Of course, Ms. Merritt didn't give up watching.

After all, this heroine is very much to her heart's content. An actress of this level is worth the price of the ticket just for her performance. The reason why Ms. Merritt was able to keep watching the movie was entirely because she wanted to see the performance of this heroine.

For an actor like this who has achieved such accomplishments at such a young age, it is really hard to imagine his future development.

In the field of art films, it is very common to use new or unskilled actors. On the one hand, it is due to cost constraints. Many directors outside of Europe and the United States do not have that much funding and cannot afford big stars, so they can only find cheap actors. On the other hand, it is due to the preferences of some directors. For example, some directors like to use high school students to play high school students, and let pregnant women play a mother, to achieve the effect of combining actor and role into one.

Ms. Merritt naturally thought that the heroine might also be a newcomer who has not yet debuted. Maybe she is the daughter of a shrine and grew up in such an environment since childhood. Only then can she express the alienation of the shrine maiden from ordinary people.

"From this point of view, this director does have some professionalism."

What Ms. Merritt hates most is the mindless use of big-name celebrities without regard for the character's traits and image. Especially now, with many political correctness in Europe and the United States, movies and TV series must have black people, must have women, and must have some people of special genders. Even mermaids have to become black.

Ms. Merritt believes that this is a blasphemy against art!

However, due to political and racial issues, this situation is becoming more and more common, especially in France. Locals do not like to have children, while foreign refugees and immigrants are having children like crazy. In a few years, blacks and people of foreign religions will exceed 50% of the population. By then, I'm afraid we will really have to raise the white flag and surrender.

Ms. Merritt still has some racial prejudice.

Ms. Merritt feels that Lu Ban, a director who chooses roles according to their traits, is not bad. At least he has the most basic respect for movies.

She continued to look back.

The next part of the plot explains the reason for the journey, and at the same time, the male and female protagonists officially meet for the first time.

I don’t know if it was Ms. Merritt’s illusion, but wherever the heroine appeared, the picture was unusually soft. In just a few shots and without many lines, her performance alone had left a deep impression on the heroine in her heart.

The scene in the movie moves to night, with the hero strolling alone in the courtyard. The cherry blossoms at night have a different flavor, different from the warm and gentle ones during the day, with a bit more seductiveness and charm.

The male protagonist heard a strange sound, followed the sound and came to a yard.

He saw that the witch was holding a bow and concentrating on shooting an arrow.

Ding——

As the arrow hit the bull's eye, Ms. Merritt felt her heart tremble for a moment.

The heroine at this time is also different from that during the day. If the heroine during the day is a cold, aloof, independent flower that can be admired from afar but not touched, then she at night is like the falling night cherry blossoms, with a captivating charm.

That arrow did not hit the target, but hit Ms. Merritt's heart.

She has seen many movies in which the women are either vassals of men, supporting roles under the machismo, or vases set up to show the heroism of the male protagonists.

Or the original male lead is replaced by a woman, without showing any feminine characteristics, and the script is just a wolf in sheep's clothing to write a male story under the name of a woman.

And this heroine, during the day she is like an elegant girl with a good upbringing, with a bit of independent temperament, and at night she shows her diligence and hard work. Such a woman, independent, motivated and charming, is the character composition that Ms. Merritt likes.

"not bad."

She took another sip of her martini, letting the cool liquor soak into her throat, bringing a hint of coolness to this humid early summer day.

The fleet sets off, and next comes a scene where the male protagonist shows himself. He fishes at sea in a casual way, mingling with the sailors, which forms a sharp contrast with the female protagonist Amber.

But from the details, we can still see that Amber herself also yearns for a free life. The reason why she remains distant now is just because she doesn't want to have too many interactions with the people around her and make herself waver.

“Classic character design, cliché, but rare if it’s performed well.”

Ms. Merritt commented.

In today's movies, many people want to portray a character that grows and changes. Such a character is more layered and has more depth. If portrayed well, it is easier to be liked by people.

But many directors have failed. Either the character is too annoying at the beginning and the motivation for transformation is not strong enough, which makes it seem fake. Or, due to the limitation of the actor’s acting skills, there is not much difference before and after.

In Ms. Merritt's view, a character like Amber is a classic princess who yearns for freedom but shoulders responsibilities. Such a character usually develops certain feelings with the knight who escorts her to her destination, and there will be changes. In the end, they will either break their own destiny and rush towards freedom, or stick to their responsibilities and go their separate ways with the knight, but they will definitely undergo changes.

Whether this kind of classic character can be successfully created depends not only on the plot but more importantly on the acting skills.

There is no doubt that the image created by amber today is very successful.

“This is a treasure.”

Ms. Merritt couldn't help but sigh that such an actor, given time, will surely become a true superstar who can handle a variety of roles.

I don't know if she will be at this film festival. If she does, Ms. Merritt will definitely persuade her to stay in Europe to be influenced by literature and art instead of sinking into those fame-seeking film sets.

This child must not be allowed to return to the country.

At this point, a quarter of the film has already been produced. Under the moonlight, the mercenaries' leader, Acorus, also states that this journey is quite dangerous. As the camera zooms out, the two ships gradually become smaller. The camera crosses the sea, zooming out continuously, and finally arrives at another fleet.

On this fleet, a bandaged man with bandages wrapped around his body, who looked strange and peculiar, led several warships, eyeing the protagonist's fleet covetously.

There is no doubt that in the following plot, they will definitely take the opportunity to attack the protagonist's fleet and try to kill the heroine.

"Is it still the same adventure action movie?"

Ms. Merritt picked up her glass and was about to take another sip of wine when she found that her glass was empty.

It was rare, perhaps because the weather was too humid and hot, she actually finished the wine.

After pausing the movie, she stood up to pour another glass, but after thinking about it, she decided to just put a bottle of sparkling wine in an ice bucket and take it to the screening room.

During the break, Ms. Merritt found that her mobile phone had received several text messages, all from her colleagues who were also judges.

The text messages from these people were similar, with only one central theme.

Go watch "Spring Day Without a War"!