The 45th César ceremony is held Friday evening at the Salle Pleyel, in Paris. Chaired by Florence Foresti, the great evening of French cinema takes place in a particularly tense context, between the 12 controversial nominations for the film "J'accuse" by Roman Polanski, and the resignation of the director of the Académie des César after criticism on its operation.

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Hello everyone and welcome to this live to follow the 45th Cesar ceremony. This 2019 edition of the high mass of French cinema, which should start at 9 p.m. in Salle Pleyel, will take place in a climate of high tension, after the strong protests that followed the 12 nominations of the film by Roman Polanski , I accuse , but also the unprecedented sling of film personalities which led to the resignation of the Academy's board of directors and its president Alain Terzian.

The main information to remember

  • This 45th Cesar ceremony is marked by the controversy surrounding the 12 nominations for the film "J'accuse" by Roman Polanski
  • The Franco-Polish filmmaker and the entire film crew decided not to go to Salle Pleyel
  • The film on the Dreyfus affair is notably in competition with "Les Misérables", "La Belle Epoque", and "Portrait of the young girl on fire"

8:00 pm - The entire "J'accuse" team is absent from the ceremony. The controversy that followed the 12 nominations for the film directed by Roman Polanski, targeted since November by a new accusation of rape and still prosecuted by the American justice for illegal sexual relations with a minor in 1977, pushed the scenario writer get to the ceremony. The entire film crew, including Jean Dujardin, will be absent.