"Bang bang! Bang bang bang..." A violent knock on the door sounded, forcing Ace Kamal to wake up from his sleep.

He opened his eyes blankly and pulled up the entire quilt to cover his head. He just hoped that in this way he could isolate the noise outside so that he could continue to have the sweet dream he had just had.

But the knocking on the door outside gradually became louder and louder, and someone shouted, "Ace, Ace! Open the door!"

Ace was so filled with hatred that he opened the quilt with force, walked to the door angrily and opened the door, "Rooney! I'm going to beat you up!"

Rooney-Arman is his roommate and good friend. The two studied abroad together and also rented together.

Rooney raised his head and looked at Ace's unhappy face. He was not afraid at all. Instead, he joked: "Believe me, you can't beat me, hahaha!"

Ace said angrily: "You bastard, what's the matter? You're knocking on the door in such a hurry."

Well, he really couldn't beat Rooney, he was the main quarterback of the school football team and he was very strong.

"Let's go see a movie. I heard a friend of mine say yesterday that there was a very good movie."

"Then there's no need to be in such a hurry. It's only been a while now. It's just past eight o'clock in the morning. I finally have a short vacation. Can't you let me rest a little longer?"

"You think I'm thinking that my movie hasn't been released in theaters yet. There are only a few shows a day. If you miss it, it's gone."

"Where to go to see a movie?"

"Sundance Film Festival."

Rooney's answer stunned Ace, but then he thought that the only one that could show it at this time was Sundance, not theaters.

"Let's go to Park City!"

Rooney's excited voice sounded again.

"I don't want to go, it's so far away."

"It's still far away. It's only about an hour's drive away. I asked you to go last year and you said the same thing." Rooney complained mercilessly. The place they rented was a small town under Salt Lake City, about 50 kilometers away from Park City.

It is a neighboring city. It takes less than an hour to drive from them. Compared with the movie lovers who travel all the way to attend the exhibition, there is no doubt that the location is advantageous.

But Ace never likes to go. Instead, Rooney runs every year.

Ace giggled twice, "Forget it, I'll go with you."

If you always refuse, you always feel a little uninteresting.

Rooney took out the car keys from his pocket and said cheerfully: "Let's go, I'll drive."

Driving smoothly, they soon arrived at Park City.

The two came to a screening list from the publicity office of the official exhibition hall, and followed it to find the movie Rooney's friend mentioned.

"I found it, "Three Idiots", there is a show at 9:30 in the morning, in the third exhibition hall of the venue."

"Then let's go there."

Ace said, taking the lead to walk to the front.

The two of them followed the flow of people all the way to Exhibition Hall No. 3, but when they arrived at the scene, they were dumbfounded.

Because there are so many people!

Ace stood on tiptoes and looked at the long queue in front of him, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "Are there always so many people at film festivals showing movies? Or is this exhibition hall very popular?"

Turning around, he saw that there were more than twenty people behind him. Ace couldn't help but vomited: "Shet! We've only been here for five minutes. What the hell is this situation? God, this is a row."

Kill me?"

Although Rooney couldn't figure out the situation, he knew that the movie must be good, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people lining up.

Just as he was about to start mocking Ace, a voice intervened in their conversation.

"There have been a lot of people queuing up these two days, especially in Hall 3 of the Sundance Film Festival, but it doesn't matter, it will always be our turn."

A young man standing in front of Ace suddenly turned around and said.

His indifferent mood was very endearing to others, and Ace introduced him with a smile: "Hey! Man, I'm Ace, and this is my buddy, Rooney."

"Oh, it's nice to meet you. Let me introduce myself. My name is Carter Ronnie Filmos. Just call me Carter." The young man continued: "It seems like this is your first time attending the Sundance Festival.

"

Rooney quickly retorted: "No, that's the guy next to me. If I hadn't called him over, he might never have seen the charm of Sundance in his life."

"Hehehe, did you say that about me? Didn't I come here?" Ace said depressedly.

The funny behavior of the two made Carter burst into laughter, "Sorry, I usually don't do this unless I can't help it!"

"Don't pay attention to him, he always likes to make fun of others." Ace said, making an innocent expression.

The three of them chatted, and the topic gradually spread towards the movie itself.

