Venice in September is a tourist destination, the weather is excellent, the temperature is around 25 degrees, neither cold nor hot.

And there is the sun almost every day, bathing in the sun, facing the gentle sea breeze, which is extraordinarily refreshing.

For those who love movies, the Venice Film Festival is naturally a prosperous time, and there are a lot of good films released at this time.

Li Shengyao watched the movie three days ago, and he watched it very well, except for meal time, he spent almost the whole day in the cinema.

Just when he was fully enjoying the fun of film, the film reputation of the Venice Film Festival gradually came out, and some films stood out.

Fans of the films, judges, and local media will discuss these films.

These include "Morbius", "The Roman Ring Road", "Palermo Wild Flowers", "The Policeman's Wife", "Philomena", "The Wind Rises" and many more.

"Morbius" is the new film of Peninsula director Kim Ki-duk, who won the Golden Lion for "Holy Martyrdom" last year.

"The Roman Ring Road" is a documentary.

"The Wind Rises" is an animated film by Hayao Miyazaki.

Lee Shengyao's "Three Billboards" will be screened on the fifth day of the festival.

On this night, the crew of "Three Billboards" gathered, and the big guys got together for dinner to exchange information about the past few days.

Zhang Manyu is in a very good mental state, she seems to be more radiant and a lot younger, she is obviously a person who likes movies.

The Venice Film Festival has so many excellent films and she enjoys it very much.

Ren Dahua was a little tired, his eyes were bloodshot, and the dark circles under his eyes were quite obvious.

He also has to support his wife and daughter, and in the last few days he has not been in Venice, but has gone to Paris and Rome Milan for business events.

Brother Hua worked as a model for a while when he was young, and it is said that he went to Milan to watch fashion shows and walked on stage a few times.

Dapeng, Bi Gan, and Wen Muye, the assistant directors, are in a similar situation to Li Shengyao, all of whom are frantically watching movies and enjoying the time of watching movies without worries.

In the hotel's bright dining room, there is a band playing warm tunes.

The food on the table is beautiful and delicious.

The big guys are in a good mood.

"Here, cheers."

The Roc will liven up the atmosphere, and the big guy gets up and clinks glasses.

Zhang Manyu took a sip of wine, looked at Li Shengyao, hesitated slightly, thought about it, and said to Li Shengyao: "Director, I am very happy to come to Venice this time, thank you for inviting me to perform "Three Billboards". ”

When Li Shengyao heard this, he smiled and said that this was the way it should be.

Zhang Manyu nodded, then looked at the night sky outside the window, saw a faint crescent moon, she retracted her gaze, and then said: "Director, when you invited me last year, we agreed to fight for the best actress at the Venice Film Festival, and I have always kept it in my heart and worked hard for it.

But whether you can win the prize or not really depends on whether God gives it or not.

I'm looking forward to it, but I'm rational about it.

I'm happy if I can win an award, I'm happy if I can't, I'm just as happy, I've seen a lot of good movies here, and that's enough.

If you don't win the award, I hope it won't affect you, and don't deny our experience in the past few months because of this incident. ”

Li Shengyao was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect Zhang Manyu to say such a thing.

She was comforting Li Shengyao, but in fact, she was more of an explanation of herself.

She definitely hopes to win the Venice Film Festival, but whether she can win it or not does depend on luck.

When I came to the Venice Film Festival and saw so many excellent films, I realized that this is a place where filmmakers from all over the world compete, and the gold content is not comparable to domestic awards.

At this Venice Film Festival, so far, there have been several films with female leading actors who have attracted special attention.

"Miss Violence" is a Greek film about a real ghost father who controls his daughter and three granddaughters. Lucero did very well.

"The Policeman's Wife" is a German film about domestic violence and mother-daughter love.

The film is three hours long and divided into fifty-nine segments, which has never been done by a filmmaker before, and it can be regarded as a very meaningful attempt in the history of cinema.

Actress Alexandra. Fender also performed well and was favored by many film critics.

In the above two movies, the female lead is favored, more or less, and there are some negative reviews.

And the actress of "Crazy Flowers in Palermo" Elena. Kota, the actress of "Philomena" Judi Dench, the performance of these two people has almost zero negative reviews and has received a 100% positive rating.

"Wild Flowers in Palermo" tells the story of two women, a middle-aged woman who lost her mother and an elderly woman who lost her daughter, and the theme is the indescribable pain of life.

