, and the jury chief Xi Nanni. Moraletti took the stage to speak.

Jacob summed up the situation of the last Cannes Film Festival, warmly praised the films "1937" and "The Tree of Life", and mentioned that Lee Shengyao is here again this year.

And then Nanni. Moretti introduced the films in this year's competition, also talking about Lee Shengyao and his new film "Parasite".

"Lee wants to win the Palme d'Or for the second time, and I'm very much looking forward to his performance, and if the members of the jury approve of Parasite, then we won't be stingy with the accolades, and Lee will be the first filmmaker in Cannes history to win the Palme d'Or in a row."

The camera was facing Li Shengyao, and Director Li didn't have too many expressions, just smiled and nodded.

Liu Dehua sat next to him, straightened his back, and was in a good state of mind.

But he is actually more envious of Li Shengyao's state, and Li Dadao looks more stretched and relaxed.

Jacob and Nanni. After Moretti finished.

The opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival is over, and everyone then moved to the Grand Cinema to watch the opening ceremony film "The Kingdom of Moonrise".

The opening film at last year's Cannes Film Festival was Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris."

And this year it's Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom.

The opening ceremony film is naturally easy to get high attention, and only "Blueberry Night" directed by the king of sunglasses has received this treatment among Chinese filmmakers.

According to media statistics, after the establishment of the Cannes Film Festival, thirty percent of the opening ceremony films came from films directed by directors from beautiful countries, and they were the first to break the file, more than France.

Although Cannes claims to be free, but in fact, it often shoots Hollywood sycophants, and one of the themes of this year's Cannes is to commemorate Monroe, and in all major theaters in Cannes, there are special theaters to play movies starring Monroe.

But Wes Anderson's film deserves the honor of being the film of the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival.

Wes Anderson started directing movies at the age of twenty-five, and he is only forty-three years old this year, and he should be the most creative, interesting, and artistic director in Hollywood today.

He seems to have symmetry paranoia, whether it is the environment or the characters, the composition of the film pays attention to symmetry, and he is now the most famous color master in the world's film and television industry.

In terms of the use of color, in addition to Lao Mouzi, it belongs to Wes Anderson.

His previous movies were full of childlike fun, and after watching them, they felt very warm.

At this time, Li Shengyao and the "Moonrise Kingdom" they watched were a movie full of childlike fun.

The film depicts a pair of twelve-year-old boys and women who fall in love at first sight, fall in love with each other, and after a long-distance relationship, the two elope and get engaged.

They fled the town where they lived, and their parents began to look for them.

The two young men ran wildly, and the elders also followed them indiscriminately.

In the end, they were caught, but although they couldn't be together immediately, they could still see each other every day.

The film depicts pure love, which corresponds to the hypocrisy and confusion of adults.

Full of innocence, mockery, black humor, warmth.

When the movie was finished, there was warm applause at the scene.

As always, Wes Anderson's movies are still very beautiful, lighthearted, and make people smile after watching them.

Amid the cheers of the audience, Wes Anderson led the actors to the big screen to tell the original purpose of the film's production, as well as some interesting facts.

Although Wes Anderson is young and his movies are not high at the box office, he is very high in the European and American film and television circles, and Hollywood stars are vying to act in his movies.

"Moonrise Kingdom" has Bruce. Willis, Edward. Norton, Tilda. Swinton and other stars performed, and these people came over at this time.

The reporters in the audience kept pressing the shutter to shoot, and the flashes kept turning on.

The most shining person is naturally Wes Anderson, he has long hair and a delicate face, a bit like Messi, who is a little thin at one meter and eight meters tall, and even has a bit of a similar personality, with a restrained and humble smile on his face.

He is obviously not a person of good eloquence, he doesn't talk much, mainly the actors come to speak, he just stands quietly to the side, rarely looking at other people.

Liu Dehua looked at Wes Anderson and couldn't help but compare him to Li Shengyao.

He felt that Li Shengyao was more outgoing and confident.

When it comes to talent, in terms of personal characteristics, naturally Wes Anderson is stronger, and Anderson's movies are known at a glance.

And Li Shengyao is more changeable, and the previous commercial films did not have any outstanding style, until "Border Killer" and "1937", which showed its edge.

However, in terms of storytelling ability, Liu Dehua feels that Li Shengyao is much stronger.

Wes Anderson's films are full of childlike fun, fantasy, and imagination, but if you want to say how profound they are, you are talking nonsense.

Soon after, all the filmmakers on the scene moved to the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, where they will host the opening ceremony.

The crew of "Parasite" naturally passed.

There are many people who know Li Shengyao on the spot, and even fewer people know Liu Dehua and Liang Jiahui, but they all know that "Parasite" is from China, and the Chinese film market is the second in the world.

Many people know Liu Dehua and Liang Jiahui, but these actors and directors will take pictures with Lao Liu and Lao Liang in the past under the arrangement of their agents, in order to show their faces on the Huaxia Internet.

"The Mystery of the Floating City" also has such treatment.

Of course, the most star-studded person at the celebration banquet is still Wes Anderson, and those Hollywood stars are not as concerned as Wes Anderson.

Liu Dehua noticed that Wes Anderson had been coping with it for half an hour, and then he had to be free, and the great director immediately walked to a corner and shrank there quietly.

Lao Liu smiled slightly, geniuses are also people, not omnipotent.

For the next half hour, Wes Anderson sat quietly in the corner.

Just as the celebration banquet was coming to an end, Liu Dehua noticed that Wes Anderson suddenly moved.

Are you leaving?

Or is there an urgency to urinate?

Or go out for a cigarette?

While he was guessing, Wes Anderson went straight to the "Parasite" crew.

"Hello Lee, I'm Wes Anderson."

Li Shengyao was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and chatted with Wes Anderson.

"I love your 'Border Killer' so much, those gunfight scenes are literally realistic battlefield simulations, and every time I don't know what to do, I watch that movie."

"Can I take a picture with you?"

"It's crazy that you're younger than me."

"Lee, if "Moonrise Kingdom" can't win the Palme d'Or, then I hope your new film will win the award, and the film should continue to innovate, and at the same time need fresh blood, not those old people."

Liu Dehua stood on the side, hearing clearly, he looked at Wes Anderson in shock, he never expected that this Hollywood upstart would have the initiative side, he shrank in a corner before, and thought he was not interested in other filmmakers.

And Wes Anderson likes "Border Killer" so much and admires Lee Shengyao so much.

This is even more surprising.

I thought Wes Anderson would like literary film directors, but I didn't expect to appreciate a commercial film director like Lee Shengyao.

Liu Dehua secretly observed and found that many people nearby were also surprised.

Obviously, the big guy knows something about Wes Anderson's character, and he didn't expect this guy to take the initiative to chat with Li Shengyao.

"Two directors, let me take a photo, the two of you are the hope of the world film industry now."

A reporter passed by and held up his camera.

Lee and Wes Anderson smiled at the camera and left a photo.

More reporters noticed that the two men were standing together, realizing that it was a very good topic.

A reporter asked Wes Anderson, "What do you think of Lee's new movie?" ”

"I haven't watched it yet, but I'll pay attention, and I believe it's a very good movie, and if 'Moonrise Kingdom' can't be the best movie, I hope it's 'Parasite.'"

When Liu Dehua heard this, he was happy in his heart, and at the same time he was a little emotional.

Director Li has already put up the cards, even people like Wes Anderson trust Director Li, after Cheng Long retreated, he was afraid that Li Shengyao would be the first person in Chinese movies.

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