"Venice Express, director Wu Yuan's work "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die" was invited to participate in the closing ceremony of the Venice International Film Festival, and winning the award is a foregone conclusion!"

""A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die" was dressed up to attend, and director Wu Yuan participated in Venice for the first time, or won the Golden Lion!"

"Li Xue is the favorite to win the Best Actor award at this year's Venice Film Festival, or become the second Venice actor in China after Xia Yu!"

"The Golden Lion is still the actor, the suspense of the final award of "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die" is about to be revealed, and our reporter will follow up and report it as soon as possible!"

Just when Wu Yuan took the crew and creators to the closing red carpet in Venice, the news that they were invited to participate in the closing ceremony also spread quickly in China.

"The Swinger" and "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die" were shortlisted for the main competition unit together, but only "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die" won the closing invitation.

There is no doubt that the lone seedling of "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die" has become the biggest row of Chinese people in Venice this year.

Of course, Jia Zhangke was actually invited to participate in the closing ceremony, his "Love on the River" is a master screening unit film, although he does not participate in the selection, but as a "master", of course he will participate in the closing ceremony.

But who told everyone to focus only on the main competition unit and treat all other units as consolation prizes?

Even if Jia Zhangke only won the Golden Lion last year, the light of Venice this year still belongs to Wu Yuan and the crew of "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die".

The scene of the closing ceremony.

After walking the red carpet, all the invited guests entered the Palais du Cinema to sit down.

The crew of "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die" arranged a very good location, just in the second row, next to the members of the organizing committee and the jury in the first row.

Wu Yuan sat between Li Xuejian and Liu Yifei, straightened the bow tie around his neck, and exhaled heavily.

Of course, it's not because of nervousness, it's just that the stylist tied the bow tie too tightly.

Wu Yuan, who has participated in many award ceremonies, has long been no longer nervous about what awards the film will be shortlisted for.

However, Song Dandan, Fan Wei, Zhu Yawen, Yang Niao and other actors who participated in Venice for the first time were nervous, and their faces were so tense that they were about to stiffen.

"Take it easy, just treat it as a regular party." Wu Yuan whispered comforting.

However, his reassurance had little effect, and it was hardly effective.

Soon, the closing ceremony officially began.

"Welcome to Venice the world's greatest artists!" When the host came to the stage, he first touted a wave of guests on the scene, and by the way, he also raised the pressure of Venice.

However, even at the most commercial Cannes Film Festival, the closing ceremony award ceremony is very boring and straightforward, not to mention the more conservative Venice.

There are no cabaret performances, and there are no talk show host gags.

Mark Müller, President of the Festival, took the stage to deliver a speech.

The President of the Jury, Wim Wenders, took the stage to deliver a speech.

The members of the jury also took the stage one after another.

Just like the official activities in China, after the leaders of the organizing committee made speeches, the awards began directly.

First up was the award for the Horizon unit, which served as a thermal field.

The Best Picture in the Horizon section was awarded to Melancholy, from the Philippines.

Wu Yuan hasn't seen it.

The next Best Documentary Award and the Special Jury Prize were also awarded one by one.

It is worth mentioning that the documentary "We" from the mainland of China won the Special Jury Award.

This is a film that records the past of three generations of Chinese intellectuals, old, middle and young, as well as their imaginations for the future society.

In later generations, most of the video footage of interviews with college students in the 90s that often appeared on the Internet came from this documentary.

This movie was single-handedly organized by director Huang Wenhai, from planning to production, recording, editing, and directing.

This is also the current status quo of domestic documentary films, which are basically not paid attention to by people and capital, and are all ground out little by little by a director carrying a video camera for several years or even more than ten years.

Although it is only a horizon unit and does not receive much attention, when Huang Wenhaihai, the director of "Us", accepted the award in Taiwan, the Chinese reporters on the scene still sent the news back to China as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, this will not do anything good for the domestic documentary film field.

Chinese documentary films have basically come to an end, and at the moment when capital is hot, documentary films without any profitability have been swept into the garbage heap.

"In the future, there will only be fewer and fewer good documentary films." Wu Yuan sighed.

After the awards of the Horizon unit were awarded, it was time for the main competition unit awards.

Liu Yifei nervously grabbed Wu Yuan's hand, trying to calm the tension in his heart.

Wu Yuan was a little funny: "I'm not nervous, why are you nervous, Venice doesn't have the Best Supporting Actor Award." ”

Liu Yifei glanced at him angrily, this has no conscience, who is she nervous about, doesn't he know in his heart?

"The winner of the Best Actor Award at the 65th Venice International Film Festival was ......"

On stage, jury judge John Landis opened the envelope: "Congratulations! Silvio Orlando – 'Giovanna's Father'"

The cheers at the scene immediately resounded, and the crew of "Giovanna's Father" all jumped up to celebrate the award.

Wu Yuan smashed his mouth, feeling both regret and happiness in his heart.

"Teacher Xuejian, I'm really sorry." He said apologetically to Li Xuejian, and he didn't know whether to apologize for losing the award, or to apologize for being a little happy.

"It's okay, just like Director Wu said, I'm lucky to get it, but I'm sorry to lose my life." Li Xuejian was very indifferent, but smiled and comforted: "I didn't win the award, which shows that you have a higher probability of winning the award, which is a good thing." ”

Li Xuejian, who is in his fifties this year and has experienced throat cancer, has long seen many things, he enjoys the process of acting, but he will not be trapped by honor.

Wu Yuan shook Li Xuejian's hand hard, his heart was full of emotion, compared with the real people's artist, his cultivation is still not at home.

Silvio Orlando took the stage to give a speech, thanking the director and his family, and after tears were shed on the scene, he reluctantly stepped down with the trophy in his hand.

