Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 65 Strength and Luck Coexist

Babak Boyami was visibly excited to win the Best Director Award at Venice.

This is his second feature film. According to him, his life was not satisfactory. He was born in Tehran, Iran, and lived in Afghanistan for a long time with his parents who worked in foreign trade. He then studied for a master's degree in film at the University of Toronto in Canada.

After graduation, due to the suppression of the authorities, he had no chance to make a film for ten years and could only return to Toronto to work for a multinational company...

The filming of this film was extremely difficult. Only with the help of funds from Canada and Italy was we able to return to China to complete the filming.

Well, it can be seen that director Babak Boyami was indeed very excited, and his words were inconsistent and confusing.

A person who has the money to study abroad and works for a multinational company should be better than most Iranians, no matter how difficult his life is, right?
Life can't be said to be smooth sailing, but it is definitely not unsatisfactory either.

Well, long live understanding.

This movie is about a female supervisor who has been lobbying voters in the barren desert areas of Iran, using a one-on-one strategy for each voter, vowing to get the votes...

To sum up, an Iranian who grew up in Afghanistan studied in the "democratic" country of Canada. After returning from his studies, he made a film with the help of foreign funds to promote democracy in Iran.

The vote represents the democratic system, the female supervisor represents women's rights, and the story takes place in Iran in the Middle East. With so many buffs, it's hard not to win an award.

Next up was the Grand Jury Prize.

Cao Yang feels that if so many forces are involved and the festival president Alberto Barbara has not compromised, then the Grand Jury Prize will be the most likely to be won - under the premise of ensuring the quality of the film, if it is just a double-yolk actress, so many combined forces will be too wasted.

The award presenter read out on the stage: "The winner of the 58th Venice Film Festival Jury Grand Prix is ​​Ulrich Seidl for Dog Days."

After saying that, the award presenter looked up at the audience. Cao Yang's heart was about to jump out of his chest. Could there be another and?

No, only one movie, Dog Days, won the Grand Jury Prize.

Cao Yang could not help but look at Old Tian next to him. Old Tian was looking at the stage with a stiff expression, but from his clenched fists, it could be seen that Old Tian was not as calm as he appeared.

Old Tian is a veteran and it is impossible for him not to think of what Cao Yang can think of.

On the contrary, Yu Feihong and Liu Ye on the other side were smiling throughout the whole process. They were very satisfied with what they had gained tonight. They probably never thought about how much hope Cao Yang and Lao Tian had for this movie.

Tianya Forum was still discussing Yu Feihong's Venice Film Festival Best Actress. No one expected that the four most beautiful actresses, who had just been selected by the media less than a year ago, would be broken by Li Xiaoran, and the balance would be reduced to two Qingyi and three Huadan.

That’s right, Zhang Ziyi’s press releases have long stopped acknowledging the so-called Four Dan Actresses. Ever since Li Xiaoran’s rise, their press releases now all claim that they are Big Qingyi.

In traditional Chinese opera, Qingyi mainly sings and is dignified and serious, often playing the role of a good wife and mother; Huadan mainly recites and acts, is agile and clever in performance, and often plays the role of a young woman.

Qingyi has a higher social status, while Huadan can play characters with lower social status.

This shows the difference.

Now that Yu Feihong has won the Venice Film Festival Best Actress Award, I guess there will be some quarrels again. I don’t know whether it will end up with two Qingyi and four Huadan, or three Qingyi and three Huadan.

The night owls on Tianya Forum were discussing this issue enthusiastically.

Generally speaking, gossip about these female celebrities, especially the gossip and quarrels among the most famous female celebrities in the country, are what the majority of netizens like to hear the most.

Everyone insisted on their own views and opinions, and no one could convince anyone else. They argued online until they were red in the face, and everyone wanted to kill each other with their keyboards.

The editors of the three major portals felt that the award ceremony was coming to an end and today's news was already explosive enough. A Best Newcomer and a Best Actress were already among the best outcomes imaginable.

I secretly praised Cao Yang for being awesome, and left a poor intern to follow up on the final result, then went home from get off work.

Then, the Tianya community was arguing about whether there should be three Qingyi or two Qingyi, when suddenly a post appeared, leaving the arguing parties stunned.

"Wow! Cao Yang won the Golden Lion!" "I couldn't even dare to think about it, Cao Yang won the Venice Golden Lion!"

"Fuck, fuck, fuck... Golden Lion, guys. That bastard Cao Yang got the Venice Golden Lion!"

This person posted three messages in a row, which shows how excited he was.

"Is this true? Is the news above accurate? I just checked Xinlang.com and Sohu, and didn't see any reports."

"I just went to see them, but I didn't see any latest news."

"It's fake, right? Why haven't you seen any reports about it?"

"Go check it out, the groom has updated the latest news."

"No, no!"

The top star in the circle was extremely angry. He gritted his teeth and clicked on the groom's website. Suddenly, a text message popped up: "Cao Yang won the Golden Lion Award for Best Film at the 58th Venice International Film Festival!"

——Intern reporter Li Xueyi.

"I'm going to your grandma!"

The top star in the circle kicked the computer desk, hating that he was not the protagonist of the news.

At this time, interns from the other two portals were talking on the phone with their editors. For such big news, should we follow our agreement and send a short message to inform them, or should we report it as a highlight?

The key point is that Cao Yang unexpectedly won the Golden Lion, but he was only given a short message. Isn't that unreasonable?
Which one should we use for the key report? We don't have much prepared in advance.

The editors from Net1 and Sohu were furious. Couldn’t you just send a text message first and then call me?

I haven't even left the office building yet. Now I don't have to leave work tonight. I have a lot to do.

When the award presenter read out "Cao Yang's "Empty Room"," Cao Yang was not as excited as he had imagined. He calmly straightened his shirt, and before he could stand up, he was hugged by the excited Yu Feihong.

Old Tian stood up and was ready to hug Cao Yang, but as soon as he stretched out his hands, Cao Yang was snatched away by someone else.

Who said Liu Ye had no emotional intelligence? When he saw Lao Tian turn around and stretch out his hands, he twisted his waist and stretched out his long arms from the position between two people, hugged Lao Tian in an awkward posture, and said excitedly: "Golden Lion, we are Golden Lion!"

This year's Golden Lion Award went to two people, Cao Yang's Empty Room and Monsoon Wedding, directed by Mira Nair, which shared the Best Film Golden Lion Award.

Therefore, as long as the quality of the film is up to par, political correctness is really a powerful weapon for winning awards. No wonder three out of the seven judges on the jury this year are female, which is a rare occurrence. It turns out that this is to ensure that female directors win awards.

The double yolk egg does not reduce the value of the Golden Lion, and double yolk eggs are not unique to this year.

In the history of the Venice Film Festival, there have been 13 double yolks of the Golden Lion Award, namely the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 24th, 27th, 37th, 50th and 51st. This year is the 58th.

The most recent Golden Lion Award to win two yolks was at the 94st Venice Film Festival in 51, when the Best Film Golden Lion Award was given to Wanwan Cai Mingliang's "Viva la Amour" and Mirko Manchevsky's "The Rains Are Coming".

Not only the Venice Film Festival, but Cannes and Berlin have also awarded many double yolk eggs with the highest awards, not much less than Venice.

At the 46th Cannes International Film Festival, the Palme d'Or was awarded to Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" and Jane Campion's "The Piano Lesson".

That’s right, the Palme d’Or that Kai won was also a double yolk award.

The Berlin Film Festival has even awarded a hat trick.

So, stop criticizing the golden rooster's double-yolk eggs. No one is nobler than anyone else.

(End of this chapter)