During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 95 The spectacle at the premiere

The premieres of the shortlisted films at the Cannes Film Festival are all held at the Palais des Cinemas. Thanks to the previous publicity and exposure, when Wei Jin brought the creative team to the Palais des Festivals, the premiere of "Room" was already very popular. It's booming.

The 1,000 seats on the upper and lower floors of the Lumière Hall are already full at this time. Most of the people here are news media, film critics and film practitioners, and only a few are movie fans.

The Cannes Film Festival is different from other film festivals in that it is not open to the public, so it is more of an industry event.

If you want to see a movie in Cannes, you can only rely on your ID or an invitation letter from the movie.

The certificate refers to the media certificate or market certificate, which is the identity certificate of the media and employees.

In addition to certificates, another qualification for movie viewing is a movie invitation letter, which is why many people ask for tickets at the door.

After all, the media is limited, and there are too many movie fans. If you want to see a movie and you don’t have a certificate or invitation letter, you can only use this method. This is also a highlight of the Cannes Film Festival: every day, people stand at the gate of the Film Palace and raise their hands. Ask for votes with a small playing card.

At this time, many media and practitioners present had already taken out their notebooks, ready to write down their movie-watching experiences at any time to facilitate writing movie reviews later.

When the screening room became quiet, Zhang Ziyi cheered up and prepared to watch Zeng Li's movie, hoping to see why this classmate gained Wei Jin's favor.

As the plot unfolded, Zhang Ziyi gradually understood the plot. The heroine was deceived and kidnapped by Lao Ma and imprisoned in this room as a slave for seven years.

The next year she got pregnant and gave birth to a boy, who is now five years old. Because his hair has never been cut, he looks like a girl.

In order to protect the child's mental health, the mother made up a series of fairy tales to isolate him from the cruel reality.

This is the story of a young girl who was abducted, imprisoned, violated and gave birth to a child.

This film tells a very cruel story through the child's monologue and dialogue interaction with his mother. The film's camera pace is slightly slow, but even so, it still attracts the audience's attention.

The plot then progresses to the mother asking her son to pretend to be dead in the hope of escaping from this place, because the son is already five years old and he cannot live without seeing the real world forever.

After the efforts of the mother and son, the child was finally taken out of the room as a "corpse" and disposed of. In the end, the resourceful child narrowly escaped the clutches of the bad guys. With the help of the police, he also rescued his mother.
  There were cries in the screening room, and many people were moved to tears when the mother and son escaped from prison and reunited.

Many people also relaxed at this moment. According to common sense, after being rescued from the prison, everything will be fine next.

Zhang Ziyi thought so too, but soon, the cold contradiction of reality struck.

The neighbor's strange eyes, the lawsuit, the mother and son's life problems two days later, the son's mental recovery, accepting interviews with the media for a considerable income, and exposing his tragic experience to the eyes of the world.
  Under all kinds of pressure, the heroine's faith in the world no longer exists. In the reflection of reality and others, she strongly realized that her life had been destroyed, and she chose to commit suicide.
  This is exactly the theme of the second half of the movie: the room is a cage, and the mother and son have been escaping. In the first half, they have escaped physically, but in the second half, their psychological escape is still waiting for them.
  When the scene of Zhang Jing's suicide appeared in the film, there was a brief silence in the screening room, and the air seemed to stand still at this moment.

Many members of the media took up pens to record their first feelings at this moment.

The film shows a very common social problem here, that is, public opinion and secular eyes are often more lethal than direct crimes. Criminals often only hurt your body, but society hurts your heart.

The plot continues to develop. The child has strong adaptability and learning ability. He slowly begins to integrate into the unfamiliar world and begins to change his mother. Watching the child's healthy growth, the heroine finally comes out of the shadows. The film also comes to the end. The mother and son The last time they came to the "room" where they were trapped, looking at this small space, the child said:
  "If the door is open, it's not a room."

Many film critics picked up the pen again. This sentence seems to contain rich philosophy and needs to be savored carefully.

In the melodious background music, Zhang An began to say goodbye to the past in the room one by one. When Zhang Jing also left, she whispered goodbye. The camera kept zooming up, and the whole city became white.
  The lights have been turned on, but many people are still sitting quietly. Zhang Ziyi also feels as if there is a force filling her heart. A touch of her cheeks, and the tears are not dry.
  Suddenly, overwhelming applause swept in from all directions, and the entire hall became a sea of ​​palms.

One after another, media reporters, guests, and movie fans stood up and expressed their emotions with applause.

At this time, Zeng Li also quickly wiped the tears on her face. She was about to go on stage for a curtain call.

Wei Jin led the creators to the stage. This moment belonged to them. The applause has been ringing for five minutes. Wei Jin and others have bowed several times, but everyone is still applauding enthusiastically.

Finally, the applause lasted for more than ten minutes before it stopped, and the crew also completed the curtain call.

"Wei, congratulations on creating a wonderful work!"

The old man Gilles Jacob, chairman of the film festival, warmly embraced Wei Jin.

"Wei Sheng, the movie was great, Ba Guan!"

The King of Sunglasses also praised him for wearing sunglasses even in this environment.

"Director Wei, congratulations to you. It's really an excellent work. I wish you the best of luck in advance."

Zhang Ziyi also came over and congratulated, and then looked at his old classmate Zeng Li:
  "Lizi, you also performed very well. It seems that our class will have a Cannes Best Actress this time."

"Thank you, Ziyi, it's all thanks to the director."

Zeng Li had a smile on her face, but her words were very modest.

The continuous congratulations from everyone in the jury also gave Wei Jin some confidence.

After a brief exchange with the directors and judges nearby, the staff on the side began to urge. The movie premiere conference next to it has been properly arranged, and the media are already in place. They are just waiting for Wei and Jin!

After being pulled in by enthusiastic fans to sign a few names along the way, Wei Jin and the others rushed to the press hall to accept interviews from the media.

After more than an hour of interview, Wei Jin talked about a lot of movie-related things, then dismissed the reporter, and several people rushed to the cocktail party held by the crew of "Room".

During the film festival, as long as the crew is not extremely poor, they will hold a cocktail party after the movie premiere.

On the one hand, it is for publicity, and on the other hand, it is also for selling films.

Weijin Fengliu Film and Television Company has great expectations for this film festival. Seeing the popularity of the premiere just now, they will naturally not miss this good opportunity for publicity.

The reception was held at the Carlton InterContinental Hotel. This time, a public relations team was hired. Everything was in order. They just needed to prepare the check.

When the Wei and Jin people rushed here, it was already past eleven o'clock, but during the film festival, most people were night owls, the nightlife had just begun, and the cocktail party was very lively.

Walking among the crowd, Wei Jin enjoyed the congratulations of everyone with peace of mind. In the Western world, people will praise you if you have strength, and there is no need to be humble.

"Thank you, Xiaojin."

There will be a special press conference tomorrow morning, so Wei Jin and his party did not stay at the reception for too long. Chen Zhiming was in charge of the reception.

As soon as Zeng Li and Zeng Li returned to the hotel bedroom, the enthusiastic Sister Li was already entangled with her. It was obvious that she was quite excited at the moment.

"Sister Li, we never need to say thank you."

Kissing the woman in his arms tenderly, Wei Jin thought that was all he could do for you.

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