American actor Robert Redford will receive the Cesar of Honor at the 44th French Film Awards on February 22, the Academy of Film Arts and Techniques announced Friday. "As an iconic actor, exceptional filmmaker, passionate producer, founder and president of Sundance, the world's most renowned independent film festival, Robert Redford has made his mark on each of its implications in the world of cinema," said the president. of the Academy, Alain Terzian, in a statement.
"Legend of American cinema". "Butch Cassidy and the kid", "The men of the president", "Jeremiah Johnson", "The scam", "Gatsby the magnificent", "Out of Africa" ... the 82-year-old actor played in Dozens of films, the latest, "The Old Man and the Gun", released in 2018. His work behind the camera earned him an Oscar in his first film, "People Like Others," in 1981. " In 2002, the Academy of Oscars legitimately awarded him his most prestigious award for his entire career, "adds Alain Terzian. "And it is now up to us to have the immense privilege of honoring the artist and the man who for more than fifty years have symbolized the legend of American cinema. (...) Thank you, Mr. Redford!"
Kad Merad master of ceremonies. The ceremony, which will take place in Pleyel Hall in Paris and will be broadcast in clear on Canal +, will have for master of ceremony the comedian Kad Merad.