With thirteen nominations, "The Things We Say, The Things We Do" by Emmanuel Mouret tops the films selected for the César 2021 ceremony, ahead of "Eté 85" by François Ozon and "Adieu les Cons d 'Albert Dupontel.

Director Emmanuel Mouret is leading the nominations for the César 2021, with his new exploration of romantic feelings

The things we say, the things we do

, the Academy announced on Wednesday. 

The tenth feature film by the 50-year-old director is a hair's breadth ahead, with 13 nominations, of the gay romance

Summer 85

of François Ozon, a filmmaker often named but never awarded, and the comedy

Farewell to the Cons

of the king of the absurd, Albert Dupontel.