It is precisely because last year's best actor and best actress both burst out a surprise, even one of the few in the history of the Berlin Film Festival. The bold choice shows the firm determination of the reform and innovation of the Berlin Film Festival, and it goes further and further on the road of art advocacy.
Naturally, this year's attention also involuntarily focused on these two awards again: is it possible to continue to be cold? In what form will it explode? If not, who are the most popular award-winning actors? The three major European film festivals have the same weight as the Oscars, and even better.
Jack Gyllenhaal stepped onto the stage in his suit and shoes. However, without a tie, he was very relaxed. He had no extra politeness and greetings. After a brief talk about the Berlin Film Festival, he raised the envelope in his hand and said, "we are waiting for me to step onto the stage tonight. Obviously, we are not looking forward to a talk show, I'll get to the point quickly. "
There was no laughter. American humor doesn't work in Germany. In the face of the cold faces, Jack's smile is a little stiff. Then he heaves a sigh and says, "hoo, welcome to Berlin." A self tease, along with a joke of Berlin's "cold.".
This time, there was a light laugh, and the tense and stiff atmosphere was eased slightly.
Then Jack said to the microphone, "the winner of the best actress Silver Bear award at the 62nd Berlin Film Festival is..." he opened the envelope and looked at the card inside. A smile came out from the bottom of his eyes and the corner of his mouth. "Congratulations, Rachel Mwanza," Wizard of war. "
Quiet, a quiet, or quiet, everyone looked at each other: another cold door.
The "Wizard of war" focuses on the civil war in Congo and examines the war from the perspective of an underage girl.
She lost her parents in the war and was forced into the jungle to become a baby soldier. Rebel commanders not only trained her to be a killing machine, but also ordered her to be a "sexual" vent target. In fear and turmoil, the girl met a white haired boy, fell in love with him, and called him "Wizard".
Most of the works are amateur non professional actors, and they are also real witnesses and victims of the civil war.
The heroine, Rachel mawazan, is a 14-year-old girl. Her real life is as miserable as her role. She is suffering from the war and lives on the street. Inadvertently, a documentary director actually recorded her street life. Later, the documentary was seen by Canadian director Kim Nguyen, which gave birth to the "war Wizard".
Rachel is not only an amateur actor, "war Wizard" is her first performance in her life; And she was only 14 years old and became the youngest actress in the history of the Berlin Film Festival.
Cold, cold again.
After a short silence, Lan Li stood up and gave a round of applause for the award, the work and the girl who came out of the war.
Just as the theme of the movie "detachment" focuses on, in this world, whether it is developed or backward countries, children are still a group suffering and receiving much attention. "Detachment" intercepts the life scene of New York City; The "Wizard of war" records the reality of the African world.
The 14-year-old girl walked from the war-torn streets of Congo to the podium of Berlin Film Festival. This road is too hard and not easy.
This is the significance of the existence of the film, which makes people see a broader, more profound and more magnificent world, realize their own insignificance, always maintain a modest and contented heart, and strive to live. So, Langley stood up for the second time tonight after Meryl Streep, to give a round of applause to Rachel mawazan.
One, two... Gradually, all the guests stood up one after another, and thunderous applause resounded throughout the audience.
However, the protagonist did not appear, and everyone was looking around for the winner. Jack has to walk down from the stage, and finds a thin, small, confused Rachel in the crowd. Surrounded by layers, Rachel doesn't seem to understand what happened and what to do.
Director Kim noguy was standing beside him, but he was already sobbing. He tried to speak several times and failed several times.
Jack constantly explains the situation to Rachel, and then tries to reach out, but when Rachel sees Jack's hands, she suddenly shrinks back, curls up in the chair with vigilance all over her body, which makes Jack helpless.
All of a sudden, blue Li realized something, quickly stepped forward, squatted down beside jack, and said in French, "are you Rachel? Nice to meet you. I'm Langley In Congo, French is one of their official languages, and "Wizard of war" was shot in French, too. Rachel can't understand English.
"You won the prize. Now, you should go on stage to get your trophy and express your feelings. " Lanli's eyes were fixed on Rachel. There was no Dodge, no retreat, no sympathy and pity. The light water in the bottom of his eyes was friendly and gentle. This kind of Rachel reminds him of Anne Hillman.
