The prize season is in full swing in France.
After the Louis Delluc prize - nicknamed the "Goncourt of tricolor cinema" -, the Academy of Lights enters the arena.
The institution, which brings together journalists from the international press based in France, announced its nominations on Thursday.
They are generally a good indicator of those that the Caesar Academy will announce on January 25.
Dominik Moll 's thriller
La Nuit du 12
has won the most citations with six chances for statuettes when the Lumières prizes will be awarded on January 16 at the Forum des images in Paris.
A relentless cop's investigation into an unexplained feminicide beats
Pacifiction - Torment on the Islands
by Albert Serra, which garners five nominations.
Saint Omer
by Alice Diop, awarded in Venice, is not far behind with four nominations.
Note:
Pacification
and
Saint Omer
had already shared the Louis-Delluc prize.
Among the films selected, there is also the beautiful portrait of a woman tormented by the desire for children and motherhood
Les Enfants des autres
by Rebecca Zlotowski and the brilliant comedy of robbery by Louis Garrel,
L'Innocent.
Revoir Paris
by Alice Winocour completes the best film category.
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In the best staging section are two female directors.
Rebecca Zlotowski on the one hand.
And Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, on the other hand, who defends her very controversial
Les Amandiers
, whose main actor, Sofiane Bennacer, is indicted for rape and violence against a spouse.
Dominik Moll, Albert Serra and Gasper Noé - whose
Vortex
is present in two other categories - complete the selection.
The films selected by the Académie des Lumières are works that have achieved consensus among critics and have for some found their audience in theaters, such as The Night of 12, Chronicle of a Passing Liaison or The Children of Others.
But the voters completely left out the biopic of Simone Veil signed Olivier Dahan.
Despite its two million spectators,
Le voyage du siècle
does not appear in any of the categories.
Clash of titans among actresses
Headlining three feature films this year -
Don Juan, Revoir Paris
and
Les Enfants des autres
, Stakhanovite Virginie Efira won a nomination for Rebecca Zlotowski's very personal story.
The Belgian actress will face Juliette Binoche (
Ouistreham
), Laure Calamy (
Full Time
), Françoise Lebrun (
Vortex
) and Noémie Merlant (
L'Innocent
).
Note the absence of Isabelle Adjani and Sandrine Kiberlain, whose respective performances in
Peter Von Kant
and
Chronicle of a passing affair
are snubbed.
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Director of
The Innocent,
Louis Garrel is also in the running but in the best actor section for his role as an oceanologist trapped in a crazy caviar theft.
Bastien Bouillon eclipses his partner Bouli Lanners and will carry the hopes of
La Nuit du 12
.
In ambush stand Vincent Macaigne (
Chronique d'une liaison transient),
Benoît Magimel (
Pacifiction)
and Denis Ménochet (
As Bestas
).
On the female revelation side emerge the dancer of the Paris Opera Marion Barbeau, a remarkable injured artist in
En corps
by Cédric Klapisch.
Hélène Lambert
(Ouistreham),
Guslagie Malanda
(Saint Omer),
Rebecca Marder (
A young girl who is fine,
Sandrine Kiberlain's first feature film as a director) and Nadia Tereszkiewicz
(Les Amandiers).
Among the men, the academy distinguishes Adam Bessa (
Harka
), Stefan Crepon (
Peter Von Kant
), Dimitri Doré (
Bruno Reidal
), Paul Kircher (
Le Lycéen
) and Aliocha Reinert (
Petite nature
).
In the end, the members of the Académie des Lumières will award thirteen prizes in January: film, director, actress, actor, female revelation, male revelation, first film, animation, documentary, international co-production, image and music.
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