Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 130 Palme d'Or

Last year, the Cannes Film Festival closing red carpet and awards ceremony was held on May 5th, and this year it will be held on May 26th.

Last year, Gao Yuanyuan accompanied him on the closing ceremony red carpet, but this year, it was Depp who walked the red carpet with Cao Yang.

The two men walked on the red carpet in suits and Depp waved to the people around him from time to time.

According to the film reviews published in the program, Depp is the biggest favorite for the Best Actor Award at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which makes him very happy. He keeps saying that he would have come to Cannes earlier if he had known earlier.

Depp is still a contracted actor of United Artists Agency UTA and has not yet switched to Creative Artists Agency CAA. The strategy formulated by his company does not include Cannes, and they want to focus their main energy on the Oscars.

Actually, this is understandable. Spielberg is a member of the jury this year. With his fame, he has a lot of say in the jury. However, he is from CAA and does not get along well with UTA.

Therefore, the agency thought that it would be difficult for Depp to win the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival, and it was not worth investing a lot of energy in it. It would be more cost-effective for him to focus on winning the Oscar.

Although Cao Yang also wanted to win an award for Best Actor, his agency was not interested. In addition, Cao Yang focused his main energy on the Palme d'Or, so he did not worry about Depp winning the award.

Walk the red carpet, sign autographs, have photos taken by reporters, give brief interviews, then find your seat and wait for the awards ceremony to begin.

"Director, do you think it's possible for me to win the Best Actor award?"

Depp suddenly asked after he sat down.

He really regretted it now. If he had known that the brochure would speak so highly of his performance, he should have come earlier and tried to get a feel for it.

Cao Yang thought about it and decided that if Depp won the Best Actor award based solely on his performance without any off-stage factors, he would have a very high chance of winning it. After all, he had two faces in the movie, his performance was not awkward at all, the transitions were extremely natural, and his explosive power was definitely enough.

"There should be many people on the judging panel who like your performance. If just one person supports you, you'll almost certainly win the Best Actor award."

If it doesn't work, you can only leave it to fate and rely on luck.

There are also some best actor and actresses in the three major European cinemas who did not have any kind of campaign, but were ultimately awarded because someone on the jury particularly liked them and supported them to the end.

"In other words, if I work on it, as long as I can get one person on the jury to sign over, I'll have a great chance of winning the award?" Depp turned his head and asked in surprise.

Cao Yang nodded. "Your performance is good enough. I think everyone will agree with this. What is lacking is someone to support you."

Patting Depp on the shoulder, Cao Yang consoled him: "There are nine people on the jury. It is very likely that one of them particularly likes your performance and will support you to the end."

Depp felt like crying. Damn UTA. They put all their energy into the Oscars. If they had devoted a little bit of energy to Cannes, maybe they would have a better chance of winning the Cannes Best Actor award.

When the time is up, the awards ceremony will begin.

There are many off-site awards this year. For those films that did not enter the main competition unit, if they can win an off-site award, it will not be a wasted trip, at least it will be easier to sell the movie.

On May 5, the last case in Beijing was discharged from hospital.

The domestic situation suddenly improved, and everyone had the energy to focus on other things.

Tianya Forum has become lively in recent days.

One of the latest posts said that Chinese-language films were completely defeated in Cannes this time, "Purple Butterfly" returned with a failure, and international actress Zhang Ziyi once again missed the chance to win the international Best Actress award.

"Among the so-called four great Qingyi actresses nowadays, only Zhang Ziyi has no film queen of any weight. Why doesn't she cooperate with Cao Yang? Cao Yang is quite good at promoting film queens." Someone asked in a reply.

"It's not that Zhang Ziyi doesn't want to work with Cao Yang. There are so many actresses who want to work with him. Cao Yang once said that he never looks at the acting skills of the heroines in his movies, but only whether they fit the role."

"Damn, that's such a domineering thing to say."

"So can I understand that when casting Cao Yang's movies, he never looks at acting skills, but only looks at the eye contact?"

"The person above, I may have guessed what you mean. If you have Cao Yang's ability to train actors, you can also just look at pretty ones...eye-catchers, haha..."

"Gao Yuanyuan is really pretty...I like her."

"Li Xiaoran is also pretty... She's attractive to the eyes, and she's Li Dabai, haha."

"Yu Feihong is also beautiful... She's attractive to the eyes."

"There's a bunch of perverts upstairs."

"Speaking of Cao Yang, didn't you notice that the Cannes Film Festival kept him at the awards ceremony? This indicates that Cao Yang will win the award again and again."

"Didn't the original poster say that Chinese-language films were completely wiped out? How come Cao Yang is still here?"

"The person above, I can tell you haven't been paying attention to the entertainment industry. In last year's director selection incident, Cao Yang finally stepped in and won the Hollywood biographical film. This time, Cao Yang's film in the main competition unit is this one."

"Cao Yang is really awesome. He never fails in making art films."

"The awards ceremony is underway in Cannes. We are waiting for Cao Yang to win a big prize, preferably the Best Director. He won the Best Director award at Cannes last year. If he wins it again this time, he will even win the championship."

"It would be great if Cao Yang could win the Palme d'Or. Brother Chen Kai is the only one in China who has this."

