Cheng Yuan made a special trip to Paris the day before the opening of the film festival, had a drink with his father-in-law, and reported on the wedding preparations.

"Sissi insists on doing it with her belly. It makes more sense this way."

Although Liu Yifei has not been around since she was a child, An Shaokang knows her daughter's character very well: "She also told me and I agree with this. It is indeed very memorable."

Cheng Yu'an invited him to attend the film festival, but An Shaokang refused, saying that the academy had many things to be busy with, but the Embassy in France and the Confucius Institute sent representatives to attend the film festival and receive the Chinese Legion every year: "I won't go, you

Well done at the film festival.”

After bidding farewell to her father-in-law, Cheng Yu'an returned to Cannes and held a meeting with the judges before the opening of the film festival.

On the 13th local time, the 68th Cannes Film Festival officially kicked off.

This year, because of Cheng Yuan, a large number of Chinese-speaking filmmakers came to France, creating a grand event with the largest number of Chinese-speaking filmmakers in the history of Cannes.

This year was originally a small year for Cannes, but because international stars such as Cheng Yuan, Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett, Robert De Niro and Dwayne Johnson were all present, the originally gloomy opening ceremony was successfully saved.

Red carpet stars.

On the red carpet of the opening ceremony, Fan Xiaopang appeared in a printed dress customized by Ralph & Russo, which once again stunned everyone.

Fan Xiaopang's red carpet looks every year are really good.

The shame is here, Fan Xiaopang's love rival Zhang Xin appears on the red carpet wearing a large flowered jacket.

All four are equally "stunning".

All the Chinese-speaking filmmakers present were so jealous that they didn’t even notice. It was really embarrassing!

But the appreciation of beauty is the same.

As the saying goes, red and green are a match for bullshit.

Foreigners probably don't understand the significance of this outfit in China, but it doesn't bother the media at all as they take pictures of her and complain about her ugly clothes.

No wonder she had kept her dress secret before and refused to reveal anything. She only said, "It is a mysterious dress with its own characteristics. This dress has Chinese style elements, but it is completely different from the elements that others have used in the past.

There is no need to learn from Fan Xiaopang, a frequent guest on the Cannes red carpet."

It turns out this is Chinese style!

Some people were curious about why she walked on the red carpet since she didn't have a Cannes brand to endorse her and she didn't have a movie to participate in.

Her answer was that she had just finished filming a Sino-Italian co-production film, and she came to Cannes this time to promote the new film.

But she chose to keep it secret as to what film it was.

The crew of "Carol" walked on the red carpet. Before the opening of the film festival, Cate Blanchett was unanimously regarded as the most popular actress this year by the outside world: "The Best Actress trophy is already waving to Cate."

And Lily Collins, who is also the heroine of "Carol", hangs beside Kate like a protected chick.

Cheng Yuan served as the jury chairman at the red carpet finale.

As soon as he appeared on the scene, the flashbulbs of the media at the scene were clicking.

The youngest Palme d'Or winner in the history of Cannes and the youngest jury chairman has attracted worldwide attention and controversy for a long time.

No one will deny his talent, but he is too young.

Many directors, Hao Shou, have never been able to reach the threshold of Cannes in their entire lives, but he has held the most important position at the Cannes Film Festival in his early 30s.

A local French reporter asked him on the red carpet how he would lead the jury to review films this year, "whether he would lean towards a younger and more radical film style."

Cheng Yu'an replied in French: "We only respect the feelings brought by the movie itself and will not favor a certain style."

But the media did not believe what he said. In the media predictions the day before yesterday, many media analyzed Cheng Yuan's personal tastes and concluded: "G is a director who does not like grand narratives. Looking at his previous works, he likes to focus on the inner feelings of the characters.

Emotional shifts, loneliness and the search for recognition are the most common temperaments of his film protagonists."

Therefore, many media believe that Cheng Yu'an personally prefers this type of movie.

Cheng Yuan only used some ambiguous words to deal with the media's questions.

After the red carpet ended, the guests and media entered the film palace, and the opening ceremony officially began.

The host is the famous French actor Lambert Wilson.

The live song and dance performance paid tribute to Hitchcock's classic film "Vertigo".

Then, Lambert Wilson introduced the jury one by one.

After Sophie Marceau appeared, Lambert Wilson paused and began to introduce Cheng Yuan:

"His deeds have inspired countless young people to join the film industry. He is the most sincere director in the world. He is so young, but so talented..."

Cheng Yuan, who was waiting backstage, felt a little embarrassed after what he said.

Immediately, clips from director Cheng Yuan's film began to play on the big screen.

The big screen picture finally freezes at: " "

Lambert finally announced loudly: "Gentlemen and ladies, welcome."

Thunderous applause erupted from the scene.

As Cheng Yu'an appeared on the stage, all the guests in the movie palace stood up and applauded.

Cheng Yuan stood in front of the stage, clasped his hands and bowed slightly to the audience.

The applause lasted for a minute before everyone sat down again.

Then, the big screen began to play clips from this year’s outstanding films.

Then, Lambert brought out last year's Best Actress Julianne Moore.

She is the first actress to win the Best Actress award at three major film festivals. She did not come to Cannes to receive her award last year for some reason, so this year a replacement trophy was specially made for her.

Julianne Moore received the trophy and announced the official opening of the 68th Cannes Film Festival!

This year's opening film is the new film "Tall Head" by a French female director. This is the first time in the history of the Cannes Film Festival that a film directed by a female director has been invited as the opening film.

The crew of "Assassin Nie Yinniang" sitting in the audience had grimaces on their faces.

The last thing they want to see is Cheng Yu'an becoming chairman. He has always been unfriendly to Hong Kong and Taiwan filmmakers. I can't say he hates them, but at least he doesn't have much contact with them.

Because Hong Kong Island has a mature film system and is the base of Golden Harvest, Cheng Yu'an will also take care of it. He has always cooperated with Yinhuang and Anle Pictures. But in Wan Dao, Cheng Yu'an really can't go, even though Golden Harvest is in Wan Dao.

There is also a large movie theater.

Although Hou Xiaoxian is a senior, he does not think that a junior like Cheng Yu'an will really "respect" him.

Cheng Yu'an may not be able to decide whether a film can win an award, but as long as he, the chairman, does not nod, it is impossible for that film to stand on the podium in 11 days.

If I had known he would be the chairman, I shouldn't have stepped on Gong Li at the Golden Horse Awards last year.

On the contrary, it is the crew of "Old Friends in Mountains and Rivers" and "Sea Street Diary". Chief Jia has good relations with Kore-eda Hiroshi and Cheng Yu'an. Even though Cheng Yu'an cannot directly give the award to them, the chairman has the greatest say after all and can always

Say a few nice words.

What's more, both directors are confident in their films.

After the opening ceremony, the film festival was officially launched.

The jury led by Cheng Yu'an also began intense review work.

It was early in the morning in China, and due to the collective appearance of the Chinese-speaking corps, domestic attention to this year's film festival has reached an all-time high.
Chapter completed!