Rachel hesitates to look at the director beside her. Jin Lianlian nods and agrees. Rachel looks at Lan Li again and says timidly, "I don't know what to say."
"You can say whatever you want. This is your moment. " Lanli said with a smile.
Rachel's eyes lit up. "Really? Even if I tell Kaneda that I miss him a lot, is that ok? "
Who is Kaneda? Lanli is not known. Maybe it's Rachel's little friend, maybe it's Rachel's relative. But, blue Li smiles again ground nods, expressed affirmation, "no problem."
Rachel smiles and stands up. She looks at Kim again. After she gets her approval, she starts to walk. She looks around carefully. Her nervousness is fading and her novelty is sprouting. She even walks in front of Jack and moves towards the stage.
Jack just had time to wink at blue Li, quickly say "thank you" with his mouth, then immediately turn back and escort Rachel onto the stage in the thunderous applause. After that, Jack quickly bypasses Rachel and comes to the emcee first. He begins to perform his duty as an awarding guest: to receive and present trophies.
Jack gives an encouraging look at the microphone not far away and gives her the stage.
With a youthful spirit, Rachel is a little bit bold, takes a step forward, and starts to deliver her award speech in a loud voice to the microphone.
It's not so much an acceptance speech as a mood: she tries to tell Kaneda that she misses him very much, and she'll be back soon. There's a lot of aspirin, and a lot of clean water - and hot water, and she'll take it back, so Kaneda doesn't have to worry.
Although it is the whole French speech, garrulous, wordy, and not standard French, the dialect accent and words are slightly strange; But in Berlin, more than half of the guests could understand. No one was impatient or urged. What's rare is that Rachel's nearly two-and-a-half minutes speech was over.
When Rachel stepped off the stage, applause rang out again, not only for the 14-year-old girl, but also for the African continent, which is still suffering from war.
Watching Rachel disappear in the darkness behind the halo, the audience's eyes turn to Jack again, waiting for the next award.
The award ceremony finally began to become interesting. The best actress award was awarded to 14-year-old Rachel mawazan, which continued last year's unpopular momentum. But is it a chain phenomenon or an independent phenomenon? Who will win the next best actor award?
Vaguely, expectations and curiosity began to heat up slowly.
Jack seemed to feel the atmosphere, with a smile on his face, but it was always meaningful. He stood in front of the microphone again and said, "Congratulations again to Rachel mawazan. Excellent performance, a work I like very much. " After a simple exclamation, Jack turned the conversation and went back to the whole, "next, best actor."
In the film festival, actors will not distinguish between the leading role and supporting role, all actors are treated equally. Among the entries shortlisted in the competition unit, every actor has the qualification to participate in the competition. To exaggerate, even the Dragon set without lines is the candidate. In this way, it is absolutely not easy for more than a dozen entries, hundreds or even thousands of actors, to stand out from them.
Every year, the film winners and the film queens of the three major European film festivals attract much attention. The degree of discussion is even hotter than the jury awards, only second to the highest awards.
At this moment, after Rachel mawazan won, the attention of the best actor rose sharply, the air on the scene was almost frozen, and the award ceremony was filled with a little gunpowder.
Jack continued his previous style without too much nonsense. He opened the envelope, took out the card and glanced at it. His smile was so bright and bright that his happy eyes seemed to say: I voted for him. This is the movie king I chose. I am very satisfied with the result.
The bright smell all over the body, but let the atmosphere of the scene slide a little bit: isn't it the unexpected expectation? Is it another popular actor? The unexpected is always accompanied by controversy and excitement, especially after the experience of Rachel, the unexpected seems to be popular. But, if it's not unpopular, then, who is it?
My eyes are slightly frozen, and I am searching for information in my mind: who are the top winners in the past 11 days?
However, Jack didn't create suspense, and then he opened his mouth. Before the thoughts in the audience's mind had time to rise, Jack's voice had cut off all speculation and revealed the answer. "The winner of the Silver Bear Award for best actor at the 62nd Berlin Film Festival is... Langley hall," he said