This director is so innocent.

Chapter 164 Best Director

"In 1997, I was a member of the Cannes jury. Unfortunately, I didn't have any films nominated, otherwise I would have arranged for myself to win the Best Actress award."

"For the next few years, I attended the Cannes Film Festival as a guest."

"Back in 04, Cannes awarded me a Special Jury Prize." At that moment, I really wanted to throw that paper at that old geezer Quentin Tarantino. Who cares about your consolation prize?

"That year, my old friend Maggie Cheung was crowned Queen of Cannes, and afterwards she bragged about it to me so much—"

After Gong Li finished speaking, she imitated the expression of the goddess Manuel Leslie Cheung when she was showing off, which made everyone burst into laughter.

Looking at Gong Li speaking eloquently on stage, Su Jin thought to herself that he had really done a lot of homework!

Otherwise, I wouldn't remember the past so clearly.

"Today, I want to say something to Maggie Cheung: Maggie, look how shiny my trophy is!" Gong Li waved the trophy at the camera, smiling happily.

"Alright, I've taken up a lot of everyone's time. Thank you to Su Jin, the director of 'The Invisible Guest.' He is a very talented, excellent, and insightful director. I hope he can achieve his goal today."

"Thank you to every member of the crew as well."

After the Best Actress award was presented, it was time for the Best Actor award, and Sun Honglei became a little nervous.

Although he knew the chances of winning were slim, he wouldn't give up until the very end.

The award presenter, French actress Vanelli, made the audience laugh with her French-accented English.

The film submitted for the competition is the eternal "spiritual leader of artistic youth," the biography of Che Guevara.

The final award went to Guillermo del Toro for Best Actor in "Che Guevara".

"Che Guevara" is a two-part series consisting of "Guerrilla" and "Argentina," which tells the story of Che Guevara, a "leader of Western literary and artistic youth."

Therefore, Del Toro, who simultaneously tackled both high performance difficulty and a wide performance range, won with ease.

Moreover, this Latin prodigy, who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his Spanish-language performance in "Traffic," is a colleague whom Chairman Pan greatly admires.

While the awarding of the yellow robe at Cannes was ostensibly to bring honor to Spanish-invested films, it also implicitly suggested that the jury was trying to save face for Hollywood.

Steven Soderbergh, the director of "Che Guevara," made his directorial debut with "Sex, Lies, and Videotape."

He made his fortune in Cannes.

Currently experiencing a career slump, he is expected to make a comeback with this film, which can be described as a "lucky place" appearing again.

Next up was the "Jury Award." Seeing that she had no hope of winning, Su Jin had become indifferent and stopped paying attention to the award ceremony, chatting idly with the blind woman next to her.

The winner is Paolo Sritino's film "Beauty and the Beast".

Although the film is titled "The Diva," it depicts the iron-fisted political career of Giulio Andreotti, who reigned as Prime Minister of Italy for more than 40 years.

Our political fanatic Chairman Pan loves movies like this; when the winners were announced, the audience booed loudly.

Next was the "Best Director" award, presented by French actress Federico Laura.

Federico ranted on and on, and finally Chairman Pan announced the winner.

Su Jin, who was chatting with Sister Xia, was stunned. He thought he heard his own name.

"Brother Jin, you won an award, Best Director!" Liu Shishi was overjoyed, as if she were the one who had won the award.

Seeing this through the big screen, Chairman Pan couldn't help but joke, "Our young director seems to be in disbelief that he won an award. Should I read it again?"

"Holy crap—" Su Jin exclaimed excitedly, he really didn't expect that he would be the best director.

Generally speaking, it's rare for a film to win two major awards at Cannes at the same time, so today it's like the sun has risen in the west.

Su Jin hugged the people around her and walked steadily onto the stage.

He accepted the certificate and trophy from Federoë and then hugged the nine judges.

It must be said that Natalie Portman smells wonderful.

"Thank you Cannes, thank you to the organizing committee, thank you to our beloved Chairman Pan, and thank you to the eight members of the jury —"

"I said last year that I would stand on this big stage again, and I did what I said, and I brought home the Best Director award."

"Of course, it would be even better if I were awarded the Palme d'Or later."

"Chairman Pan, everyone says this year's Cannes jury is the worst ever, but I want to say that you are the best, better than any previous jury—"

Sean Penn grinned after hearing this; the pressure on him as chairman was immense! He was facing criticism from all sides.

