For its 48th edition, the Académie des César is reconciled with comedies and feature films that have brought the public back to dark rooms.
The delicious robbery comedy of Louis Garrel
L'Innocent
scoops the record number of nominations -eleven-
ahead of critics' darlings
La Nuit du 12
and
Pacifiction.
Dominik Moll's investigation into feminicides is in the running, on February 24, in ten categories while Albert Serra's strange trip to Tahiti totals nine.
Just like
En corps
by Cédric Klapish, the portrait of an injured ballerina rebuilding herself through modern and urban dance.
This quartet of films will face off in the queen category of best film, where they are joined by
Les Amandiers,
an autobiographical account by Valeria Bruni-Tedschi of her years of theatrical training with Patrice Chéreau.
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The four leading feature films allow their director to compete in the best direction section.
Entirely masculine, despite the efforts of Valeria Bruni-Tedschi and the very beautiful
Les enfants des autres
by Rebecca Zlotowski and
Revoir Paris
by Alice Winocour, it also includes Cédric Jimenez for
Novembre
.
The reconstruction of the hunt for the Bataclan terrorists is not to be outdone with seven nominations, including one for Jean Dujardin (best actor) and another for Anaïs Demoustier (best supporting role).
Flanked by Benoit Magimel (great in
Pacifiction
), Louis Garrel (
L'Innocent
), Denis Ménochet (Peter Von Kant) and Vincent Macaigne (Chronique d'une liaison transient), the pillar of
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does not leave in a position of strength .
Grimace Soup for
Simone
and
The Children of Others
Completely absent from this Wednesday's list, Other People's Children.
It is not the only feature film to drink the soup with a grimace.
Despite these 2.5 million spectators, the biopic of Simone Veil by Olivier Dahan, with Elsa Zylberstein, only got two technical nominations for costumes and sets.
The pretty marivaudage of Emmanuel Mouret
Chronicle of a temporary affair
only places Vincent Macaigne in the best actor section.
Carried by the wave of
L'Innocent,
Louis Garrel, who directed, co-wrote and plays in the adventures of a marine biologist participating despite himself in the theft of a delivery of caviar, has an interest in making room on his chimney.
He is nominated in his own name in the Best Actor, Original Screenplay and Direction sections.
His partners Roschdy Zem and Noémie Merlant break through in the supporting roles.
Despite the stigma weighing on its actor Sofiane Bennacer, indicted for rape,
Les Amandiers
are in the running for seven trophies, including best film and female revelation.
The double of Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi Nadia Tereszkiewicz will have a hard time facing Rebecca Marder, a young Jewish woman passionate about theater defying the Vichy regime in A young girl who is well by Sandrine Kiberlain.
The Stakhanovists Virginie Efira and Laure Calamy face to face
The most Stakhanovist actresses of the tricolor 7th art Virginie Efira and Laure Calamy rub shoulders in the best actress section with the legends Juliette Binoche and Fanny Ardant.
With Adele Exarchopoulos to close the march.
Starring in
Children of Others,
Don Juan
and
Revoir Paris,
Virginie Efira won her sixth nomination for this last film in which she plays a Parisian translator who survived an attack.
Failed at the Oscars on Tuesday,
Saint-Omer
, on the infanticide of Berck beach, can console itself with four nominations, including best first film and screenplay for its director, documentary filmmaker Alice Diop.
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 ceremonies, from Emmanuelle Devos to Eye Haïdara, in via Alex Lutz and Ahmed Sylla.
Having begun a profound renewal, the Académie des César, which has been seeking for several years to put an end to the accusations of inter-self and of complacency in relation to the perpetrators of sexual violence, is walking on a thread.
Especially since the unencrypted broadcast on Canal + is no longer successful.
