I am a literary giant in Europe

Chapter 110 That’s Sophie Marceau after all!

Chapter 110 That’s Sophie Marceau after all!
The movie "Life is Beautiful" is an Italian movie.

Director Roberto Benigni wrote, directed and starred in the film, and it is also an extremely outstanding work among the many films in the 1990s that reflected the Nazi Holocaust of Jews.

In Liu Jin's opinion, he prefers Life is Beautiful to Sindra's List.

This work was supposed to be published in 1997 and subsequently won numerous awards.

Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Cannes Jury Prize, etc.

A few days ago, when Liu Jin and Mela were talking about "The Pianist", they suddenly had the idea of revisiting this work.

But when I got to the bookstore, I couldn't find it.

He saw Schindler's List but couldn't find Life is Beautiful.

So he asked the store clerk, who looked at him as if he was crazy.

"I haven't heard of this movie. As for Italian movies... I only know of "La Belle Sicilia," starring Monica Bellucci. I don't know what "Life is Beautiful" you're talking about. Where did you hear about this movie?"

"There's no such movie?"

"No! I'm 100% sure."

Life is Beautiful won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

The clerk is French, how could I not have heard of him?
"Where's Cinema Paradiso?"

"Cinema Paradiso? Who directed it?"

"It seems to be directed by the same person as The Beautiful Sicilian Story."

"Giuseppe Tornatore?"

"Yes!"

"Impossible. He was very restrained until last year. His most famous film was Malèna. He did have a few good films before that, like Journey to the West and Station of the Underworld, but definitely not Cinema Paradiso. Last year, he directed The Bellagio, which became an instant hit. Now he's a very popular director."

No Cinema Paradiso?
It does not matter!

The important thing is...

"Then he definitely hasn't filmed The Legend of 1900 either."

"I've never heard of it. Who on earth told you this nonsense?"

"A classmate of mine, from Italy."

“Italians are all liars!”

The clerk seemed to have a grudge against Italians.

"They have nothing to offer except their pizza and pasta."

You, a Frenchman, can say that.

I am a Chinese...

Well, although I really want to say this, but after thinking about it, I decided not to.

The Italians’ credibility…

Thinking about the miraculous actions of the future Italian president, Liu Jin almost believed it himself.

However, there are no Italians in the school’s international class!

Afterwards, Liu Jin conducted another search on the Internet.

One thing was finally confirmed: there is no actor named Benigni in Italy.

You know, he is a national treasure-level comedian in Italy... He actually disappeared?
Giuseppe Tornatore does, but the most eye-catching part of his resume is The Beautiful Sicilian Story, which was released last year.

Cinema Paradiso and The Legend of 1900 have disappeared from this world!

Liu Jin couldn't help but laugh triumphantly...

The confusion of time and space also makes his rebirth even more interesting!

So what's missing?
It was impossible for Liu Jin to find them all at once.

For him, this world was originally a journey of rebirth to make up for his regrets, but it turned into an exploration journey to find bugs.

He wrote down the titles of the two films in his notebook.

When he made the bet with Gao Xingjian that day, "Life is Beautiful" instinctively flashed through his mind.

In the previous life, an online literary master, who was unknown whether he was a man or a woman, once mentioned the magical modification of "Beautiful Life" in one of her or his works in 2024.

Liu Jin felt that she or he had done a very good job of making the transformation.

However, he didn't have Gong Xue.

The woman sitting in front of him was equally beautiful.

So, why can't she be the heroine?

"What are you looking at me for?"

"I do not know."

"What do you mean?"

"I just, I just suddenly felt that the heroine of my book seemed to have appeared."

"I?"

Sophie Marceau was startled, then pointed at herself and said in surprise, "But the male protagonist in your book is Chinese, right?

"He's so ugly!" "It doesn't matter whether he's ugly or not. What's important is that the male lead is Chinese, so why can't the female lead be a foreigner?"

"Hahaha, of course."

Sophie couldn't help laughing.

"But you haven't even written your story yet, and you're already thinking about making a movie?"

"What if?"

"If your story is as good as you say, I might consider being the heroine."

Sophie said with a smile.

She thought Liu Jin was a little whimsical.

The male protagonist is Chinese and the female protagonist is a foreigner?

She has been acting for so many years and knows too well the unspoken rules in the film and television industry, especially in Europe and the United States.

The female lead can be Chinese, but the male lead...

Sophie felt that Liu Jin's book might fail.

But seeing how excited he was, she didn't want to ruin his mood.

Liu Jin is over seventy years old in his two lifetimes, exactly twice Sophie's age.

He could guess what Sophie was thinking.

But he thought, if you don’t try, how can you know that you will fail?
"When I finish writing this story, I will ask for your feedback as soon as possible."

"Then I'll wait!"

……

Sophie's apartment, next to Liu Jin's.

The two chatted until very late before Sophie said goodbye.

However, when she left, she realized that she didn't bring her room key.

It doesn't seem appropriate to let her climb the balcony.

So Liu Jin had to reluctantly climb from the balcony to Sophie's room and opened the door for her.

"I thought you would deliberately leave my room key behind."

Liu Jin made a little joke.

"And keep you here?"

Sophie said softly.

"Hahaha, yes, that's what I really thought just now."