After the Best Supporting Actress award, there was the Best Supporting Actor award. Then ca the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress, the Best Director award, and finally, the Pal d’Or.
Originally, the "Storm" crew ca here for a sightseeing tour. Of course, they had beautiful visions of winning, but visions are just visions, aning the hope was slim. So everyone ca for a trip, and it ended up being a sightseeing tour in Cannes.
The entire crew, aside from Xia Siyu’s Best Supporting Actress award, also won in Art Direction. Coincidentally, the scene that won the Art Direction award was also the scene where Xia Siyu appeared. Indeed, the male lead is a clue, and the female lead is the Moonlight. Since it is Moonlight, it is plain, fresh and elegant, which ans there isn’t a female supporting role as colorful as hers.
The crew even had a bit of regret, wondering if they had contested, would Xia Siyu have won the Best Actress award. After all, this year’s Best Actress was quite an upset, eventually going to a film from the Middle East.
However, no matter what, "Storm" didn’t leave empty-handed. But when the Pal d’Or was announced, the neighboring crew was in celebration; they just sat quietly watching. Xia Siyu noticed that Wang Ju had a bit of envy in his eyes too.
The Director award and the Pal d’Or are more difficult to win than the lead role awards. The Cannes director selection is particularly strict, not only must the film be well-shot, but past achievents are also scrutinized. As for the Pal d’Or, it is undoubtedly the shining tip of the pyramid. In all these years, there has only been one Chinese director who has won this award. Winning this award can be bragged about for a lifeti.
Wang Ju is well-known in the Chinese-speaking world and has so fa abroad, but he hasn’t won the Pal d’Or or any of the three major European director awards.
He is a frequent guest at the three major European film festivals, and his team often wins awards, but the Pal d’Or has always narrowly escaped him. Now that he’s getting older, he indeed doesn’t have the vigor and creativity of his youth. Looking at Xia Siyu beside him, who was high-spirited and full of vitality (without a care in the world), he suddenly felt a bit of regret. If last year’s film set in China, he could have signed Xia Siyu against all opposition, it would have been great. Shang Feifei is good, but her image is truly cool and obedient; she isn’t the kind that shines exceptionally and causes a ruckus. Although the final effect was also good, it was still short of his ideal level.
The screenplay for that film was really well-written; it’s one of the films he’s been carving out in recent years. Sotis choosing the wrong person might still earn an award dostically, but if you want to step onto the world’s stage, you must make yourself the best.
He currently has several projects in hand, but he hasn’t decided what to shoot yet. He just said, "Once we return, I’ll have soone contact you to set up a ti for the visit."
"No problem." Bo Yan agreed imdiately; if Wang Ju ca over, he definitely wanted soone to guide the crew on-site. He did well as an actor, but in terms of being a director, he’s still a novice.
As they were leaving, Shang Feifei also enviously glanced at the trophy in Xia Siyu’s hand. Although it was the Best Supporting Actress award, it was snatched from competitors all over the world, and she knew the weight of this award.
The promise between her and Xia Siyu at thirty was about the three major Chinese awards; they never even considered the possibility of the three major European awards. Nor did they consider whether this award counts as one, or how to count it.
Xia Siyu hadn’t considered it either, but as soon as they left the venue, her phone rang.
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