List of main appointments:
Cesar for Best Actress
- FANNY ARDANT in "THE YOUNG LOVERS"
- JULIETTE BINOCHE in "OUISTREHAM"
- LAURE CALAMY in "A PLEIN TIME"
- VIRGINIE EFIRA in "REVOIR PARIS"
- ADELE EXARCHOPOULOS in "NOTHING TO FUCK"
Cesar for best actor
- JEAN DUJARDIN in "NOVEMBER"
- LOUIS GARREL in "THE INNOCENT"
- VINCENT MACAIGNE in "CHRONICLE OF A PASSING LIAISON"
- BENOIT MAGIMEL in "PACIFICTION - TORMENT ON THE ISLANDS"
- DENIS MENOCHET in "PETER VON KANT"
César Award for Best Supporting Actress
- JUDITH CHEMLA in "THE SIXTH CHILD"
- ANAIS DEMOUSTIER in "NOVEMBER"
- ANOUK GRINBERG in "THE INNOCENT"
- LYNA KHOUDRI in "NOVEMBER"
- NOEMIE MERLANT in "THE INNOCENT"
César Award for Best Supporting Actor
- FRANCOIS CIVIL in "EN BODY"
- BOULI LANNERS in "THE NIGHT OF 12"
- MICHA LESCOT in "THE ALMOND TREES"
- PIO MARMAI in "IN BODY"
- ROSCHDY ZEM in "THE INNOCENT"
César Award for Best Female Hope
- MARION BARBEAU in "IN BODY"
- GUSLAGIE MALANDA in "SAINT OMER"
- REBECCA MARDER in "A YOUNG GIRL WHO IS WELL"
- NADIA TERESZKIEWICZ in "THE ALMOND TREES"
- MALLORY WANECQUE in "THE WORST"
César for the best male hope
- BASTIEN BOUILLON in "THE NIGHT OF THE 12"
- STEFAN CREPON in "PETER VON KANT"
- DIMITRI DORE in "BRUNO REIDAL, CONFESSION OF A MURDERER"
- PAUL KIRCHER in "THE HIGH SCHOOL"
- ALIOCHA REINERT in "LITTLE NATURE"
César Award for Best Original Screenplay
- ERIC GRAVEL for "A PLEIN TIME"
- VALERIA BRUNI TEDESCHI, NOEMIE LVOVSKY, AGNES DE SACY for "THE ALMOND TREES"
- CEDRIC KLAPISCH, SANTIAGO AMIGORENA for "IN BODY"
- LOUIS GARREL, TANGUY VIEL, NAILA GUIGUET for "THE INNOCENT"
- ALICE DIOP, AMRITA DAVID, MARIE NDIAYE for "SAINT OMER"
CÉSAR FOR BEST ADAPTATION
- MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS for "CUT!"
- THIERRY DE PERETTI, JEANNE APTEKMAN for "INVESTIGATION INTO A STATE SCANDAL"
- GILLES MARCHAND, DOMINIK MOLL for "THE NIGHT OF 12"
César for Best Animated Film
- "ERNEST AND CELESTINE: LE VOYAGE EN CHARABIE" directed by JEAN-CHRISTOPHE ROGER, JULIEN CHHENG, produced by DAMIEN BRUNNER, DIDIER BRUNNER
- "MY AFGHANE FAMILY" directed by MICHAELA PAVLATOVA, produced by RON OYENS
- "LITTLE NICOLAS - WHAT ARE WE WAITING TO BE HAPPY?"
directed by AMANDINE FREDON, BENJAMIN MASSOUBRE, produced by ATON SOUMACHE
Cesar for Best Documentary Film
- "ALLONS ENFANTS" directed by THIERRY DEMAIZIERE, ALBAN TEURLAI, produced by STEPHANIE SCHORTER, THIERRY DEMAIZIERE, ALBAN TEURLAI, ROMAIN!CARD
- "THE SUPER 8 YEARS" directed by ANNIE ERNAUX, DAVID ERNAUX-BRIOT, produced by DAVID THION, PHILIPPE MARTIN
- "LE OAK" directed by LAURENT CHARBONNIER, MICHEL SEYDOUX, produced by BARTHELEMY FOUGEA, MICHEL SEYDOUX
- "JANE BY CHARLOTTE" directed by CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG, produced by MATHIEU AGERON, MAXIME DELAUNEY, ROMAIN ROUSSEAU, CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
- "RETURN TO REIMS [FRAGMENTS]" directed by JEAN-GABRIEL PERIOT, produced by MARIE-ANGE LUCIANI
Cesar for Best First Film
- "BRUNO REIDAL, CONFESSION OF A MURDERER" directed by VINCENT LE PORT, produced by THIERRY LOUNAS, ROY ARIDA, PIERREEMMANUEL URCUN
- "FALCON LAKE" directed by CHARLOTTE LE BON, produced by DAVID GAUQUIE, JULIEN DERIS, JEAN-LUC ORMIERES, JALIL LESPERT
- "THE WORST" directed by LISE AKOKA, ROMANE GUERET, produced by MARINE ALARIC, FREDERIC JOUVE
- "SAINT OMER" directed by ALICE DIOP, produced by TOUFIK AYADI, CHRISTOPHE BARRAL
- "THE SIXTH CHILD" directed by LEOPOLD LEGRAND, produced by FREDERIC BRILLION, GILLES LEGRAND
Cesar for best foreign film
- "AS BESTAS" directed by RODRIGO SOROGOYEN
- "CLOSE" directed by LUKAS DHONT
- "THE CAIRO CONSPIRACY" directed by TARIK SALEH
- "EO" directed by JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI
- "WITHOUT FILTER" directed by RUBEN OSTLUND
César for best film (also in the running for kle César des lycéens)
- "THE ALMOND TREES" produced by ALEXANDRA HENOCHSBERG, PATRICK SOBELMAN, directed by VALERIA BRUNI TEDESCHI
- "EN CORPS" produced by BRUNO LEVY, directed by CEDRIC KLAPISCH
- "THE INNOCENT" produced by ANNE-DOMINIQUE TOUSSAINT, directed by LOUIS GARREL
- "LA NUIT DU 12" produced by CAROLINE BENJO, BARBARA LETELLIER, CAROLE SCOTIA, SIMON ARNAL, directed by DOMINIK MOLL
- "PACIFICTION - TORMENT ON THE ISLANDS" produced by PIERRE OLIVIER BARDET, directed by ALBERT SERRA