Grand Hotel Lido Venice.

Han Dong, who didn't catch up with the opening ceremony, but still came to the film festival, made an appointment with Wu Yuan and met in the hotel restaurant.

"Director Wu, when is the premiere of "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die"?"

"Tomorrow, the Palais du Cinema."

"Yo, it's the movie palace when you come up, high standard." Han Dong said with a smile.

Wu Yuan shrugged his shoulders: "The three major in Europe, no matter which one I go to attend, I can get this treatment, right?" ”

He is the youngest Berlin director in history and the winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes, and it would be humiliating for his new film to premiere in other small theaters if it could not even be arranged at the Palais du Cinéma.

"Yes." Han Dong pointed to the house catalogue on the table that he had just brought.

"Although your new film only has a synopsis and trailers, the local house magazine is already full of praise."

"It's said that your film is the most anticipated work in Venice this year."

"In other words, you have been addicted to commercial films in the past few years, which has made this group of European filmmakers feel sorry.

"It's just a pre-screening session, and the house magazine gave a prediction score of 7.8, you have a big face."

Compared with commercial films, Wu Yuan really doesn't shoot many literary films, there are only two in total.

But who told these two films to come up and win awards in Berlin and Cannes?

I don't know how many European film media and magazines believe that Wu Yuan is the most talented young director of this era (referring to directors under the age of 35).

It's just that he hasn't put his mind on the right path, and he has been fascinated by the flower world of Hollywood, and he has patronized to make commercial films.

Now, he is finally no longer indulging in commercial films, and has restarted to make real art films, which in the eyes of the European media, naturally has the color of "the prodigal son's return".

The prodigal son turned back, and good things too!

Regardless of whether "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die" is really a good feature film, anyway, blow it out first, and then talk about it, it will be regarded as everyone's support for Wu Yuan.

After all, in recent years, the power of European films has declined, and literary films represented by European culture have been beaten by commercial films in Hollywood in the international market.

These European film media naturally hope that there will be more influential directors who can regain the glory of European literary films, especially Wu Yuan, a director who is quite influential in Hollywood.

Wu Yuan naturally knew that these field magazines were mostly just touting, so he smiled and waved his hand: "Han Dong, there is no need for my family to talk about these media reports." ”

"But I do have a lot of confidence in this film, and I hope to win the award."

Han Sanping's eyes immediately lit up, and he asked expectantly, "Can you really win the award?" ”

Although the domestic commercial film market is getting bigger and bigger, from inside and outside the circle, more attention is paid to commercial films, and literary films are no longer valued as much as before, but now the influence of the three major European films is still very great.

After all, two or three generations of directors have worked hard for decades, and the influence of the three major European influences in the mainland cannot be eliminated in just a few years.

China now also needs more international glory to embellish the glory of China's rise.

"Eight or nine is not far from ten." Wu Yuan said firmly.

He really studied it, not to mention Mark Muller, the chairman of the film festival who has no way to influence the jury, just say that this year's jury, several judges prefer non-political themes and prefer to watch movies that focus on humanistic emotions.

Just look at the movies that won the award on the original trajectory.

"Wrestler", which won the Golden Lion Award, tells the story of a professional wrestler who has risen to the brilliant.

"Paper Soldier", which won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director, is a complex love triangle, the story of two women who love him deeply after the death of the male protagonist.

Yes, it's very similar to "July and Ansheng".

Only "Dew", which won the special prize of the jury, has anything to do with politics.

Including "Giovanna's Father", which won the Best Actor Award, and "Another Person", which won the Best Actress Award, are all movies with emotional themes.

From this, Wu Yuan can see the preferences of this year's judges.

And "A Man Named Levine Decided to Die" is a movie that he likes.

The only thing that made him a little worried was that there was a director from Hong Kong Island in the jury this time, Du Qifeng.

Although Wu Yuan and Du Qifeng did not have the slightest contact, as far as he knew, Du Qifeng was also in a group with Wu Baige's group.

His films have always only used actors from Hong Kong, and he does not wait to see filmmakers from the mainland at all.

Fortunately, there were seven judges on the jury, and his vote was not that significant.

"Han Dong, I have to come to the premiere tomorrow!" Wu Yuan said with a smile.

"I know, I came to Venice for you."

The next day, early in the morning, the crew of "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die" was busy.

The film is indeed very much anticipated by Venice, even if it is about to premiere in the afternoon, the media still hurry up and come to interview the crew early in the morning.

"This is the second time that Director Wu and I have cooperated." Li Xuejian, who was still calm in front of the foreign media, said unhurriedly in an interview: "But this time the burden on my shoulders is heavier." ”

"Levine is a very complex character."

"He grew up by the railroad and lost his mother at the age of seven and his father at sixteen."

"He tried hard to live in this world, but everything didn't go well."

"An accident took the life of a father, a car accident took away his wife's legs, an unborn child and the right to give birth, and cancer took the life of a wife."

"After his wife died, his world was completely dark, and suicide was probably the best option."

"I committed suicide not to say goodbye to this world, but to continue to love her in another world."

"Until the neighbor who moved in next door brought him a new concern."

"The world-famous philosopher Nietzsche once left such a sentence before committing suicide - those who know what they live for can survive."

"And Li Wen in the movie has found such an answer, making your world full of concern and concern, and you will naturally lose the motivation to leave."

"The only thing I felt after acting in this movie was healing, a double healing from body to soul."

