"'Love' is probably the simplest yet most profound movie I've seen this year."

"It's full of human power from beginning to end, and in two hours that is not a long time, calmly and restrainedly focusing on only telling a story, it is enough to bring the emotions in the audience's hearts to the top and endure for a long time."

"Aging, death, illness, loneliness, those things we don't want to experience in life the most, those hidden pains that we know but don't mention, were put on the screen by Wu Yuan, and the cruelty became even worse.

"No one can escape aging and death, we will all face all this, isn't life crueler than movies?"

- Cannes Cinema Weekly

"Life and death are like the dove, they can't be caught and can't be kept, only the love of growing old together is eternal."

"Minimalist restraint, profound internal strength, many imagery, details win, despair and depression, and delicate touches that are difficult to retell, the performances of the two old actors are too shocking."

"It's hard to believe that this is a film brought by a director under the age of 23, and given the director's age, I am willing to give this film five stars!"

- Film Critics' Weekly Magazine

"There is no sensationalism, it calmly tells the emotions between the two old men, all the conversations are very reasonable, the emotions are real, coupled with the heart-wrenching ending, the performance at the level of the actor and actress, made me cry on the spot, and I couldn't control it at all."

"The minimalist style, the plot expansion of the confined space, and the empty camera are used very well, so that the audience has time to digest the emotional impact of the plot."

"A director who is calm to the point of coldness, the poster is very gentle, but the movie has more than just a gentle side."

- Cannes Film Review

"Each shot reveals a cold bearing, but at the same time it is full of human softness and affection. This gentle cruelty, cruel tenderness shook the heart! ”

"Some people think that the shots in this film are too earthy and wrong! Miss by a mile! ”

"The director seems to have shot an infinite world in an indoor environment, with all kinds of stillness, pushing rails, and follow-ups, as steep and exciting as mountains, and there is no room for error. The scene between the two at the table, that color! The beauty of the light almost makes me scream! ”

"You have to savor it carefully to feel the director's picture and lighting aesthetics in this movie!"

—Thomas, film critic

Liu Yifei took all kinds of local house magazines that were sent to the hotel early in the morning, and specially turned out the film review reports about "Love", and read them to Wu Yuan one after another.

Although this is Cannes, France, most of the house books are available in English.

Every time Liu Yifei reads a good review, she will raise her head proudly, as if these film critics are praising her, very happy.

In comparison, Wu Yuan's face was much more plain, and even a little sad.

"Senior brother, so many film critics are praising our "Love", aren't you happy?" Liu Yifei came to Wu Yuan's side with a stack of newspapers, pursed his lips and asked.

Wu Yuan peeled a white and tender boiled egg and stuffed it into Liu Yifei's mouth, while explaining to her: "Cannes is different from the Berlin Film Festival. ”

"The more optimistic the house list is about which movie, and the more it is praised for which movie, the more likely it is to be cold in the judges."

"It's as if the jury is trying to deal with the critics."

"Last year's "2046" by the King of Sunglasses, all the Berlin house magazines thought that this movie would win the Palme d'Or, but they didn't even get a consolation prize, and they almost made the King of Sunglasses angry."

"Huh?" Liu Yifei opened his mouth wide, chewed and swallowed the boiled egg three times and divided five by two, "Doesn't that mean that our "Love" may not win the award?" ”

"Quite possibly!" Wu Yuan pretended to be serious and said, but Liu Yifei didn't see the teasing in his eyes.

Liu Yifei's excited and excited look just now immediately collapsed.

Liu Xiaoli, who was eating breakfast elegantly on the other side, sighed helplessly.

My own baby daughter, this heart is all tied to Wu Yuan.

Now her mentality is completely rotten.

After Liu Xiaoli's observation of Wu Yuan in the past few years, Wu Yuan is actually quite good, in the smoky entertainment industry, he has not been involved in any bad habits, and he has never had a scandal.

She actually thought about it carefully, her daughter is in this circle, and sooner or later she has to have someone she likes.

And Wu Yuan is in this circle, which is definitely 0.01% of high-quality stocks.

If they can really do it, it will be a good result.

Liu Xiaoli loves her daughter right, but she just wants to give her daughter a better choice.

Obviously, in terms of choosing a mate, Wu Yuan is already a better choice, what more could she ask for?

So as Liu Yifei's coming-of-age ceremony is getting closer and closer, Liu Xiaoli is becoming more and more lazy to care about her and Wu Yuan's affairs.

