Chapter 66: Best Director! (Please follow up!) )
Boom –
Everyone in the crew of "The Undertaker" jumped up from their chairs, and Wu Yuan grabbed Zhang Guorong's arm and shouted excitedly: "Zhang Sheng, call you!" You're a Berlin actor! ”
Zhang Guorong, who was already completely stunned, only reacted after Wu Yuan shook his shoulder a few times vigorously, and muttered: "I'm a Berlin actor?" ”
"I'm a Berlin actor!"
In the past few decades, Chinese people have won the Cannes Best Actor and the Venice Best Actor, but only the Berlin Best Actor has not been won by a Chinese actor.
Now, the first Berlin actor born in China was born!
After hugging everyone in the crew excitedly, Zhang Guorong held his head high, walked on the podium with slightly trembling legs.
"Thank you."
After receiving the silver bear from the hands of the award presenters, Zhang Guorong stood in front of the microphone with a bright smile and delivered an acceptance speech in fluent English:
"Really, I'm a little overwhelmed and honored."
"Thank you Director Wu Yuan for giving me this role, it was he who flew to Hong Kong Island to meet me, and I had the opportunity to star in this movie."
"Thank you more for his help in acting, crew life and work, although we haven't known each other for a long time, he is already my best friend in my heart."
"Finally, I would like to thank the film festival for presenting this award to me, today will be the most memorable day of my life."
At the end of the speech, Zhang Guorong solemnly thanked the fans for their support in Mandarin and Cantonese, and then walked off the stage waving the silver bear.
Before he could sit back in his seat, Wu Yuan reached out and grabbed the silver bear: "Let me see!" ”
"It's not really made of silver!" Wu Yuan flipped left and right and looked at the trophy a few times, and almost bit it, only then did he be sure that this thing was not real silver.
"How can it really be made of silver, and the golden bear must not be made of pure gold?" Li Xuejian said with some tears and laughter, and couldn't wait to stroke the silver bear in his hand.
Han Dong on the side did not come to compete for this trophy, but said with emotion: "Hey, hey, great, the first Berlin actor of the Chinese." ”
"There may be a bigger prize in a while." At this time, Zhang Guorong, who had calmed down a little by making a speech, stretched out his hand and hugged Wu Yuan's shoulder: "Director Wu is so good, there will definitely be a big prize." ”
The on-stage awards continued, and the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress was awarded to Halle Berry of "Dance on Death Row", yes, the actress who said on the red carpet that she wanted to work with Wu Yuan.
This is an actress who walks on two legs, both commercial and literary, who can play a literary film and win the best actress, and can play commercial blockbusters such as "X-Men" and "007" to win the box office.
When the Best Actress was awarded, there were only three awards left.
They are the most important Golden Bear for Best Picture, the Silver Bear, the second most important jury award, and the Silver Bear for Best Director in third place.
According to the order of awarding from light to heavy, the best director award will be awarded first.
And this award is also the most likely award for "The Undertaker"!
The crew of "The Undertaker", who had just experienced some joy, became nervous again, and everyone's hearts were in their throats.
Everyone watched the award presenter open the award envelope, watched him smile on his face, and watched him slowly open his mouth, as if time had been pressed the slow release button at this moment.
Until, the name came out of his mouth:
"The winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 52nd Berlin International Film Festival was ......"
"Wu Yuan's "Undertaker", congratulations to him!"
"Director Wu, you won the grand prize!" Sun Li, the most nervous in the group, rushed up in a hurry, grabbed Wu Yuan's arm hard, shook back and forth excitedly, and her little face was red with excitement!
What reacted faster than her was the media from all over the world, especially the Chinese press corps, "Quick! Send the news back to China immediately! Director Wu won the best director! ”
"The youngest best director in Berlin is born!"
"Director Wu is the first Berlin Best Director in the mainland!"
Other foreign reporters were also exclaiming, and quickly notified the domestic newspaper to issue an alert.
"The best director in Berlin at the age of 19 and a half, this will be a record that will be prohibitive and difficult to break!"
Berlin has given birth to a best director at such a young age, and it definitely deserves to be the first to report!
Through the Internet, mobile phone signal, but a few minutes later, the whole world knew the news, and many filmmakers were burned by this news.
"That's crazy news!"
Back to the Berlin Film Festival.
Wu Yuan stood on the podium, took the silver bear trophy engraved with his name in high spirits, held the trophy like a coconut tree advertisement, and said excitedly: "In short, I am very excited, really!" ”
"I know that I am still very young, and to be able to win this award is the encouragement and support given to me by the jury, and the world needs more young directors like me."
"Thank you to the film festival, thank you to the jury, and even more to the teachers of my alma mater, Beijing Film Academy, without the teachers' hard work, there would be no Wu Yuan standing here now!"
""The Undertaker" is a very good movie, this movie brings together the best Chinese actors of the three generations of old, middle and young actors, they have dedicated the most perfect performance to the movie, and I would like to thank everyone who worked hard for the movie, this trophy not only belongs to me, but also to everyone in the crew of "The Undertaker"!"
"Finally..."Wu Yuan took a deep breath and looked up at the starry sky in the open air, "Mom, Dad, grandparents, have you seen it in the sky?" ”
"I won Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival!"
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After the Silver Bear Award for Best Director was awarded, the subsequent awards had nothing to do with the crew of "The Undertaker".
The Silver Bear, the Grand Jury Prize, was awarded to the German film "Barbecue".
The Golden Bear Award for Best Picture surprised all film critics, and after 12 years, the double yolk egg was opened again, and "Bloody Sunday" and "Spirited Away" jointly won the Golden Bear Award.
The next day, media outlets around the world reposted reports on the awards of this year's Berlin Film Festival.
However, in addition to Germany, Japan, Britain, and Ireland, the mainstream media of most other countries in the world have focused on Wu Yuan and "The Undertaker" in the coverage of this year's Berlin Film Festival.
"The birth of the first Chinese Berlin actor - Zhang Guorong! 》
"The youngest best director in history at the Berlin Film Festival is born! 》
"Wu Yuan, who is less than 20 years old, won the best director in Berlin! 》
"The first Chinese Berlin actor, the first mainland Berlin best director, the legend of "The Undertaker" has just begun! 》
Compared with Hayao Miyazaki and "Scarlet Sunday", it is obvious that Wu Yuan is more topical, and it is more worthy of digging into the report!
And Wu Yuan himself, who stayed in Berlin for two more days, followed Han Dong to sell the overseas distribution and copyright of "The Undertaker", and was ready to return to China with honor.
On the evening of the closing ceremony, Teacher Xie Xiaojing called Wu Yuan and asked him to go back to school, and he had to take the silver bear with him!
The banners of the film department have been rolled up! Just wait for him, the main master, to go back and celebrate!