It was a speech that warmed the heart.
Friday, February 24, during the César ceremony, which welcomes and rewards the fine flower of French cinema, Amélie Bonnin received the trophy for best short film for
Leaving one day
.
The director of "soon to be 40" thus took to the Olympia stage with some of her actors - including the promising singer Juliette Armanet and the best male hopeful Bastien Bouillon - to collect her award and say a few words.
First to his sons: "Guys, it's not just Mbappé who can bring the Cup home!"
Then, to her sisters, to all the women of her generation.
“You can be a 40-year-old woman, have two children, white hair, and feel like you're at the beginning of things,” she adds.
Amélie Bonnin also thanked the festivals celebrating opening short films that this category continues to exist.
Filmed in Caen,
Partir un jour
, which lasts nearly 24 minutes, follows Julien, a writer who left his hometown to pursue a career in the capital.
One day, when he returns home to visit his parents, the memories come flooding back to him.
One, in particular, encountered in a large area between two packets of pepitos biscuits.
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Amélie Bonnin is at the origin of several documentaries including, The melody of the butcher (2013) and The band of the French (2018).
Leaving one day is his first fiction.