Cannes is a small town in the south of France, located in the Côte d'Azur region in the Alpes-Maritimes, close to the Mediterranean Sea. It is famous for its beautiful beaches and the Cannes Film Festival, which takes place every May.

For Cannes, which once presented the Palme d'Or, the highest award for director Chen Da's "Farewell My Concubine", Chinese audiences have a different kind of feelings for him.

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Sun Yi took his assistant Xiaoting, followed Director Tian Zhuang and a school staff member to a group of four people as the production team of the short film "Tuner".

After nearly ten hours of flight, the four arrived in Nice, France, in the evening.

Walking out of the airport, Xiao Ting, who went abroad for the first time, was still a little ignorant, and asked Sun Yi in a low voice:

"Brother Yi, we have been flying for more than ten hours, why did we arrive before it was completely dark."

Sun Yi glanced at Xiaoting with some disgust.

"Don't you know that there is a thing called jet lag, the capital is six hours away from here."

Only then did Xiao Ting react, but she also made a big red face.

In fact, Sun Yi had never been to Europe in his previous life, but he couldn't help but search for strategies on the Internet in advance, and he still knew these basic information, which just made him pretend to be in front of Xiaoting.

"It's about an hour away from here to Cannes."

Director Tian looked like he knew the roots, and he was very disdainful.

But there's nothing wrong with it, people came here ten years ago, regular customers.

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Several people followed Tian Zhuang all the way to Cannes and checked into the hotel booked in advance.

Every year in May, Cannes is the peak tourist season, and fans from all over the world gather here, and if you don't book in advance, you won't be able to find a hotel at the last minute.

I have to say that Director Tian Zhuangzhi gave full play to his network advantages.

There was no word all night, and several people were hurrying to rest.

The next day, the 17th, was the opening ceremony of the 60th Cannes Film Festival, because Sun Yi was a short film, and they didn't have the treatment of walking on the red carpet, but it was okay to watch it.

Director Tian Zhuangzhi disdained this and entered the venue directly, only Sun Yi took Xiaoting to watch the excitement outside.

The entire red carpet ceremony was star-studded, much taller than the Hundred Flowers Award for popular movies he had participated in before, and many international stars who could only be seen on the big screen on weekdays could see real people at the scene at the moment.

In this film festival, many filmmakers from China also attended, Zhang Yanyu as a member of the jury, the first wave of appearances, followed by Gong Huang and Su Qi as special guests.

Sun Yi also wanted to see if there was any rubbing the red carpet.

Fortunately, it is still 2007, and the Chinese entertainment industry has not yet prospered completely, and there has been no such incident.

After the red carpet ceremony, the Cannes Film Festival officially began.

The Cannes Film Festival is special, it is very long, usually half a month, and this year's film festival lasts from the opening ceremony on the 17th to the awards party at the closing ceremony.

This half a month is the broadcast time of all the participating films, fans from all over the world can watch it for free, and they can score it according to their personal preferences, and this score will affect the jury's choice to a certain extent.

The red carpet ceremony was followed by the film screening, and the Cannes Film Festival also had an opening film.

As the opening film of this film festival, "Blueberry Night" is simply explosive in popularity, which makes Sun Yi aggressive.

There was already a long queue outside the entire screening hall, and many fans were happily waiting.

He knows that the director of this film is the king of sunglasses, but this film is very polarized, what he likes can be cited as a classic, and what he doesn't like can't be watched directly, and Sun Yi is obviously the latter.

He was too lazy to join in the fun, but he didn't expect that this film would be touted by so many foreigners in France, which is incredible.

Xiao Ting, who has excellent English, asked a few people to find out.

It turns out that these French people are really coming for the name of the king of sunglasses, and his previous "In the Mood for Love" completely captured this group of French people who are "romantic" to the bones.

On the evening after the opening ceremony, the Chinese filmmakers who came to the film festival held a cocktail party, and Sun Yi and they were also invited to participate.

It is estimated that it is the face of Director Tian Zhuang, and he is also one of the leading figures of the fifth generation of directors.

When I arrived at the banquet hotel, a group of Chinese stars, directors, and producers from all walks of life gathered here during the day.

Everyone in the crowd was complimenting each other, and the King of Sunglasses seemed to be the centerpiece of the party.

Sun Yi didn't go to the pole to communicate, he only followed Director Tian Zhuang to say hello, and then stayed quietly aside, he felt that he was not a person with them.

This time in Cannes, he is also very detached.

"The Tuner" is undoubtedly a good movie, but whether he can win the award or not is beyond his control, so he has a rather desireless mentality.

Just come to see the world, travel by the way, and see the local customs.

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Following.

All participating films began to be fully screened.

Throughout the Marché du Film in Cannes, there are 34 galleries that show the films from 9 a.m. to midnight every day.

Each film will be arranged at different times and times according to the popularity and the preliminary review by the organizing committee staff.

The more optimistic ones will be broadcast first, and it is likely to be broadcast on a loop throughout the day in one exhibition hall.

Of the 34 exhibition halls, 4 are dedicated to short films.

The average is 30 minutes.

Sun Yi's "The Tuner" was scheduled for the third day, but a short film gave a full afternoon of air.

For a short film, this is already quite a high treatment.

At the same time as the film is shown, the film transactions of the entire film festival are also going on simultaneously.

As one of the three major internationally renowned film festivals, the Cannes Film Festival has an average annual film turnover of hundreds of millions of dollars.

In the evening, Sun Yi had nothing to do, so he simply went out for a walk, ready to go to the beach to feel the atmosphere of the beach bar.

I ordered a beer and sat on a natural palm stump, listening to the melodious opera accompanied by the waves and the setting sun on the horizon.

The sea breeze is gently blowing, how is it a pleasant understanding.

I have to say that since his rebirth, this is an extremely rare leisure time for Sun Yi.

It was only at this moment that he felt enjoying life.

No wonder so many people like to travel, it turns out that it can really bring great relaxation to the body and mind in this life.

After a while, the music in the bar changed to dance music, and people began to dance to their heart's content.

In it, Sun Yi found an interesting pair, two men, one of whom was older and was pushed by the other in a wheelchair, and they were also dancing happily on the dance floor.

Looking at age, the two are not father and son, and according to their skin color, they are not very compatible, one is obviously European, and the other is more like a colored person of African descent.

This interesting combination caught Sun Yi's attention, and he basically followed them the whole time.

At the end of the song, the people on the dance floor returned to the bar to take their seats, and it was then that Sun Yi realized that the seats of the two were next to him.

After taking their seats, they also noticed Sun Yi's gaze, the one in the wheelchair nodded at him in a friendly manner, and the other raised his glass at him.

Sun Yi also raised his glass in return.

Next, the two chatted with great interest, and Sun Yi didn't pay attention to it anymore.

He was just curious.

After another hour, Sun Yi returned to the hotel, tomorrow is the official broadcast time of "The Tuner", he has to prepare well.

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