After the Oscar nominations, it is the turn of French cinema to announce this Wednesday the list of filmmakers, performers and films in the running for the César, a month before the ceremony.
Who to succeed lost illusions and its seven statuettes ? With respectively eleven and ten nominations, the detective comedy The Innocent by Louis Garrel and the thrillerThe Night of 12 by Dominik Mollretracing the impossible investigation into a feminicide, are doing well. These two feature films are at the top of the nominations for the 48th César, which must be awarded on February 24.
Cédric Klapisch’s film on the reconstruction of a classical dancer In Bodyand pacification with Benoît Magimel, are also doing well with nine nominations each.
No women among the nominees for the César for Best Director. And alone The Almond Trees by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi is in the selection for the Best Film trophy.
Fanny Ardant (The Young Lovers), Juliette Binoche (Ouistreham), Laure Calamy (Full time), Virginie Efira (See Paris again) and Adele Exarchopoulos (I don’t give a fuck) are in the running for the César for best actress.
Are nominated for the César for best actor Jean Dujardin (November), Louis Garrel (The Innocent), Vincent Macaigne (Chronicle of a temporary liaison), Denis Menochet (peter von kant) and Benoît Magimel (pacification).
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, via Alex Lutz and Ahmed Sylla.
(With AFP)