But he's over fifty and doesn't care too much about what others think; he just wants to choose what he likes.

Su Jin happened to catch his eye; the guy was really handsome, even more handsome than he was when he was young.

"Brother Jin, let me touch the trophy," Liu Shishi said, reaching out her hand with a look of anticipation.

Su Jin smiled and handed her the trophy.

Liu Shishi carefully accepted the trophy, holding it tightly in her hand, her eyes sparkling with joy and excitement.

She first gently stroked the trophy, feeling its smooth surface, and then couldn't resist bringing it closer to smell it.

"it's beautiful."

Sun Honglei, who was standing to the side, said with a smile, "Shishi, let me touch it, so I can share in the director's good fortune."

When Gong Li came down with the trophy, he wanted to touch it, but he was a little embarrassed and didn't dare to ask for it.

After Liu Shishi finished touching the trophy, she handed it to Sun Honglei, then turned to Su Jin and asked curiously, "Brother Jin, when do you think I'll win the Best Actress award at Cannes?"

Su Jin was slightly taken aback, then smiled gently, ruffled her hair, and said, "You should hone your acting skills. When the time comes, I'll make a realistic film for you, and you'll get what you want."

"Really?" Liu Shishi's eyes sparkled, her face full of anticipation.

"Really." Su Jin nodded emphatically.

Good heavens, if Blind Sister wins the Cannes Best Actress award, the sun will really rise in the west.

As they were speaking, the "Special Jury Prize" was being awarded on stage to Clint Eastwood, the "Soul of Hollywood Directors," and Catherine Deneuve, the "Mother of the French Screen."

This award was added unexpectedly this year to thank filmmakers who have made outstanding contributions to Cannes.

Of course, it also reflects Chairman Pan's gratitude to his mentor, Clint Eastwood.

Clint Eastwood will be celebrating his 78th birthday on May 31st. How could our Chairman Pan not present a grand gift to the director who helped him win the Oscar for Best Actor?

Chairman Pan offered a somewhat absurd explanation: "I feel it's necessary to use this award to thank some filmmakers who are the reason we embarked on the path of filmmaking, and today, they are still living wonderful lives and continuing to make films."

Eastwood, however, didn't listen to Chairman Pan at all. Upon learning that he hadn't won the Palme d'Or, he immediately returned home and didn't even attend the awards ceremony.

Although Catherine Deneuve accepted the award alone, she did not attend the subsequent press conference for the award winners.

Matteo Garnoni truly deserves his reputation as a pioneer of the revival of Italian gangster films, winning the Jury Prize for "Gomorrah".

The film's depiction of the Neapolitan gang "Camorra" is indeed realistic and bloody, but the overall artistic quality of the film can only be described as "mediocre," and the moment it won the award was met with laughter.

Previously, "Gomorrah" was not the focus of media attention, and its premiere received only mediocre reviews. It can only be said that the fact that this film won an award really hit the sweet spot for President Pan, a political fanatic.

The Palme d'Or was won by the French film "The Walls," which was well-deserved!

The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by François Begdo, and the male lead is the author himself. All the other actors are non-professionals.

There is no main storyline in the entire film; what the audience sees is just a series of French lessons.

The filming style is somewhere between documentary and fiction, but it touches on the pressing issues of school education in contemporary French society and the questioning of the effectiveness of the existing education system, making it a very French film.

Regarding contemporary French society, the future of France, and the balance between the overall well-being of all humanity and individual freedom under the banner of liberty, equality, and fraternity.

The film uses theatrical performance to approach the authenticity of documentary filmmaking. It features a lot of dialogue and lacks the action and special effects of Hollywood blockbusters, but it achieves a different kind of intellectual height.

If you watch closely, you can see the confidence of French filmmakers in their own culture in this film, and you can see another equal system of the film industry outside of Hollywood.

It was widely expected that Eastwood's "Changeling" would not win the Palme d'Or.

Purely in terms of film quality, it's only above average.

While the production is excellent and the narrative is smooth, that's about it. There's nothing new in terms of concept or technique; it's a standard Hollywood production.

Judging from the overall award results, the jury's choices this year upheld the principle of Cannes as a peer and rival of Hollywood, and adhered to Cannes' unique characteristics and philosophy.

While adhering to her principles, she also effectively facilitated communication between the Cannes and Hollywood systems, demonstrating a balance between loyalty and filial piety.

Chairman Pan is remarkable.

