The Berlin premiere of "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" was lively.

Including the film crew of "Love You Love Me", which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of Baodao, Wang Xiaoshuai invited the crews of seven or eight shortlisted films, plus Berlin's local house book film critics, film festival jury, etc., and the screening hall that can accommodate two or three hundred people is almost full.

And Wu Yuan, who was sitting in the first row, also saw his version of "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" for the first time.

Well, except for the change of the male protagonist, there is almost no difference between the other places and the original "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" in Wu Yuan's memory.

Even the cover poster of the movie shows him throwing the handlebars with both hands, unbuttoning his white shirt, pedaling his bicycle in the wind, and smiling brightly.

Facts have once again proved that in the films of the sixth generation of directors, actors are really not the most important thing.

Even if the actor is changed, the things presented in the whole movie still haven't changed in the slightest, and it still received full applause after the premiere.

"Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" is at least very much in line with the local appetite in Berlin.

Through the subtle involvement of the film's protagonists in social issues, Wang Xiaoshuai keenly examines the changes that China's modernization has brought to the lives of many ordinary people.

With the help of a bicycle, it is a clever reflection of the conflict between pop culture and consumerism and traditional Chinese family culture in this era.

The visual intersection between the hutongs and the modern high-rise buildings, which runs throughout the film, is also a symbol of the opposition between the old and the new.

This film also shows that Wang Xiaoshuai wants to explore from social realism films to more commercial films.

Compared with his previous naked, critical, and boundary-breaking literary films, this "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" is really very subtle.

After the premiere, the Berlin house magazine gave a live score of 2.9 in the early morning of the same day, ranking fourth among the 23 films shortlisted for the main competition unit!

Early the next morning, the staff of the Berlin Film Festival organizers came to the hotel to inform the crew of "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" to participate in the final closing ceremony.

Being able to be notified to participate in the closing ceremony is actually a hint that there is a prize to be won at the end.

It doesn't matter what the award is, it definitely won't go home empty-handed!

Among the members of the jury of this year's Berlin Film Festival is director Xie Fei, a famous Chinese film director, screenwriter and producer, who graduated from the directing department of the film school in 1965 and stayed on to teach.

This is Wang Xiaoshuai and Wu Yuan's grandfather!

With him fighting for "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" on the jury, the award can still be expected!

It was only at this time that Wang Xiaoshuai's heart was completely stabilized.

Beckoning the crew members to change into dresses, everyone got into the limousine together in the evening and went to the closing ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival.

The big three in Europe are different from the Oscars.

The Oscars tend to be entertaining, not only will invite some talk show actors to be the hosts, but also have various performance links, live interactive ridicule and the like.

The old Europe, on the other hand, paid more attention to the seriousness of art.

Specific to the Berlin Film Festival, except for the red carpet, the closing ceremony of the entire Berlin Film Festival was relatively dry.

After the crew of "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" entered the infield of the awards, everyone sat in their seats honestly and said a simple hello to the crew of "Love You Love Me", and the award ceremony began.

There was no opening show and no cabaret show.

The president of the festival led the members of the jury to the stage to make a speech looking forward to the art of film, and then went straight to the awards.

Wu Yuan, who participated in the Big Three for the first time, was very uncomfortable, in his memory, it seemed that most of the award ceremonies were inclined to entertainment, and it was really rare to be so serious.

However, Wang Xiaoshuai is accustomed to it, and European A-class film festivals are like this.

"Italian Language Class" won the International Film Critics Fipresci Award.

"Knowing My Heart" won the Special Award for Humanitarian Spirit.

"Demon Fun and Fury" won the Teddy Award for Best Picture.

One award after another was quickly awarded, and the award-winning crew came to the stage to give a speech.

The crew of "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" also applauded each winner.

Soon, the awards of the non-main competition unit were awarded, and the award ceremony came to a climax.

Starting with the Blue Angel Award for Best European Film, the awards in the main competition units began to be awarded.

When each award was presented, Wang Xiaoshuai clenched his fists and muttered nervously: "Don't award it to me, don't award it to me"

The earlier the awards, the lower the value, and the original site of the main competition unit is to divide the cake as much as possible, and a film can only win a maximum of 2 awards.

Wang Xiaoshuai naturally hopes not to hear the words "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" too early!

But soon the film was brought up.

"The winner of the Best New Actor Award was ——!"

"Cui Lin, Wu Yuan - "Seventeen-year-old Bicycle"!"

Everyone around looked at Wu Yuan and Cui Lin, and applause rang out.

It was the first time that Cui Lin was watched by so many people, and his whole person was stunned, his head was blank, and he didn't know what to react to.

At this critical moment, Wu Yuan took Cui Lin's shoulders and stood up, nodding to the congratulatory guests with a smile.

By the time Cui Lin came back to his senses, he and Wu Yuan were already standing on the podium and holding the trophy high together.

The trophy for Best Newcomer is not a silver bear, let alone a golden bear, but just a big wine glass.

However, Cui Lin still smiled very happily, and the 19-year-old had wrinkles on his face.

"Thank you, thank you Berlin Film Festival, thank you Director Wang Xiaoshuai for choosing me to act in this film."

After blushing and thanking the film festival and Wang Xiaoshuai in Chinese, Cui Lin didn't know what to say, and held back for a long time before adding: "Mom and Dad, I won the award!" ”

Although most of the guests at the scene could not understand Chinese, they also sent good-natured smiles and applause.

Compared with Cui Lin, Wu Yuan is much calmer.

After Cui Lin finished speaking, he stood in front of the microphone and said in fluent English: "This is the first time I have come to the Berlin Film Festival, and I didn't expect to win the award." ”

"I didn't expect that the first award I won in Berlin would be Best New Actor."

"You may not know that I am a director, and I am the same school as our director Wang Xiaoshuai."

"Thank you Director Wang Xiaoshuai for choosing me to play the movie "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle"."

"In order to make this movie well, the director worked very hard, and the actors worked very hard."

"For the first time, as an actor, I felt that making a movie is not easy."

"It's my first time in a movie, and it could probably be the last."

"I feel very honored to be able to dedicate my only experience as an actor to this film!"

"Thank you again to the jury, thank you Berlinale and I will remember today!"