Even if the two of them were slimy in front of her, she didn't see them at all.

What's more, Wu Yuan didn't do anything slimy.

"Sissi, sit down and eat honestly." Liu Xiaoli dissatisfiedly stopped Liu Yifei, who didn't know how to be reserved, and her body was about to pounce on Wu Yuan.

"Got it." With his mouth pursed, Liu Yifei put the house book back on the table, sat down honestly and ate breakfast.

In the next few days, in addition to participating in several screenings from time to time with the cast and crew members, Wu Yuan also took time to accept an interview with the local media and the six princesses.

Whether it is the local media in Cannes or the domestic movie channel, they are full of praise for Wu Yuan's "Love".

It is true that the way in which Caihua died at the end of the film brought a lot of controversy to the audience in the next few days.

Many viewers are unable to identify with the values shown in the film, believing that it was a murder, and even if Lao Zhang committed suicide in the end, this is not correct.

"In fact, when I watched "Love", when Lao Zhang picked up the pillow, he was first surprised and puzzled, and then he was full of sadness and relief."

A male reporter from CCTV Movie Channel asked with curiosity on his face: "Director Wu, how did you come up with the idea of dealing with the ending like this?" ”

"From the moment I had the idea of this movie, I thought about this ending."

Wu Yuan spread his hands: "Actually, the details in the movie have reminded the audience countless times that Caihua has long been like ashes, and her mind has already been decided." ”

"When Lao Zhang went home and saw Caihua sitting at the window, he knew that she already had the heart to jump off the building and die."

"When Caihua flipped through the photo album, didn't she already say that life was too long for her?"

When she cried out "pain" and "mother" all night, didn't she take it anymore? ”

"When Lao Zhang fed her soup, didn't she also fail to accept the last mercy?"

"The last slap hit Caihua's face, but it also hit Lao Zhang's heart."

"He understands that holding on like this will only bring harm to both sides."

"That's what the film wants to tell the audience."

"Instead of letting your lover die in pain, let her live happily in her heart."

"It's also a kind of love, a more real love."

After the interview, both media gave Wu Yuan and the movie "Love" extremely high praise.

The everyday narrative is the simplest and most basic narrative, so it's the hardest.

But Wu Yuan, who is less than 23 years old, brought the audience an unforgettable movie in the movie "Love" with a very daily narrative.

"It's hard to imagine that the director who made such a mature film full of choices and tortures of morality and conscience is only 23 years old this year!"

In the midst of the praise and exclamations of the media and reporters, the time came to May 22, the closing ceremony of the film festival.

It was still early in the morning, all the members of the "Love" crew, as well as all the members of the "Qinghong" crew, plus the CCTV reporters who stayed behind, and the China Film employees led by Han Dong, were anxiously walking back and forth in the two rooms.

"How's it going?"

"No, is there a letter from "Qinghong"?"

"Not really."

Everyone was nervously asking each other about the situation.

Suddenly, cheers rang out in the suite of the "Qinghong" crew.

You don't need to listen to it to know that the crew of "Qinghong" obviously received a call inviting to attend the closing ceremony.

As we all know, the three major closing ceremonies in Europe all mean that you can win prizes as long as you participate.

didn't wait for the celebration of "Qinghong" to finish, and on the other side of the "Love" crew, Wu Yuan's phone also rang.

"Bonjour"

"Well, okay, thank you."

It was a very short conversation, but Wu Yanshu, You Benchang and the others all looked at it nervously.

Hanging up the phone, Wu Yuan showed a relaxed smile.

"Let's go, let's get dressed, we're going to the closing ceremony!"

At this time, the well-informed Han Dong also rushed into the room and said to Wu Yuan: "It's confirmed, the crew of "Underworld" and "The Best Time" are already packing up and returning to China. ”

"Of the four Chinese films that went to Cannes this time, only our two mainland films were invited to participate in the closing ceremony!"

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the red carpet of the closing ceremony of the 58th Cannes International Film Festival began.

is similar to the red carpet at the opening ceremony, but this time Wu Yuan's female companion was replaced by Liu Yifei.

Stepping on a pair of hateful Liu Yifei, wearing a white long skirt, standing next to Wu Yuan, it was called a handsome man and a beautiful woman, and the two were very compatible.

"Sissi, you should be the first post-85 actress in China to walk the Cannes red carpet, right?" Walking on the red carpet, Wu Yuan did not forget to joke about Liu Yifei.

