The 49th César ceremony is broadcast unencrypted on Canal+. Judith Godrèche spoke out to denounce sexist and sexual violence in the world of French cinema. Follow the evening live.
9:44 p.m. – Linda wants chicken! best animated film, Summer 96 best animated short
This year, Linda wants chicken! won the César for best animated feature film, while Summer 96 won best animated short. In the first category, we also found Prohibited to dogs and Italians And Mars Express. In the category of best animated short, were also in competition Funny birds And Miss Tang’s forest.
21:38 – “Me too, I’m afraid”: Judith Godrèche delivers a poignant speech on sexual violence
As expected, Judith Godrèche appeared on the César stage to deliver a speech on gender-based and sexual violence. The 51-year-old actress, who filed a complaint against Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon for rape of a minor, received a standing ovation upon her arrival. “Many of you saw me grow up. I knew nothing other than the cinema. My tight arms are you, all the little girls in silence, my neck, my bent neck is are you, all the children in silence, my wobbly legs are you the young men who could not defend themselves […] I too am a crowd in front of you, a crowd that looks you in the eyes this evening.” On the verge of tears, she deplores the silence of the profession: “For some time I have been speaking, I have been speaking but I cannot hear you , or barely. Where are you ? What do you say ? A whisper, half a word, that would be enough. I know it’s scary, losing grants, roles, your job. I’m scared too. It would be complicated to be blacklisted from everything, it wouldn’t be funny.” She mentions “45 shots with disgusting hands on my 15-year-old breasts.” “Films watch us as much as we watch them. It is also made of our need for humanity. Why accept that this art is used as a cover for trafficking in young girls? […] We must set an example too […] This time, it won’t happen like that.” His moving speech was greeted with a mountain of applause.
9:26 p.m. – “Scrapyard Dog” crowned Best First Film at the César Awards
Unlike the Oscars, the Césars reward each year the first attempts at cinema by emerging directors. In 2024, Bernadette, Junkyard Dog, The Rapture, Vermin And Vincent must die were named. It is finally Dog of the breakage which won the César for best first film.
21:20 – The best sound rewards The animal kingdom
Sound technicians have a crucial importance in cinema, therefore logically in French works. The animal kingdom won the 2024 César for best sound. He was appointed in front of Anatomy of a Fall, I Will Always See Your Faces, The Goldman Trial And The three musketeers (parts 1 and 2).
9:15 p.m. – “The Three Musketeers” wins the César for best scenery
Among the five films which were pitted against each other for the César for best scenery, it is The three musketeers (part 1 and 2)who won the statuette. The feature film was nominated against several feature films: Anatomy of a fall, Jeanne du Barry, The passion of Dodin Bouffant And The animal kingdom.
21:12 – Already three Caesars awarded
The 49th César ceremony continues the awards ceremonies. Since the evening began at 8:45 p.m., there has been little interruption for sketches and several prizes have been awarded. There are already three films to have won awards: The animal kingdom for the César for best costumes, Love and forests for the César for best adaptation and I will always see your faces offered Adèle Exarchopoulos the César for best supporting actress.
9:10 p.m. – The César for best costumes goes to The Animal Kingdom
In the best costume category, almost all of the nominees are films with a strong historical component: Jeanne du Barry, My crime, The passion of Dodin Bouffant, The animal kingdom And The three musketeers (parts 1 and 2). It is The animal kingdom who won the 2024 César award.
21:07 – “Love and the Forests” wins the César for best adaptation
In the best adaptation category, three films competed: Love and forests, Consent And Last summer. It is finally Love and forests, written by Valérie Donzelli and Audrey Diwan and adapted from the novel by Éric Reinhardt, which won the 2024 César Awards. During her acceptance speech, Valérie Donzelli felt that “cinema could also repair”, in reference to the journey of the heroine at the end of her film.
20:59 – Adèle Exarchopoulos wins the César for best supporting actress
There were five of them competing for the César for best supporting actress, including four for the same film: Leïla Bekhti, Elodie Bouchez, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Miou Miou for I will always see your facesGalatea Bellugi for Dog of the breakage. Unsurprisingly, it was ultimately Adèle Exarchopoulos who won. This is her second César, since she had already won Best Promising Actress, for The Life of Adele in 2014.
20:56 – Valérie Lemercier opens the 49th César ceremony
The president of the 49th César, Valérie Lemercier, opens the ceremony with song and humor: “There are 163 of you to be nominated this evening, which means that a good hundred of you will leave empty-handed.” Between a joke about Rachida Dati and a joke about Pierre Arditi’s discomfort at the theater, or even about the successive nominations of Pio Marmaï who never wins an award, Valérie Lemercier brought a good dose of lightness to an evening which had started under tension, in a context where French cinema is shaken by accusations of sexist and sexual violence.
8:46 p.m. – Follow the Cesar ceremony live
The long-awaited moment for French moviegoers has begun. The 49th César ceremony began this Friday, February 23, 2024. The winners will be known at the end of the evening, around midnight. You can follow the awards ceremony live on Canal+, unencrypted for the occasion. Also find all the highlights and moments to remember on Linternaute.com.
8:40 p.m. – The César Academy refuses to highlight the personalities “in question”
The Académie des César has announced that it will renew for its 2024 edition a measure taken last year, according to which “people who would be implicated by the courts for acts of violence would not be highlighted during the Ceremony”. For this 49th edition, no person facing legal indictment, particularly for acts of sexual violence, is in the running to win a César.
20:32 – Judith Godrèche filed a complaint against Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon
Will come, will not come? The presence of Judith Godrèche is the subject of all speculation, and for good reason: according to several media, the 51-year-old actress must come and speak on the César stage about the sexist and sexual violence that is shaking French cinema , but her presence was confirmed neither by the organizers nor by the person concerned. It must be said that since the start of 2024, Judith Godrèche has become the figure of the French Me Too which is hitting cinema: the 51-year-old actress filed a complaint, on February 6, against two directors: Benoît Jacquot for “violent rape of a minor under 15 years old” and Jacques Doillon for “rape of a minor under 15 years old by a person in authority”. If the two men deny it, the latter has announced his desire to file a complaint in return for “defamation”.
20:15 – Possible antenna cuts, the boss of the Canal+ antenna warns the Césars
Unexpected sequences and controversies have marred the Césars for several years. In Le Parisien, the boss of the Canal+ antennas, Gérald-Brice Viret, warned the Academy about speaking out, ensuring however that it is “free” while respecting a certain politeness and decorum “. But be careful of sequences which are not planned: “Any intervention which is not planned within the framework of the presenters or those who will receive the prizes will be cut on the air. It’s a question of control of the antenna and security.” In 2023, the broadcast had already been interrupted live following the intervention of a climate activist on the César stage in 2023.
8:00 p.m. – Christopher Nolan at the Césars this evening
Each year, the Académie des Césars awards one or more honorary Césars to an often international personality. In 2024, director Christopher Nolan will leave the ceremony with the Honorary César, rewarding his entire career. It is also not impossible that the filmmaker, acclaimed for his Batman trilogy or science fiction films Inception And Interstellarleaves with the César for best foreign language film for Oppenheimer. Already the winner of numerous awards, the film is also one of the favorites for the Oscars.