"It's difficult. The Palme d'Or is not that easy to win."

……

As the Best Actress award was presented, Depp became visibly nervous.

The award presenter came on stage and first made a few jokes about the weather in Cannes. Cao Yang didn't understand why this guy was making jokes about the weather, but someone also laughed out loud.

"The winner of the Best Actor award is Muzafi Odmer, and..." Depp was obviously disappointed when he didn't hear his own name, but he was cheered up again when the presenter said the long "and". Double yolk, hope...

"Mehmed Imin Tuprak, Far Away. Congratulations to the two actors of Far Away."

Depp was disappointed again.

The two winners are both the protagonists of "Far Away", but this is not a same-sex movie, but a film about family affection, and a look from two people's perspectives at the changing city of Istanbul and the urbanization process of immigrants from rural areas.

The main theme is to explore social changes and irreconcilable contradictions between people.

Cao Yang sighed. Cannes once again verified the rule that the hottest ones will die. No one had thought before that the Best Actor would be awarded to the two actors of "Far Away". The rating of this movie in the program book was not high and ranked in the middle.

Afterwards, Cao Yang thought about the score of his own film in the program brochure, which was 0.2 points higher than its biggest competitor, "Elephant", and was also the favorite for tonight's Palme d'Or. Would it also verify the rule that the favorite will inevitably fail?

Just as Cao Yang was daydreaming, the Best Director award ceremony began.

The award presenter didn't say much nonsense this time. After a brief chat, he said, "Tonight's Best Director is..."

When the award presenter looked down at the envelope, Cao Yang suddenly became nervous, which was unusual for him. He couldn't help but silently said in his heart: Please don't do it to me, please don't do it to me...

"Gus Vincent, Elephant."

"Hua Hua Hua..."

Applause broke out and Cao Yang clapped vigorously, happy that Gus Vincent won the Best Director Award at Cannes.

This time it's especially heartfelt.

Cao Yang noticed that Gus Vincent was stunned for a moment, then stood up, with an obviously unnatural smile on his face. He must have known that after winning the Best Director award, his chances of winning the Palme d'Or tonight would be in jeopardy.

When Gus Vincent was giving a speech on the stage, he inadvertently glanced at Cao Yang. Cao Yang was smiling the whole time, but his heart had already started beating rapidly.

The next Grand Jury Award was given to "Far Away", and today "Far Away" is one of the biggest winners.

When the presenter announced that the jury grand prize was "Far Away", Depp looked at Cao Yang in disbelief. Now there was only one grand prize left. There was no doubt that tonight's Palme d'Or would be "Milk".

Even if he didn't win the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival, winning the Palme d'Or is still a remarkable achievement and will be of great help to Depp.

With the fame of the Palme d'Or as a foundation, this will provide self-promotion. Many Oscar judges will at least know that there is such a movie, and it will be much easier to conquer it when the time comes.

……

"Damn it, the best director is not Cao Yang."

"It's a bit of a shame that Cao Yang didn't win the championship again. I guess it's the jury's grand prize."

“Will it not be the Palme d’Or?”

"Anyway, there are only two awards, either the Grand Jury Prize or the Palme d'Or."

"The result will be revealed soon... Damn it, it's not the Grand Jury Prize, the Grand Jury Prize is not Cao Yang, Damn it, Cao Yang is awesome!"

"Is it true that there is only one grand prize left? I still can't believe it. Cao Yang has already won the Palme d'Or?"

"The only award left is the Palme d'Or. That's right, Cao Yang is going to win it!"

"Oh my god, Cao Yang is awesome!"

……

"…"Despicable Milk", Cao Yang."

"Hua Hua Hua..."

There is no double yolk egg, only a movie by Cao Yang. The biggest award tonight, the Palme d'Or, goes to Cao Yang!
"The big screen on the stage showed Depp's character Milk, who was giving a passionate speech on the street. He looked like an honest and selfless guy.

The camera then turned and captured Milk saying to his assistant: If I win the election, I will enact a special bill to arrest all these scumbags, and these people should be swept into the dustbin of history. "

Cannes really knows how to choose images. Even in this short period of time, it did not forget to mock the Americans.

Depp temporarily forgot the pain of losing the Best Actor award. He was only excited at the moment. He hugged Cao Yang and couldn't help saying, "Director, we succeeded. We won the Palme d'Or!"

Until this moment, Cao Yang finally felt relieved. The Golden Palm was not bad. Finally, Senior Brother Kai no longer had to guard the Golden Palm alone. If Senior Brother Kai knew about this, he would be happy, right?

……

Tianya Community was already in a state of excitement at this time, with all kinds of posts popping up at once.
"Damn, Cao Yang really won the Palme d'Or."

"This is the second one in the country. The first one was obtained by Brother Chen Kai."

"Cao Yang now has a Golden Lion and a Golden Palm in his hands. All he needs is a Golden Bear to complete the list."

"It's difficult. Berlin will not easily give Cao Yang the award again. They will not let a Chinese win the Grand Slam."

"It is very difficult. Lao Mouzi was only a little bit short. What a pity."

"I still want to say that Cao Yang is awesome."

(End of this chapter)