Introduction to the 66th Cannes International Film Festival

The 66th Cannes International Film Festival will be held in May. A few days ago, the official poster of the film festival revealed that the late American actor paul newman and his widow Joanne Woodward had a classic handstand kissing style in the 1963 film "New Love Classic".

Official website of Cannes Film Festival said that it was to express the memory of paul newman who died in 2008, and also to commemorate the love between the actor who made outstanding contributions to the film industry and his wife.

Paul newman and Joanne Woodward are closely related to Cannes Film Festival. 1958, Long Summer starring them was selected as the main competition unit of the film festival, and Newman won the Best Actor. The two soon tied the knot. At the 26th Cannes International Film Festival held on 1973, Joanne Woodward won the best director award for Young Phoenix directed by her husband paul newman. 1987, The Glass Zoo directed and starring Newman was selected as the main competition unit of the film festival. On the evening of May 26th, 20 13 local time in France, the 66th Cannes International Film Festival officially closed. The Life of Adele, directed by Abdul Ketcher in Tunisia, won the Best Film in the Palme d 'Or. China director Jia won the Best Screenplay Award for Destiny.

The Life of Adele topped the list, and Ang Lee liked it very much.

Abdel kechiche is a native of Tunisia. He moved to Nice with his parents when he was 6 years old. The Life of Adele tells the story of a young girl who immigrated to the world from North Africa. After discovering her homosexual identity and being with homosexuals, she gradually sought psychological self-identity. At the same time, the film won the Fabbrizio Prize of film critics. Received a bumper harvest of awards and comments.

A few years ago, many Cannes film festivals followed the principle of "hot death". The film with the highest score in the field and the film with the best evaluation by all parties often miss the Palme d 'Or Award. This time, the situation is very special. Since The Life of Adele was released in Cannes, everyone's evaluation of this film is almost one-sided. Battlefield magazine gave a super high score of 3.6 (out of 4), and the film critics of French films scored extremely high. Almost all film critics rated the film as the Palme d 'Or. When everyone is wondering whether this film will miss the award and whether it will continue the bad luck of many popular movies in history, the jury led by Spielberg sent the Palme d 'Or Award to Adele's life, which is a widely expected result. After that, Ang Lee, the director of the jury, also said that this film was his favorite this year when talking with Sina Entertainment.

Destiny won the best screenplay, and China won the screenplay award again.

Jia's Destiny is the only Chinese film shortlisted for the main competition unit. Prior to this, Mei Feng, the screenwriter of Lou Ye's A Night Drunk with Spring Breeze, also won the Cannes Best Screenplay Award. The script of this film consists of four stories in four provinces. The story is controversial, and the scene of violence is beyond Jia's usual scale. After the screening, reporters gave different comments on it, while Battlefield magazine scored a high score of 3. Spielberg and judge Naomi Kawase both mentioned the structure of the script and thought that the director had the courage to shoot realistic themes.

At Cannes Film Festival, only Lou Ye's Mystery of a Floating City was shortlisted for the official unit. At that time, it was the opening film of the "One Concern" unit, and there was nothing in the end. Apart from fate, Hong Kong director Liu's "Crossing the Border" entered the "One Concern" unit, and his "Blind Detective" entered the midnight screening, and the performance of China films in Cannes rose steadily.

Family theme, sharing the best actress and the best actress.

The films that won the Best Actor and the Best Actress this time are all from family movies, and the two films are different. Bruce Dern, who won the best actor, is an old actor. In the film Nebraska directed by alexander payne, he plays an old man who believes in a fake winning advertisement and must go to Nebraska to "receive the prize". Accompanied by their son, the father and son rediscovered the significance of parent-child love to both sides. For many young people nowadays, this film plays the same role as chicken soup for the soul when facing their elderly parents.

The Best Actress Berenis Beho won the Best Actress for Asha Fati's film The Past. The film tells the story of the heroine and her ex-husband. In repeated disputes, the two people's thinking about their past lives gradually surfaced. Once the film was released, the evaluation response was very good, especially the performance of Bejo in the film was well received by everyone. As the most important actress, she successfully supported the stage and won the best return for her and the film itself.

The stars shine, but it is a pity to leave pearls.

This year's Cannes Film Festival, both the jury lineup and the main competition lineup, can be called the stars shining. Jury I won six Oscars, 1 Palme d 'Or, all of which were composed of directors and actors. The main competition has gathered experts from all walks of life and is the strongest in recent years. However, other well-received films failed to win prizes, such as Polanski's Venus in Fur and sorrentino's Beautiful City. But any film festival will inevitably leave a legacy, and missing the award will not weaken the light of the excellent film itself. The organizing committee of the 66th Cannes Film Festival announced on the 5th that jane campion, a female director, will be the chairman of the jury of the film fund and short film unit of the 66th Cannes Film Festival. Campion won 1993 Palme d 'Or at Cannes Film Festival for directing the film Piano Lesson.

Gilles jacob, the president of Cannes Film Festival, expressed his appreciation for campion's artistic style and pursuit in the statement that day, saying that he was good at shaping the image of female groups through dramatic conflicts and creating a world as hot as lyric poetry.

Campion has a deep relationship with Cannes Film Festival, and Jacob called it "the children of Cannes". Campion 1954 was born in Wellington, New Zealand in April, and started making movies in the early 1980s. Her first short film, Peeling/Peeling 1986, won the Palme d 'Or short film award at Cannes Film Festival. 1989, campion presented his first feature film "funny face" at Cannes Film Festival. 1993, the piano lesson written and directed by campion won the Palme d 'Or in Cannes.

The jury of the film fund and short film unit of the 66th Cannes Film Festival will include five famous figures from the film and literary circles, and decide the ownership of the Palme d 'Or Best Short Film Award and the film fund award. Among them, the Film Fund Award was founded in 1998 to support the growth of a new generation of global film directors.

The 66th Cannes Film Festival will be held in Cannes, a coastal city in southern France, from May 6th to May 26th.