Elena. Kota is an absolutely powerful actor, she was a drama actress when she was young, and she has won a lot of drama awards.

She is eighty-two years old this year.

"Philomena" tells the story of unmarried pregnancy, mother's fifty years of searching for a child from young to old.

Many people are relatively unfamiliar with the name Judi Dench, and when it comes to 007's boss, Mrs. M, it is much more familiar.

This grandmother is also a legendary actress and is seventy-nine years old this year.

The three major European film festivals are relatively "respectful", and these two performances with zero negative reviews now, if they win the best actress, there will be no objections.

Zhang Manyu has been in Europe for several years, and she knows very well that Judi Dench is still Elena. The portion size of Kota.

She felt that she was not sure of victory, which was normal.

Li Shengyao thought of the recent Venice comments, and he had nothing to say about this matter.

Just like Zhang Manyu said, it really depends on luck.

It's not that you think you're awesome, you can be the queen of the movie, people have acted in dramas for 60 years, they are full of talent, they are very loving and focused, why are you successful and others are foils?

He thought for a moment and said slowly, "Teacher Zhang, I understand what you mean.

We are just normal, it is a blessing to be able to win the award, and it is nothing if we can't win the award, keep the mentality and welcome life. ”

Zhang Manyu nodded repeatedly, then raised his wine glass and invited everyone to clink glasses again.

"Bell!"

The sound of wine glasses clashing is crisp and pleasant, like autumn raindrops.

Li Shengyao smiled on the surface, but sighed in his heart.

Even if he is a traverser, there is no 100% certainty.

……

On the fourth day of the Venice Film Festival, the weather on Lido Island was still very good.

Li Shengyao, Zhang Manyu, Ren Dahua, and Chen Kexin took a business car to the St. Rome Cinema on Lido Island.

Today is a relatively special day, and the promotion of the Yenching Film Festival will be held today.

Founded in 2011, the Yenching Film Festival is currently positioned as a rather vague film festival and is not a Class A or Class B film festival.

However, in the end, it is a film festival in their own country, since they are going to hold a promotion meeting, they are a group of Chinese actors and directors on Lido Island, so they naturally want to participate in it and cheer for the Yenching Film Festival.

Not only Li Shengyao, Zhang Manyu, Chen Kexin, Jiang Wen and Zhou Yun will also pass.

Tomorrow is the screening day of "Three Billboards".

Li Shengyao, Zhang Manyu, and Ren Dahua are relatively a little more fetters in their hearts.

And Chen Kexin had nothing to do at this time, he was in the most relaxed mood and had the most smiles on his face.

He took the introduction book of the Yanjing Film Festival, looked at it with a smile, and while reading, he also looked for a topic with Li Shengyao, "Director Li, the organizer of the Yanjing Film Festival this time, it is a bloody investment." ”

When Li Shengyao heard this, he retracted his gaze and nodded and smiled, "Is that so?" ”

"Well, there's a lot going on today."

Chen Kexin continued: "The San Roma Cinema we went to this time is one of the best cinemas in Lido Island, and it used to be an important cinema for the Venice Film Festival. ”

"The organizers of the Yenching Film Festival also invited several local stars to do the event."

"They also advertise on local Venice TV stations that they say they are all commercials during the festival."

"This time at the St. Roman Cinema, there will also be a screening of classic Chinese films, and the tickets are very cheap, five euros will do."

"The organizers also invited local students from the Confucius Institute in Italy to volunteer, and these volunteers will guide and accompany visitors throughout the process."

"Last but not least, there is also a food tasting and Peking Opera performance."

Li Shengyao listened to Chen Kexin's words, and also understood that the organizers of the Yenching Film Festival were indeed very attentive this time, and prepared a lot of activities, full of details.

In such a situation, several of them should be well supported.

Chen Kexin glanced at the others, and then said in a low voice: "Director Li, have you noticed that there have been a lot fewer reporters in Venice in the past two days." ”

The Venice Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival are held very close to each other, with a difference of only two or three days.

Not only this year, but after the turn of the millennium, the Italian economy is becoming less and less profitable, and more and more journalists are abandoning the Venice Film Festival and turning to the Toronto Film Festival.

This Toronto is located in Canada, very close to the beautiful country, Hollywood stars go to Toronto is like a visit.

Therefore, the status of the Toronto Film Festival is average and the authority is average, but it can't stand the star-studded people, and the people like to watch stars.