The next award was the Best Actress Award, which had nothing to do with Wu Yuan and them, and everyone watched the award be presented relaxedly.

In the end, the award was won by a very strange French actor, Dominique Blank.

After the same joyful and exciting acceptance speech, the real highlight came.

The Grand Jury Prize is about to be awarded!

The last time Wu Yuan participated in the Cannes Film Festival, he won this award, which was considered a third place.

It stands to reason that it is already very powerful to be recognized by the top three from more than 20 shortlisted films.

But who called Wu Yuan to have won this award in Cannes, he just wants better.

When the judges stood on the rostrum, ready to announce the winners, Wu Yuan couldn't help but whisper: "Don't give it to me." ”

Liu Yifei did the same: "Don't give it to my brother!" ”

Li Xuejian, who was indifferent on the side, shook his head a little amusefully when he saw the two of them like this.

Only at this time can he feel that Wu Yuan is indeed a young man, different from other directors who are full of honors.

"The award is ...... Alexei Germain Jr. "Paper Soldiers"! ”

Wu Yuan's prayer came true, this award was indeed not awarded to him, but to "Paper Soldier", which was supposed to win the Best Director Award!

Looking at the crew of "Paper Soldier", there were some regrets, but when he was more happy to accept the award, Wu Yuan's heart was also stirred.

"Paper Soldier", which was supposed to win second place, only won third place!

And now only the two awards of Best Director and Best Picture have not yet been awarded!

The first award was presented to the second place for Best Director.

At this point, even if he can only get the best director, Wu Yuan is very satisfied.

He kept repeating what Li Xuejian had just said in his heart, but he reversed: "I won my life, and I was lucky to lose it." ”

Du Qifeng, the judge who presented the Best Director Award, opened the envelope with a normal face and said with a smile: "The winner of the Best Director Award is ......"

"Darren Aronofsky's Wrestler!"

"Congratulations!"

The crew of "Wrestler" and the crew of "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die" celebrated at the same time.

Wu Yuan even stood up and applauded the crew of "Wrestler", but the smile on his face was brighter than that of Darren, the director of "Wrestler".

"Wrestler" won the best director, so it is obvious who the golden lion belongs to!

It can't be "Dew" that lost the Grand Jury Award, right?

By the time the awards got to this point, there was no suspense left.

The Chinese reporters at the scene were even sketching Wu Yuan's manuscript of winning the Golden Lion Award, ready to be sent to China.

No one doubts that this award will be given to any film other than "A Man Named Levine Decided to Die."

No one in the crew of "A Man Named Levine Decided to Die" cares about Darren's acceptance speech on stage, and everyone is looking forward to the final award.

The president of the jury, Wim Wenders, took the stage to present the Best Film Award this year.

It seems that he also knows that there is no need to sell things without suspense.

He opened the envelope very neatly: "The winner of the best film at the 65th Venice International Film Festival is the one who won it!" ”

"Wu Yuan, "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die"!"

When he was specially instructed by Mark Mueller to pronounce Wu Yuanhuaxia's real name, even though the word "Yuan" was difficult to pronounce, Wim Wenders still tried hard to pronounce it.

Everyone's expectation!

There were tsunami-like cheers and applause throughout the Cinema Palace.

Wu Yuan, a director who is only 26 years old this year and less than 27 years old, has once again set a new record!

got up and hugged everyone in the crew, and under everyone's encouraging and joyful eyes, Wu Yuan walked onto the podium.

Taking over the golden lion from the hand of the chairman of the jury, Wu Yuan faced all the guests, adjusted the height of the microphone, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that I would win such a big award the first time I came to Venice. ”

"Thank you Venice for presenting me with the Best Film Award, this is the first time I have won this award, and I am honored to be in Venice, the international temple of cinema."

Yes, after debuting for so many years, Wu Yuan really has never won the Best Film Award.

"The Undertaker" offended the Golden Rooster that year, and the Golden Rooster never gave him an award later.

His films have never met the qualifications for the Hong Kong Film Awards.

The Golden Horse Awards invited him several times, but Wu Yuan was too lazy to go, and the Hong Kong Island film market was not large, so he had to draw lots every year to get the qualifications for 10 films, which was very difficult.

So much so that he has debuted for so many years, but he has not won a single best film, and the best director in Berlin has won the highest gold content.

Holding the Golden Lion Trophy, Wu Yuan said with a smile: "As you know, my last literary movie "Love" was a very heavy movie, which realistically analyzed the cruelty behind romantic love and the endless torture brought by love when it grew old. ”

"At that time, I was actually very pessimistic about love, and I didn't believe that there would be any long-term love and marriage in this world, and I would be happy for a lifetime."

"However, after I really fell in love and had a perfect lover, my mind gradually changed."

"It turns out that the beauty of love is worth the torture of all suffering."

"So, this time in the movie "A Man Named Levine Decided to Die", my view of love has changed."

"Li Wen's life is very unhappy, he lost his mother when he was young, he lost his father when he was young, and his world is black and white."

"But after meeting his lover Xiaoya, his world became colorful and vivid under Xiaoya's strong intrusion, and Xiaoya healed him with hot love."

"Just like my lover Miss Liu Yifei, she used her heat to teach me how to love someone, how to integrate into the world, and feel the beauty of love."

"She let me know that the world is in turmoil, and the world is worth cherishing."

"This film can win the Golden Lion Award, and we need to thank her, and the military merit medal has half of her."

"Finally, thank you Venice, thank you to the jury, thank you to President Marc Müller for the invitation."

"I will continue to work hard in the future to bring more and better film works and live up to this award presented to me today!" (End of chapter)