Next, the award winners took a group photo and then attended a press conference.

The following morning.

Huang Jiaqiang reported on the sales of the two films, "The Invisible Guest" and "Painted Skin".

"The Invisible Guest" sold $1300 million last night, bringing its total to $1865 million, in addition to the previous $565 million.

The North American rights were acquired by Universal Music for $600 million.

Korea, Spain, India, Italy, and Japan acquired the adaptation rights for a total price of $400 million.

The award won by Su Jin boosted buyers' confidence in Jianmu Media, and "Painted Skin" sold well, grossing a total of $1200 million.

If we add the $700 million from Korea and Japan, the total is $1900 million, which covers the production costs and leaves a surplus. The subsequent box office revenue is pure profit.

In the afternoon, after packing their belongings, Su Jin and her group embarked on their journey back to China.

At that time in China, the internet was a scene of jubilation.

Sina Weibo provided full live text and image coverage of the Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony, and the news of Su Jin and Gong Li winning awards was also reported back to China early in the morning.

However, the time difference between the two countries is six hours. It's still early morning in China, so if I post this now, not many people will see it.

Therefore, when office workers are browsing entertainment news in the morning, news of the two winning awards keeps popping up.

"After years of being a runner-up at Cannes, Connie finally won the title."

At the 61st Cannes Film Festival awards ceremony, Su Jin won Best Director, and Gong Li won Best Actress.

Gong Li becomes the second Chinese actress to win the Best Actress award at Cannes.

"Su Jin wins Best Director at Cannes, when will 'The Invisible Guest' be released?"

Major media outlets have been continuously reporting the news of the two winning awards from various angles.

As for the Cannes Palme d'Or and other awards, they were also awarded, but only one was published and then none were published.

Even though the media isn't generating much buzz, they still need to make money.

Aside from industry insiders, who wants to read about the Palme d'Or? Especially those winners who aren't even famous yet, the audience is even less interested.

On Weibo's trending topics, the top search term was Gong Li's Cannes win.

Previously, there was much discussion on the internet about who was more amazing, Gong Li or Leslie Cheung, and the two were considered to be evenly matched.

Although Maggie Cheung has won the Berlin Film Festival Best Actress award, Gong Li's two terms as president of the Berlin Film Festival jury are enough to offset the title of Berlin Best Actress.

With Gong Li winning the Cannes Film Festival Best Actress award, her fans rallied and launched various attacks against Mandy Liga's fans.

This made them very unhappy; they couldn't win an argument against it, since the facts were undeniable.

Then, they started calling on Su Jin, asking him to make a movie for Man Shen.

After winning the Best Actress award at Cannes in 04 for her role in "Clean," directed by her ex-husband Olivier Assayas, she announced her retirement from acting.

After that, she continued to play music.

Upon hearing the news, especially after seeing Gong Li's teasing remarks about her during the awards ceremony, my competitive spirit was immediately aroused.

She took out her phone and called Su Jin, but unfortunately Su Jin was on a plane and couldn't answer.

The second most searched topic on Weibo is Su Jin's name—Su Jin, Best Director at Cannes.

The little fan went on and on, practically exaggerating Su Jin's abilities to the point that she was a rare find, a beauty only found in heaven.

Many people are asking when "The Invisible Guest" will be released, but Jianmu Media has not issued any announcement.

The hype is off the charts right now, but if they release a notice in a couple of days, they can do another round of marketing.

After a day and a night of flight, the plane landed safely in Beijing.

As soon as Su Jin turned on her phone, she saw dozens of missed calls and dozens of congratulatory text messages.

Man Shen made four calls, Fan Bayi made two calls, Tangtang made two calls, Jiang Jianpu made one call, and Yang Mi, for some unknown reason, made six calls.

In addition, many friends made a phone call, such as Ning Hao, Huang Bo, Liu Hua, Huang Jiaozhu, Chen Kun, Wuershan, Yang Qing, and so on.

"Leaf Bell, Leaf Bell————"

The phone rang, and Su Mo saw that it was Zhao Shan calling, so she answered it directly.

"Boss, have you gotten off the plane yet?"

"Just got off."

"There's a group of reporters and your fans gathered outside. Do you want to go out and meet them?"

After much deliberation, Su Jin decided to meet with them, since they were her family's breadwinners and she still wanted to pamper them.

"Gather them in the square outside, I'll go and meet them."

OK.

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