Li Shengyao thought for a while and said slowly: "There should be two or three percent fewer reporters." ”

Regarding this matter, Li Shengyao can't help it, now the three major film festivals in Europe, except for the Cannes Film Festival, are still popular, and the Berlin Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival have declined to varying degrees.

Just look at mainland female stars.

At the Cannes Film Festival, they all wanted to sleep on the red carpet.

And when it came to the Venice Film Festival, none of the blanket stars came, and they didn't even bother to walk the red carpet.

I just don't know if the situation of the Venice Film Festival will affect the promotion meeting of the Yanjing Film Festival, and whether it will affect the screening of "Three Billboards" tomorrow.

Soon after, the van arrived at the St. Roman Cinema.

I saw a long red carpet from the theater gate to the road.

There were seven or eight Huaxia brothers in suits, holding five-star red flags, waving them a little awkwardly.

There are also four reporters, looking at their appearance, they should all be Chinese.

Li Shengyao, Zhang Manyu, and Ren Dahua got out of the car, and those reporters immediately rushed over, interviewing a guest by themselves, which was just right.

The person in charge of the promotion meeting of the Yanjing Film Festival is a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a pair of glasses, but he has a bit of an elegant temperament, but he is obviously not in a good mood at this time.

Qiang smiled and introduced Lee Shengyao and several others to the St. Rome Cinema.

Entering the theater, Li Shengyao didn't see a single tourist, and there were more ticket sellers and waiters than tourists.

"There were a couple of tourists watching movies inside, and we were playing 'Farewell My Concubine.'"

There are a few tourists...... Not ten tourists.

I have to say that if there is no Cheng Long, no Li Lianjie, and other actors and directors, they will not have any appeal in Venice.

Tourists in Europe are not interested in classic Chinese-language movies at all.

For such a situation, Li Shengyao can actually understand it, and he also feels a little embarrassed, "Are those stunned celebrities coming?" ”

"Came, but after a turn, he left."

It is estimated that there was no audience, so he left in a hurry.

If such a festival promotion is reported by the local media, the impact will be even worse.

Li Shengyao felt that it might be more appropriate to stop the loss in time and cancel it immediately.

However, this kind of thing is not something he can decide, so Li Shengyao, Zhang Manyu, and Ren Dahua got together to chat awkwardly, while the organizers went outside to greet other guests.

After a while, Jiang Wen and Zhou Yun came over, representatives from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and representatives from the International Students Association also came.

With more and more guests arriving, the San Roma Cinema is a little more lively.

However, the total number of them is only about 30 people, and the theater of Nuoda still seems very deserted and empty.

These thirty or so people not only have to find angles, but also have serious P pictures to create the effect of thousands of people.

"There's nothing going on here, we want to see a new movie, so let's go first."

Seeing that there were no local tourists, the students of the Confucius Institute came to ask for their resignation.

The person in charge agreed with a pale face.

Li Shengyao noticed that not only were there no tourists, but no film dealers had come, and he was also a little helpless.

Because he promotes idol dramas, in Southeast Asia, Chinese film and television dramas have accumulated enough influence and fans.

Even in the Zhongdong area, a lot of fan girls have been cultivated.

However, in Europe and the United States, Fenghua idol dramas have little influence, almost nothing.

Audiences in Europe and the United States still hold the old concept that their own film and television dramas are the best in the world, and they are too lazy to watch TV dramas from other countries.

Coupled with the crazy black influence of the European and American media, there are really few people who are really interested in Chinese culture.

Regarding this, there is no way to change film and television dramas.

It is necessary to wait until the mainland economy is the largest in the world and the living conditions crush Europe and the United States, and ordinary people here will notice the film and television dramas from China.

Li Shengyao chatted with Zhang Manyu, Ren Dahua, Jiang Wen and others for half an hour, but they still felt very embarrassed.

After the interview, the big guy wanted to withdraw, but he was too embarrassed to speak.

Fortunately, the person in charge of the Yanjing Film Festival Promotion Conference is also a sincere person, and he knew that there was no point in doing this, so he took out the prepared food, "Everyone bring some delicious food back, it's here today." ”

Soon after, the guests got in the car and left.

Zhang Manyu held her chin and whispered: "I don't know if our movie is being screened, are the audiences here interested in watching it?"

"With the name of the Venice Film Festival, there will be more fans watching, and it won't be so miserable."

(End of chapter)