The 45th César ceremony, Friday, February 28, was marked by symbolically strong moments, like the furious exit of Adèle Haenel after the award of the César for best director to Roman Polanski, or the speech for diversity , pronounced by actress Aïssa Maïga. Significant events that cannot, however, divert the light from other award-winning artists, and most of them sacred for the very first time.

Four statuettes for "Les Misérables"

"Poverty does not only affect the inhabitants of the suburbs. It affects everyone. France is a wounded country but it is our country. Let’s make it a big country. The only enemy is not the other c is misery ". This is how the director Ladj Ly ended his speech after receiving the César for best film for "Les Misérables". A generous speech which was one of the only moments of grace in a tense ceremony.

With four statuettes of which the César for best male hope, best editing, and the public, "Les Misérables", which tells the story of a police blunder in a sensitive city in Seine-Saint-Denis, is the big winner of this 45th edition of the César.

Anaïs Demoutier and Roschdy Zem

Actor Roschdy Zem was awarded the César for best actor for his role in the dark thriller "Roubaix, une lumière" by director Arnaud Desplechin. A film in which he embodies a charismatic and sensitive commissioner, full of humanity.

"I would like to thank all the directors with whom I have worked for 30 years now, who have made it possible to obtain and have this necessary thing for an actor, it is to have a journey," stressed the actor. Franco-Moroccan 54 years old when receiving his prize.

The actress Anaïs Demoustier received the César for best actress for her role in "Alice and the mayor", a film by Nicolas Pariser where she plays a young normalian philosopher, intellectual worker charged with advising the mayor of Lyon (incarnate by Fabrice Luchini) who has no more ideas.

"Papicha, best first film

Ode to the freedom and resistance of women in Algeria, through the fate of a group of young girls during the decade of terrorism, the film "Papicha" by Mounia Meddour was crowned best first film.

"It took me a lot of courage to decide to tell this personal story, which is also painful but which was necessary," said Mounia Meddour when receiving her award. "It is an important testimony to the fight of women in Algeria, the fight of women in general".

"Thank you for thanking us on the other side of the Mediterranean," she added. "And I would say 'One, two, three, Viva Algeria'".

With AFP

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