On the evening of May 24th, local time, the 78th Cannes Film Festival came to an end. Director Bi Gan's "Wild Times" won the Special Award in the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival. At the award ceremony, director Bi Gan expressed his gratitude to the crew and his family, and received the award from the jury chairman, the famous movie star Juliette Binoche.
The winning poster of "Wild Times"
Bi Gan and Binoche
The last time a Chinese-language film won an award in the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival was in 2015, when Hou Hsiao-hsien won the Best Director Award for "The Assassin".
"Wild Times" is directed by Bi Gan, starring Yi Yangqianxi, Shu Qi, Huang Jue, Zhao Youting, Li Gengxi, etc. Bi Gan's previous works are "Roadside Picnic" and "The Last Night on Earth". From the 42-minute long shot of "Roadside Picnic" to the 3D dream of "The Last Night on Earth", Bi Gan's new film once again shows his ability to control long shots.
"Wild Times" deconstructs the spiritual world in six chapters, from the black-and-white silent film aesthetics of the 1900s to the cyber ruins of the near future. Bi Gan uses "vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch and thinking" to build a sensory museum. In the first chapter, the neurosurgeon played by Shu Qi falls into the abyss of consciousness during surgery and finds the remains of a bionic man; the bionic man played by Yi Yang Qianxi travels through different time and space in five rebirths, and each identity carries the director's archaeology and prophecy of the film medium.
The 24-year-old Yi Yang Qianxi once again completed a breakthrough performance in the movie, playing five roles. He needed to use a nearly pantomime performance to present the awakening and transformation of the bionic man's consciousness; in different stories, his appearance, age, body shape, and voice are also different.
Yi Yangqianxi, Bi Gan, Shu Qi
The Palme d'Or for Best Film at this year's Cannes Film Festival was awarded to "An Ordinary Accident" by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, the director's first film after his release.
Jafar Panahi has achieved the Grand Slam of the Palme d'Or, Golden Lion and Golden Bear.
"Ordinary Accidents"
Other award-winning films at the 78th Cannes Film Festival are:
Grand Jury Award: "Emotional Value"
Best Director: Kleber Mendoza Jr., "The Secret Agent"
Best Actor: Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
Best Actress: Nadia Melliti, "The Youngest Daughter"
Best Screenplay: Dardenne Brothers, "Home for Young Mothers"
Jury Prize (tie): Olivier Laxet, "Near the End" and Martha Schlinsky, "Looking to the Sun"
