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"Lyman, I bought some newspapers, you can take a look."

Ryan walked in with joy and placed the newspaper in his hand on the small cabinet between the two small beds.

Lyman slowly climbed up, sat cross-legged, and found a comfortable position to lean against.

He sat on the bed, lowered his head, took a newspaper and flipped through it.

The newspaper is called "badtaste" and it is an old Italian media brand.

"Monsoon Wedding Banquet", "The Age of Disorder", "The Same for Your Mother", "Hong Kong Has a Hollywood", "Invincible", "I Without You"...

Lehman's eyes looked past row by row, and he felt a little envious for some reason-today is August 3, and the Venice Film Festival will open tomorrow, and the list of participating films will be announced today.The media newspapers must be the first to lift this curtain. They are the microphones of the film festival.

After reading the newspapers one by one, most of them are introducing various information about the film that will be exhibited tomorrow or predicting which award the film will win. He read it again, but like the previous one, he was not present. Find a trace of information about "Buried Alive" here.

The window was open, and the slight cool breeze blew through, but it couldn't drive away the restless emotions in his heart.

Finally, Lehman put a large newspaper in his hand and put it back on the bedside table with a sigh.

He spent 30 euros to write the information, and went to the registration office to sign up that day, but he didn't let his film enter the official exhibition hall.

Lost?It seems a bit.

Da Da Da...

With the sound of footsteps, Thomas walked in from outside, and he sat down on the bed next to Lyman before handing him a piece of food.

Lyman looked at him, put a smile on his face, and took it.

This is a pancake similar to fruit pancakes with various jams. To be honest, the taste is not good and the taste is weird.

Facts have proved that Thomas' words are really a longing, he is not a child of God after all, and it is impossible for good luck to be on his side.

The film "Buried Alive" is not shortlisted in the competition unit, and it is impossible to win.

Even if you don't have the qualifications to enter the stadium, what are you talking about?

"Tasty?"

Thomas asked.This is what he specially packed for Lehman after he went downstairs for breakfast early in the morning.The taste is full of his appetite.

"Very good." Lehman nodded and ate the rest of the pancakes in a big bite.

"What are we doing next?" Ryan asked.

"Is the projection equipment rented?"

"I have agreed with the merchant. The rent is 100 euros per day and the deposit is 5,000 euros in advance. I have already given it, and I can go to his projection equipment to show our movies at any time." Ryan answered Lehman's question carefully. .

The whole set of the screening equipment is still a bit expensive. In order to be afraid of damage, the merchant requires a deposit in advance, which is quite reasonable.

After all, if the equipment really breaks down and the person ran away, the money won't make him lose too much.

"Shall we show it today?" Thomas said, "When I just went down, I saw a lot of people go to Lido Island. Let's go too. It happens to be the opening ceremony of the film festival tomorrow. I haven't seen Venice. How is the film festival held?"

Lehman chewed the food in his mouth and swallowed, "I haven't seen it either. Let's go together tomorrow."

"Good." Ryan also agreed with this proposal.

In the end, their films did not enter any unit. Anyway, there is no official endorsement. If they are shown on their own, they can be done on the side of the road, and there is no rush.

It's all here, and it's good to open your eyes.

Lehman also wanted to know how the movies that can enter the exhibition hall can be better.

Probably still a little unwilling.

......

On August 4, the annual Venice Film Festival opened as scheduled.

Early in the morning, the cinema palace at the main venue, the largest building on Lido Island, was filled with people.

As early as two days ago, the layout began here.

A bright red carpet stretches from the entrance of the movie palace to the roadside outside. Guardrails are pulled up on both sides of the carpet. A large group of reporters are playing their role like the army with long guns and short cannons.

At this time, experienced reporters would raise the spotlight in their hands and shout loudly the names of the stars passing by on the red carpet, asking them to pose, and killing the film "kaka".

At this moment, a black Lincoln stopped on the other side of the red carpet, and an old man with gray hair walked out of it and stepped onto the red carpet vigorously.

"Nanny Moretti!..."

The scene fell into a small climax again. The media reporters who had been silent or perfunctory before were all on fire for a while, and the spotlights flashed into one. They wanted to flash the old man on the stage, and they also called out: "Look here, Chairman." "Here, here..."

This old man is the chairman of the jury of this Venice Film Festival, and he hosted the Venice Film Festival for the nth time in his life.

The local media in Italy respected him.

Next, there were people playing.

Directors or actors and celebrities walked by in an orderly manner. The journalists and the media have intermittent firepower. The rules are well mastered-those who do not have a special car or have a special car, but are not the technical nature of the film that depends on the face to eat. The unification of talents will be ignored. The reporters put on a show, clapped a few times, and then passed. Only those filmmakers with newsworthy or native Italians can make their weapons fire.

