"The Innocent" and "The Night of 12" lead the nominations for the César 2023

The 4,705 members of the Academy have one month to vote, before the awards ceremony on February 24.

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After the Oscar nominations, it is the turn of French cinema to announce this Wednesday the list of filmmakers, performers and films in the running for the César, a month before the ceremony.

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Who to succeed 

Lost Illusions

 and its seven statuettes

?

With eleven and ten nominations respectively, the detective comedy

L'Innocent

by Louis Garrel and the thriller

La Nuit du 12

by Dominik Moll

, retracing the impossible investigation into a feminicide, did well. These two feature films are at the top of the nominations for the 48th César, which are to be awarded on February 24.

Cédric Klapisch's film on the reconstruction of a classical dancer

En Corps

, and

Pacifiction

with Benoît Magimel, also did well with nine nominations each.

#César2023 Discover the official list of nominations ➡ https://t.co/T1iLt8ZgOB



📺 48th César Ceremony to follow in clear, live and exclusively on @canalplus on February 24 at 8:45 p.m.

pic.twitter.com/BH5n3RwqHj

— Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques.

(@Les_Cesar) January 25, 2023

No women among the nominees for the César for Best Director.

And only

The Almond Trees

by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi is in the selection for the Best Film trophy.

Fanny Ardant (

Les Jeunes amants

), Juliette Binoche (

Ouistreham

), Laure Calamy (

À Plein temps

), Virginie Efira (

Revoir Paris

) and Adèle Exarchopoulos (

Rien à foutre

) are in the running for the César for best actress.

Jean Dujardin ( November

), Louis Garrel (The Innocent), Vincent Macaigne (

Chronicle of a passing affair

), Denis Ménochet (

Peter Von Kant

) and Benoît Magimel (

Pacifiction

) are nominated for the César for best actor

.

The 4,705 members of the Academy now have one month to decide between these films, before the awards evening which will be chaired by Tahar Rahim, and presented collectively with nine masters and mistresses of ceremony, from Emmanuelle Devos to Eye Haïdara, via Alex Lutz and Ahmed Sylla.

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