Standing on the red carpet, Liu Yifei was already nervous, and his hands subconsciously clenched Wu Yuan's arms.

Now hearing him joke like this, Liu Yifei is even more nervous.

Counting, she is really the first post-85 actress in China to walk on the red carpet in Cannes, if you narrow this range to the red carpet of the closing ceremony, no one has walked through the post-80s.

The red carpet of the opening ceremony and the red carpet of the closing ceremony have different gold content.

Those who can walk the red carpet of the closing ceremony are all awarded prizes!

Nervous is nervous, but the red carpet still has to go.

Wu Yuan pulled her and walked briskly towards the end of the red carpet.

On the way, you will inevitably be stopped by reporters for interviews.

"Director Wu, do you have any expectations for this closing ceremony?"

"Expectation? Haha, of course, I hope to win a prize. ”

Wu Yuan and the reporter looked at each other and smiled, both of them knew what it meant to participate in the closing ceremony, but they didn't say anything.

Another reporter came up and asked: "Director Wu, what do you think of the movie "Qinghong", do you think this movie is real?" ”

As a mainland film selected for the main competition unit together, Wu Yuan can't avoid the problem of the movie "Qinghong".

But to be honest, he really didn't want to talk about the movie.

But in front of reporters, he had no choice but to say haha: ""Qinghong" is a very good movie, I have worked with director Wang Xiaoshuai, and he is still my senior brother. ”

"Of course, I hope that "Qinghong" can also win the award today!"

After answering these two questions, Wu Yuan pulled Liu Yifei and walked quickly towards the movie palace without looking back.

The rest of the crew of "Love" also quickly walked the red carpet and joined Wu Yuan in the movie palace.

As I said before, the award ceremonies of the three major European film festivals are relatively traditional, and the words of people are boring and straightforward.

Even though Cannes is the most commercial of the three in Europe, there is no lighthearted, gag part of the awards ceremony.

At the beginning of the closing ceremony, after the two hosts who Wu Yuan didn't know came to the stage, they seriously introduced the crew, directors and actors sitting on the scene.

The simple and straightforward introduction makes people sleepy when they hear it.

That is, when Wu Yuan was introduced, some cheers and coaxing sounded at the scene.

After all, 23-year-old Wu Yuan is really outstanding among this group of directors who are at least forty years old.

When the camera was given to Wu Yuan, Wu Yuan showed a dragon-like smile very facedly, which caused a burst of cheers and coaxing.

Next, we will introduce the jury of this year's Cannes Film Festival, led by the president of the jury, Emile Kusturica.

Among the eight members of the jury, Wu Yuan is most familiar with John Woo.

But Wu Yuan knew that with Wu Baige's attitude and behavior that he would rather be cheaper than cheap in Japan and South Korea than cheap mainlanders, it was impossible for him to vote for nine out of nine judges.

He also didn't report any thoughts to Wu Baige, and he didn't even make eye contact.

When the jury appeared one by one, today's closing ceremony award ceremony officially began.

There was no singing and dancing session, and there were no various bad jokes of the talk show host, and a bunch of awards for non-main competition units were awarded first.

Awards for other units such as the non-competition unit, the one-of-a-kind attention unit, and the film foundation unit were presented one after another, but Wu Yuan didn't care too much.

Soon, the much-anticipated main competition unit began to present awards.

All the guests present were thrilled.

First up was the award in the short film category.

The award for Best Short Film Debut went to a short film called Buy Now.

The special prize was given to a short film called "Clara".

The most heavyweight short film Palme d'Or was given to a Ukrainian short film "Traveler", which was only 10 minutes on set, beating nearly 100 competitors and winning the short film Palme d'Or.

Looking at the Ukrainian director who was excited and tearful on the podium, Wu Yuan also had some envy.

Anyway, it's also the Palme d'Or!

However, the award of the next award immediately made him have no time to envy others.

The next award to be presented is the Best Director Award!

And in the end, it was Wang Xiaoshuai's "Qinghong" that won this award!

Seeing Wang Xiaoshuai jumping up excitedly, hugging and laughing with Li Bin and Gao Yuanyuan, Wu Yuan was also excited in his heart.

Originally, "Qinghong" could win the Jury Award, but now it only won the Best Director Award!

This shows that there is a movie that has gone up to the top to squeeze out "Qinghong"!

So who is this movie on the top, does Wu Yuan still need to doubt it?

(End of chapter)