After about an hour and a half, the guests were almost gone, and the opening ceremony finally began.

According to the previous rules, if you want to enter the movie palace, except for those invited members of the opening ceremony, there will be venue bills out of the circle as usual, but the expensive price of up to five thousand euros is obviously not Lehman, Ryan, etc. People are willing to bear it, so they did not go to the cinema palace to watch the opening ceremony with the stars, actors, and directors, but chose the next branch venue-100 euros for one.

The opening movie of this venue is called "Monsoon Wedding Banquet".

From the information in the application, it can be concluded that the film has a high demand for winning the Golden Lion Award, second only to the most optimistic "Dog Day" by media critics.Of course, if it were not for the attention of the judges, this movie would not be arranged as the opening movie.

After checking the tickets, sitting in the branch hall next to the Cinema Palace, the three of Lyman waited for the film to be played.

"It looks like a wonderful look."

Thomas said with the official movie information in his hand.

Lyman grinned when he heard the words.

Ten minutes before leaving the venue, the people who came in filled up the huge projection hall, and looked at it, it was dark.

Whites, blacks, mixed races, people from all regions come to participate in the Venice Film Festival, the charm of the art of film is evident.

After waiting ten minutes, the movie started.

This is a film about the love of Indian women. From the beginning, you can see the general plot: In a fairly wealthy family, father Lalit and wife Pimi are busy with their daughter Adit’s marriage.

They want to hold a grand and luxurious wedding for their daughter, but they are struggling to get tight, so they have to plan carefully.

At the same time, the family members scattered all over the world rushed back home for this wedding. These things also need to be worried about by Lalit, so in just a few days, he was very busy.

Daughter Adit is going to marry Haymont, a network engineer working in Houston, USA. In this designated marriage, the two of them will only meet at the engagement ceremony for the first time, and they will immediately become partners a few days later.

But what Adit likes is the host of another talk show, and she still has an extramarital relationship, but she still falls in love without hesitation.

Adit's cousin Ayasha flirts with college student Rahu.

While the wedding planner Dolby was busy dealing with Lalit, he fell in love with his maid, Alice...

As the story progresses, it makes Lehman extremely uncomfortable.

The setting of the characters in this "Monsoon Wedding Banquet" combined with the image of India that he recognizes is completely false.

The director clearly elevated the status of Indian women and weakened the whole society's tolerance for women's disobedience.

Even if it is required by the plot, it is too much and has no respect for Indian customs.

I remember that there is a famous swear word in India, which reads like this: I hope you will have a daughter!

It can be seen that the status of women in them is very low, how low is it? When getting married, the woman provides almost all the items needed for the wedding, and also comes with a dowry, while the man does not give anything.Like a documentary film "In a Country Without Women", for those female young children, it is no longer rare that they choose to drown from the beginning.

It is also this kind of serious male superiority and female inferiority. India has always been the place where the world’s most famous crimes occurred, and their capital, New Delhi, is even more known as the "Capital of **."

What's ridiculous is that Indian laws are still issued during the British colonial period more than a hundred years ago. For women, if they are lucky enough to not die, they will have to wait for several to ten years to get the results. In this way, he has to spend high litigation costs and reveal his inner scars over and over again.

Because of appearing in court to testify, those female victims of rape must clarify every detail of the violation before the judge will accept it.

The story on the screen continues, and the beautification of the status of Indian women is more prominent.

But on second thought, Lehman seemed to understand the director's good intentions.

In India, social conflicts are fierce, and she probably knows it too.

This film is more like a sustenance in her heart. She hopes that the status of Indian women will rise and even be equal to men.

No wonder it was shot like this, it turned out to be the thought of a feminist fighter.

After watching the movie silently, and listening to director Mira Nair's speech, Lehman complained.

"Let's go." Ryan endured sleepiness and watched an Indian movie. He couldn't stand it anymore. He urged as soon as the movie ended.

"Yes." Thomas agreed.

When the three of them embraced the sunshine outside again, Ryan couldn't help but said: "What does the movie say? It makes me sleepy."

Thomas also yawned, "There are too many characters, I can't remember, I can't recognize every face."

Lehman was silent. These two big bosses probably couldn't appreciate this type of literary film.

Except for the director's personal stuff, the quality of this film is still on the horizontal line, the plot is smooth, the rhythm is controlled, the actors' performances are not superficial, but you can see it.

"Go back." Lehman said, and walked out along the road.

The two immediately followed.