It was Carter who provoked: "This is not the first day I've been here. In fact, the number of viewers of this movie has been rising since yesterday. I heard that even the midnight screening was full. So today

I hurried over and queued up in the morning, wanting to see it. But as you have seen, this scene is enough to explain the problem."

"Huh, indeed." Rooney said with certainty.

"What's so special about this movie? Is there a heavyweight actor joining the cast?" Ace asked curiously. In his impression, this factor is indispensable for the popularity of the movie.

Rooney looked at Ace awkwardly, not knowing what to say. It was Carter who answered Ace's doubts, "No, "Three Idiots in Bollywood" is not well-known from the director to the actors, and it is even a very popular movie.

English-language films, and Sundance never shows mainstream commercial films, it is a paradise for independent productions..."

Before Carter finished speaking, a voice interrupted him, "Next one."

It turned out that it was his turn in the queue, and the staff at the counter began to remind him.

Carter didn't have time to explain, so he turned around and took two steps forward.

Ace and Rooney also temporarily ended the conversation and followed quickly.

"A picture of "Three Idiots Raising Bollywood"!"

"Sorry, all the tickets for the morning and afternoon screenings of this movie have been sold out. Can you accept the midnight screening?" the staff member said very mechanically, but still maintained a certain degree of politeness.

"Wtf!" Ace, who was standing behind Carter, exclaimed first.

The staff explained again: "In fact, two hours ago, when it started at 8 o'clock, a large number of people bought all the tickets for the morning and afternoon movies. Later, the evening movie was also sold out.

Now there are only tickets left for the midnight show. Otherwise, you will have to come early tomorrow and queue up."

The excitement and excitement of the three people who had just been immersed in the movie discussion disappeared instantly. They never thought that the ticket sales would be so fast.

The tickets for "3 Idiots in Hollywood" are available for less than half an hour, and the evening show is all gone, but it's still not even 10 a.m., so we have to wait until when to go to the midnight show, and there are many more

of inconvenience.

Even Carter was caught off guard. He had encountered such long queues before, but he had never experienced such a tight demand for tickets.

This is really a bit surprising.

But the more this happened, the more interested he became, "A ticket to the midnight show."

Carter took a deep breath, until his hands felt the texture of the movie ticket, and the unreal feeling gradually faded away.

"So do film festival tickets always sell out so quickly?" It was Ace's turn, his doubtful voice sounded.

"You can say that, but you can't say that." Carter hadn't left yet and answered proactively: "At the film festival, there are restrictions on the screening venues. So many participating films need to be rotated, so each section is assigned the number of screenings.

Not much. In this way, if the audience is particularly interested in a certain movie, this problem often arises."

At this point, Carter paused for a moment, and waited until the two of them digested the information before continuing: "Situations like this are actually rare, because the venue is very large, and there are three or four performances a day, which can accommodate everyone.

The audience of two to three thousand is not a problem, and it can usually meet the demand, but it is... very rare for all the tickets to be sold out in just the morning."

Carter's words are self-evident. Park City audiences flocked to Exhibition Hall 3, all for "Three Idiots in Bollywood." At least from the scene, it can be seen that after the first screening of the movie,

After the screening, word-of-mouth exploded, igniting the enthusiasm for today's Sundance Film Festival.

"Moreover, I have read the official program and several mainstream media newspapers. Many film critics are full of praise for this film and highly praise it. Obviously there are promotional factors in it."

"Look, right here, the official score is now 3.6, and it is considered to be the most outstanding work at this year's Sundance Film Festival so far."

The official scoring system of the Sundance Film Festival is a full score of 4 points. Generally, if it can reach 3 points, it can be said to be unique and loved by most of the judges.

Ace and Rooney looked at the official event brochure that Carter took out and saw the information about "Three Idiots Raising Bollywood" without any effort.

This is obviously the top recommendation of the event catalog. Next to the big black title, the bright red writing "3.6/4" easily attracts attention.

On the right side is the official statement from the Sundance Film Festival, "Thanks to director Lyman Rust for bringing us a beautiful rhapsody."

"This is a very special movie. The seamless switching of the plot allows the comedy in the first half to set off the tragedy that occurs in the end. The real scene portrayal makes people feel like they are on the scene, making this sad, deplorable, ridiculous, and terrible...

The issue of education in India has been faithfully brought before us."
Chapter completed!