Midnight fifteen, last night, Salle Pleyel. While “J'accuse”, by Roman Polanski, has just been crowned with the best achievement during this 45th edition of the Cesars, Adèle Haenel, exclaiming “C'est la shame! It's shame! », Gets up, hurriedly leaves the room, followed by the director Céline Sciamma and the whole team of the film, including her partner Noémie Merlant.
The two women, who were also named as the best actress, will not attend the following coronation: that of "Les Misérables", by Ladj Ly, Montfermeil's child returned from the Oscar adventure, who has largely what to console himself for his empty-handed return from Los Angeles. At the end of the evening, Florence Foresti was disappointed not to come back on stage for the traditional family photo which did not take place.
"Les Misérables" is, with four statuettes, the big winner of a prize list which also gave pride of place to Nicolas Bedos' film, "La Belle Epoque", an ode to loving nostalgia, awarded three times, tied with "J'accuse", by Roman Polanski, creating a certain uneasiness each time, in various forms or in words pronounced by the handlers. Jean-Pierre Darroussin in particular, did not seem delighted to give him the César for the best adaptation, muffling his words and names before declaring: "the concerned not being there, the academy will make sure to give them this statuette which is a very beautiful statuette despite everything. "
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We know that Polanski, overtaken by new rape accusations and left in pole position with twelve nominations, preferred not to go to the ceremony as well as his producer and the actors vying for a trophy. When opening the envelope for the best film, Sandrine Kiberlain, president of this special evening, demonstrated with evident excitement, a tension that had become palpable again in the room. And it was almost by exploding with joy that she announced the choice of "Les Misérables".
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The whole family therefore went back on stage as they had done an hour before when they received, given by Josiane Balasko, the audience prize. "I have often been asked what the moral of the film was," said Ladj Ly, referring to France, "a wounded country" before adding: "It is time to give up and unite. The only enemy is not the other, it is misery. "
We expected Caesars of diversity, this was the case, but of the diversity of French cinema. Roschdy Zem, rewarded for his role as a police officer faced with a sordid murder story in "Roubaix, une lumière", by Arnaud Desplechin, deserves his consecration and it was a pleasure to listen to him thanking "all the directors with whom he has turned. "They allowed me to have a career, I would like to tell them that they have all my respect. "He did not forget the people of Roubaix" who are, he said finally the soul and the light of the film ".