"Director Wu wrote a very, very good script and made a very touching movie."

"I hope this film will get a good result in Venice, not because I love vanity, but I hope that more people will pay attention to this good film."

Song Dandan, who plays the neighbor's wife, also said in an interview: "Director Wu is one of the best directors in China, I am very honored to work with him, I can pack tickets, this movie is the best movie I have ever shot since I started in the industry." ”

"It's that Director Wu is too serious in the crew." Fan Wei joked in the middle: "He has an almost perfect demand for his work, and we are constantly striving for perfection every day, but after filming, it is really cool." ”

Liu Yifei and Zhu Yawen, the two junior actors who play the young Li Wen and Li Wen's wife Xiaoya, didn't even have a chance to speak.

At the end of the interview, the microphone returned to Wu Yuan's hand.

Faced with the release arrangements inquired by reporters, Wu Yuan said with a smile: "It hasn't been decided yet." ”

"Whether it is released in China or overseas, we will have to wait for the end of the film festival to negotiate, and I believe that it will meet the global audience as soon as possible within the year."

This kind of literary film, don't expect to sell much at the box office.

Even if Wu Yuan's "Gravity" has just set a new box office record in mainland China, making him a well-known director in China, and his fame is not inferior to Zhang Yimou, who has just been named a national teacher, he can't encourage the audience to go to the cinema to watch such a literary film with a strange title.

This is an out-and-out award-winning movie, the domestic box office can have two or three hundred million, and the European copyright can be sold again, it is enough not to lose money, it is impossible to expect to make a lot of money.

But next year's Oscars for foreign language films can be rushed.

In the afternoon, at 14:30 local time, at the entrance of the Venice Cinema Palace.

Wu Yuan took the crew and the main creator to stand at the door of the movie palace to welcome the guests.

As one of the most watched films at this year's Venice Film Festival, the premiere of "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die" was naturally huge.

Huaxia Legion's "Love on the River", "Swinger", "Woman" and "Cucumber".

and only an hour before the opening of this year's Venice International Film Festival, it was urgently announced that it would become the surprise film of this year's Venice Horizon unit, and the crew of "Perfect Life" of Hong Kong Island female director Tang Xiaobai was not absent from the premiere of Wu Yuan's new film.

The first to bear the brunt of the scene was Section Chief Jia with his wife.

This time, Wu Yuan was replaced as the host to greet him.

hugged Section Chief Jia with a smile on her face, and her wife Zhao Tao also hugged Liu Yifei warmly.

Like when Wu Yuan went to participate in "Love on the River" before, Wu Yuan was not too polite with Section Chief Jia, but simply said hello and sent him to the theater.

Immediately afterwards, the crew of "Wrestler", "Paper Soldier", "Dew", and "Giovanna's Father", which are popular in Venice this year, are also very face-saving, and the directors or producers led the team to support Wu Yuan in person.

Any crew that has a little pursuit will not choose to snub Wu Yuan, the favorite to win the award, let alone that he is still an influential director in Hollywood.

Like the American film "Burning Plains", which was shortlisted for the main competition unit, all the crew members came.

The heroine of this film, Charlize Theron, the flower of South Africa, grabbed Wu Yuan's hand and kept saying that she was a fan of Wu Yuan and looked forward to cooperating with Wu Yuan in the future.

However, Wu Yuan's eyes did not focus much on this South African flower, one of the hottest actresses in Hollywood, but instead looked at a small supporting role in "The Burning Plains".

Jennifer Lawrence, who only debuted last year.

The eldest cousin is a good actor, not only has good acting skills, but also is a model worker.

The "Hunger Games" series she made is a rare series of big heroines and blockbusters in Hollywood.

Compared with Charlize Theron, Wu Yuan wants to work with Jennifer Lawrence more.

The Light Age, on the other hand, has included the "Hunger Games" series in the long-term plan!

"There will be a chance to work together again in the future." Wu Yuan smiled and sent the crew of "Burning Plains" into the movie palace, raised his hand and looked at his watch.

The movie premiere is about to start, and the guests, room magazines, and film critics are almost here.

Just as he was holding Liu Yifei's little hand and about to turn around and enter the venue, the reporters gathered outside the movie palace suddenly made a commotion again.

A pure black sedan belatedly stopped at the end of the red carpet.

Although his hair was all white, Marco Muller, who was in good spirits, took his wife Duame and got out of the car.

The reporters on both sides of the red carpet were all sensational, aiming at Marco Muller and his wife to take pictures there.

The chairman of the film festival is here, and this is not a treatment that every shortlisted film can enjoy.

In fact, for the sake of fairness and openness in the selection of awards, Marco Muller, the chairman of the film festival, generally does not come to see a certain film in person, after all, this represents his preference vane as the chairman, which will affect the selection of the jury.

This effect can be good or bad.

After all, in the three major European countries, it is common for the president of the jury and the chairman of the film to work against each other.

So in most cases, the festival president will not stand up for the shortlisted films.

But today, Marco Müller broke that convention for Wu Yuan.

"Director Wu, you won't think I'm uninvited, right?" Marco Müller is very familiar with the idiom.

After a brief moment of stunnedness, Wu Yuan's face was full of smiles and he shook Marco Muller's hand: "Where, it is my honor that Mr. President can come to the premiere." ”

"Inside, please!"

Yesterday I made a mistake, Marco Muller's wife Duame is not from Huaxia, and when I checked it just now, I found out that it was written incorrectly, and it has been changed.

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