César 2023: where have the directors gone?

It is already a shadow on the anti “inter-self” renewal operation promised by the Caesars.

Announced on the sly via the dissemination of a press release on Twitter, the 2023 nominations are causing a stir.

Not for the 11 quotes attributed to Louis Garrel's excellent heist comedy,

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Since Tuesday, moviegoers have been enraged at the absence of any female director in the best director category.

All the contenders for the statuette on February 24 are men: Cédric Klapisch, for

Louis Garrel, for

Cédric Jimenez, for

Dominik Moll, for

and Albert Serra, for

The last precedent dates back to 2015

At the Oscars, which have chosen the same male camera this year and suffered the same criticisms, as at the Césars, the best achievement category has long been a boys club closed to any female director.

But recent years had seen an inflection.

Since 2016, one or more directors had…

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