The 4.313 professionals of the 7th art voted! The Académie des César, chaired by Alain Terzian, unveiled this Wednesday morning the nominations for the main awards of French cinema. The 45th Cesar ceremony will take place on February 28 in the Salle Pleyel in Paris. It will be chaired by actress Sandrine Kiberlain, with humorist Florence Foresti as mistress of ceremony. Who will succeed Until the Guard , crowned best film in 2019?
J'accuse by Roman Polanski, on the Dreyfus affair with Jean Dujardin, awarded the Grand Jury Prize in Venice, collected 12 nominations. His exit had been disrupted by a new case, after a Frenchwoman, Valentine Monnier, told the Parisian about an extremely violent rape, after a ski descent, in the artist's Swiss chalet, in Gstaad, in 1975. Despite the boycott calls, the film had taken the head of the French box office.
Film punch on the suburbs, Les Misérables by Ladj Ly, rewarded by the jury price in Cannes and in the race for the Oscar for the best foreign film, is in good position with 11 nominations. La Belle Epoque by Nicolas Bedos where Daniel Auteuil travels back in time for love has also been named 11 times. Portrait of the young girl on fire by Céline Sciamma, who tells the impossible love story between two women in the 18th century, has been named 10 times. Thanks to God by François Ozon, Grand Jury Prize in Berlin, on pedophilia in the Catholic Church, collected 8 nominations.
Here is the complete list of films and artists in the running.
Best film
La Belle Epoque by Nicolas Bedos
Thanks to God by François Ozon
Out of the norms by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano
J'accuse by Roman Polanski
Les Misérables by Ladj Ly
Portrait of the young girl on fire by Céline Sciamma
Roubaix a light by Arnaud Desplechin
Best Actress
Anaïs Demoustier ( Alice and the Mayor )
Eva Green ( Proxima )
Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant ( Portrait of the girl on fire )
Karin Viard ( A sweet song )
Doria Tillier ( The Belle Epoque )
Best actor
Daniel Auteuil ( The Belle Époque )
Damien Bonnard ( Les Misérables )
Vincent Cassel ( Non-standard )
Jean Dujardin ( J'Accuse )
Reda Kateb ( Hors Normes or Le Chant du loup )
Melvil Poupaud ( Thank God )
Roschdy Zem (Roubaix, a light)
Best Supporting Actor
Swann Arlaud ( Thank God )
Grégory Gadebois ( J'Accuse )
Louis Garrel ( J'Accuse )
Benjamin Lavernhe ( My Unknown )
Denis Ménochet ( Thanks to God )
Best Supporting Actress
Fanny Ardant ( The Belle Epoque )
Laure Calamy ( Only the beasts )
Sara Forestier ( Roubaix, a light )
Hélène Vincent ( Non-standard )
Josiane Balasko ( Thanks be to God )
Best Director
Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano ( Exceptional )
Ladj Ly ( Les Misérables )
Céline Sciamma ( Portrait of the girl on fire )
Arnaud Desplechin ( Roubaix, a Light )
Nicolas Bedos ( The Belle Epoque )
François Ozon ( Thanks be to God )
Roman Polanski ( J'accuse )
Best female hope
Luàna Bajrami ( Portrait of the girl on fire )
Céleste Brunnquell ( Les Eblouis )
Mama Sané ( Atlantic )
Lyna Khoudri ( Papicha )
Nina Meurisse ( Camille )
Best Male Hope
Anthony Bajon ( In the name of the earth )
Benjamin Lesieur ( Outside the norms )
Alexis Manenti ( Les Misérables )
Djebril Zonga ( Les Misérables )
Best first film
Mati Diop Atlantic
In the name of the land of Edouard Bergeon
The Song of the Wolf by Antony Baudry
Les Misérables by Ladj Ly
Mounia Meddour Papicha
Best documentary
68, my Father and the Nails of Samuel Bigiaoui
The Cordillera of dreams by Patricio Guzmán
Lourdes by Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai
M by Yolande Zauberman
Wonder boy Olivier Rousteing, born under X by Anissa Bonnefont
Best Photography
Nicolas Bolduc ( The Belle Epoque)
Pawel Edelman ( J'accuse)
Julien Poupard ( Les Misérables)
Claire Mathon ( Portrait of the girl on fire)
Irina Lubtchansky ( Roubaix, a light)
Best Foreign Film
Pain and glory of Pedro Almodovar
The Young Ahmed of the Dardenne brothers
Joker by Todd Philips
Lola towards the sea by Laurent Micheli
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino
The Traitor by Marco Bellocchio
Bong Joon-ho parasite
Best fit
Adults in the room of Costa-Gavras
J'accuse by Roman Polanski
I lost my body by Jérémy Clapin
Roubaix, a light by Arnaud Desplechin
Only the Beasts of Dominik Moll
Best short film
Beautiful Loser by Maxime Roy
Pile Poil by Lauriane Escaffre and Yvonnick Muller
The Song of Ahmed by Foued Mansour
Fanny Liatard's blue dog
Netta Football Club by Yves Piat
Best Animated Short
This beautiful cake from Marc James Roels and Emma from Swaef
I'm going out to buy Osman Cerfon cigarettes
The night of Gabriel Harel's plastic bags
Make It Soul by Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo
Best Animated Film
The famous invasion of bears in Sicily by Lorenzo Mattotti
I lost my body by Jérémy Clapin
Les Hirondelles de Kaboul by Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec
Best Original Music
Fatima Al Qadiri ( Atlantic)
Alexandre Desplat ( J'Accuse)
Dan Lévy ( I lost my body)
Marco Casanova, Kim Chapiron ( Les Misérables)
Grégoire Hetzel ( Roubaix, a light)
Best Original Screenplay
The good times
Thanks to God
Out of Standards
Wretched
Portrait of the girl on fire
Best costumes
The good times
Edmond
I accuse
Jane
Portrait of the girl on fire
Best sound
The good times
The song of the wolf
I accuse
Wretched
Portrait of the girl on fire
Best decors
Stéphane Rozenbaum ( The Belle Epoque )
Benoît Barouh ( Le Chant Du Loup )
Franck Schwarz ( Edmond )
Jean Rabasse (I accuse)
Thomas Grézaud ( Portrait of the girl on fire )
Best editing
The good times
Thanks to God
Out of Standards
I accuse
Wretched
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