Marie Gicquel with Laura Laplaud 10:29 a.m., February 24, 2023, modified at 10:30 a.m., February 24, 2023

The Académie des César rewards the nuggets this Friday, February 24 the nuggets of French cinema to follow from 7 p.m. live on Europe 1. On this occasion, some actors and actresses confided in the microphone of Europe 1 a few hours before the 48th ceremony of the Caesars.

This Friday will take place the 48th Cesar ceremony and among the most awaited awards, that of the best actor, the best actress but also the best film and the best realization.

Before discovering this year's results, Europe 1, a partner of Canal+, held out the microphone to several guests, including some masters of ceremonies.

Because this year, there will not be one, but several masters of ceremonies.

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Emmanuelle Devos, mistress of ceremonies

The actress Emmanuelle Devos is one of them.

For the occasion, she will apply a rule: "Think of the public and not of the public who is necessarily in the room. We can tend to make 'private jokes' that only people in the profession can understand. "

Unlike other masters and mistresses of ceremony, she did not hesitate to give her preference for the César for best film of the year.

"It's

The Innocent

, I say," she says.

Duo masters of ceremonies like Léa Drucker and Ahmed Sylla

Several masters of ceremonies will be in duet like the actress Léa Drucker who will be accompanied by the humorist and actor Ahmed Sylla.

A few hours before the ceremony, the two actors have no apprehension.

"We don't operate with an open heart, we don't save lives, we only make movies. It's still entertainment, even if there are emotions, we are there for the public", explains Ahmed Sylla.

"Then it's the joy of talking about cinema, of sharing our passion for cinema, we are here for cinema", continues Léa Drucker at the microphone of Europe 1.

An honorary Caesar given to David Fincher

On the occasion of the 48th César ceremony, an honorary César will be awarded to director David Fincher for his entire career, to whom we owe

Fight Club

and

Gone Girl

.

"It's wonderful, we're happy," says Léa Drucker.

"I'm going to ask him why there's no season 3 at

Mindhunter

and then I'm going to try to slip in a little CV, if he's ever looking for someone, on a misunderstanding..." sneers from his side Ahmed Sylla.

And it is actress Virginie Efira, nominated in the best actress category for the film

Revoir Paris,

 who will give her this famous award.

"It has a lot of irony, there is something in common with Paul Verhoeven, with whom I worked, it

A director who upset him with his film 

Gone Girl.

"It's not particularly optimistic these films on the obligatory shipwrecks of the couple but there is something quite funny, there is a reflection on the intimate. Can we really have an intimacy with someone? One? His way of following the actors with his camera is incredible, it's a cinema as we don't do enough anymore, "she explains.

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At the helm of this evening, Éric Lartigau

The whole evening will be orchestrated by Éric Lartigau, the director of the ceremony and also director of

La famille Bélier

.

"We are with personalities who are very different, who are strong. We have texts of absolute prettiness, of deep grace. And then we have moments of laughter that are truly astonishing. So this contrast will really give us a lively ceremony where all the masters of ceremony are really happy to be there, to have this place, to celebrate the cinema. All together, we talk about the public, we come back to the public, we come back to our bases of ourselves, filmmakers,” he warns.

The 48th Cesar ceremony can be followed from 7 p.m. on Europe 1.