The Cesar Awards, France’s equal to the Oscars, are celebrating their fiftieth version on Friday on the Olympia Theater in Paris with a roster of nominations that’s richer — actually and figuratively — than in most years.
A pair of epic French blockbusters, “The Depend of Monte Cristo,” tailored from Alexandre Dumas’ literary traditional, and “Beating Hearts,” Gilles Lellouche’s sprawling crime romance, are main the race with 14 and 13 nominations respectively. Following intently is one other glitzy pic, Jacques Audiard’s crime musical “Emilia Perez” vying for 12 nods, together with finest movie and finest actress for Zoe Saldana and Karla Sofía Gascón. The latter has made her first award present look on the Cesar Awards ceremony after laying low within the wake of her offensive posts. Gascón, who skipped the press line on the crimson carpet, sat on the identical row as Audiard and Saldana contained in the Olympia theater, however didn’t seat subsequent to them.
Additionally within the combine is “A Little One thing Further,” a smash hit comedy that includes non-professional actors with disabilities which bought practically 11 million admissions, earned a finest first movie nomination for Artus, who directed and co-stars within the film. The forged of the film is predicted to indicate up on the Cesar Awards dressed by Kering’s luxurious manufacturers, together with Saint-Laurent.
The group-pleasing profile of a number of main Cesar contenders is nice information for Canal+, which is airing the ceremony dwell and is hoping to lure a big viewers. The present is being spearheaded by “Name My Agent!” co-helmer Cedric Klapisch who serves as inventive director of the ceremony.
Anticipated highlights embody the presence of Catherine Deneuve on stage as ceremony president, and the honorary tribute to Julia Roberts, whose award might be given to her by her “Nearer” co-star Clive Owen. Roberts follows within the footsteps of earlier honoree Christopher Nolan.
Julia Roberts arrives on the fiftieth Cesar Movie Awards.
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The Cesar Academy is now presided over by indie French producer Patrick Sobelman and Gaumont’s senior govt Ariane Toscan Du Plantier who’ve revamped the voting physique to make it extra numerous. However after Justine Triet turned the second feminine director to win a Cesar with “Anatomy of a Fall” (which additionally picked up finest movie, authentic screenplay, actress for Sandra Huller, supporting actor for Swann Arlaud and modifying) in 2024, this fiftieth version is marked by the absence of girls filmmakers nominated for finest director. There are, nevertheless, two ladies administrators vying for finest first movie, Louis Courvoisier with “Holy Cow,” and Agathe Riedinger with “Wild Diamond.”
Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance,” in the meantime, is simply nominated for one Cesar award, for finest international movie, as a result of it’s the one class the movie is eligible in as a result of the truth that it was produced exterior of France and didn’t obtain an settlement from the Nationwide Movie Board. “The Substance,” nevertheless, might be competing for 5 Academy Awards on Sunday.
Under is the checklist of Cesar Awards nominations and winners (in daring):
Finest Movie
“The Depend of Monte Cristo,” produced by Dimitri Rassam, Jerôme Seydoux, directed by Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de la Patelliere
“Emilia Pérez,” produced by Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, Valerie Schermann, directed by Jacques Audiard
“The Marching Band, produced by Marc Bordure, Robert Guediguian, directed by Emmanuel Courcol
“Souleymane’s Story,” produced by Bruno Nahon, directed by Boris Lojkine
“Misericordia,” produced by Charles Gillibert, directed by Alain Guiraudie
Finest Director
Gilles Lellouche for “Beating Hearts”
Matthieu Delaporte et Alexandre de la Patellière for “The Depend Of Monte Cristo”
Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez”
Boris Lojkine for “Souleymane’s Story”
Alain Guiraudie for “Misericordia”
Finest Unique Screenplay
Stéphane Demoustier for “Borgo”
Emmanuel Courcol and Irène Muscari for “The Marching Band”
Boris Lojkine et Delphine Agut for “Souleymane’s Story”
Alain Guiraudie and “Misericordia”
Louise Courvoisier and Théo Abadie for “Holy Cow”
Finest Tailored Screenplay
Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière for “The Depend Of Monte-Cristo”
Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez”
Michel Hazanavicius and Jean-Claude Grumberg for “The Most Treasured Of Cargoes”
Finest Actress
Adèle Exarchopoulos, “Beating Hearts”
Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”
Hafsia Herzi, “Borgo”
Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez”
Hélène Vincent, “When Fall Is Coming”
Finest Actor
François Civil for “Beating Hearts”
Benjamin Lavernhe for “The Marching Band”
Karim Leklou for “Jim’s Story”
Pierre Niney for “The Depend of Monte-Cristo”
Tahar Rahim for “Monsieur Aznavour”
Feminine Revelation
Maïwène Barthelemy for “Holy Cow”
Malou Khebizi for “Wild Diamond”
Megan Northam for “Rabia”
Mallory Wanecque for “Beating Hearts”
Souheila Yacoub for “Planet B”
Male Revelation
Abou Sangare for “Souleymane’s Story”
Adam Bessa for “Ghost Path”
Malik Frikah for “Beating Hearts”
Félix Kysil for “Misericordia”
Pierre Lottin for “The Marching Band”
Finest First Movie
“Wild Diamond” by Agathe Riedinger
“Ghost Path” by Jonathan Millet
“The Kingdom” by Julien Colonna
“A Little One thing Further” by Artus
“Holy Cow” by Louise Courvoisier
Finest Overseas Movie
“Anora” by Sean Baker
“The Seed of The Sacred Fig Tree” by Mohammad Rasoulof
“The Apprentice” by Ali Abbasi
“The Substance” by Coralie Fargeat
“The Zone Of Curiosity” by Jonathan Glazer
Finest Animated Characteristic
“Circulation” by Gint Zilbalodis
“The Most Treasured of Cargoes” by Michel Hazanavicius
“Savages” by Claude Barras
Finest Documentary
“The Belle from Gaza” by Yolande Zauberman.
“Bye Bye Tiberias” by Lina Soualem
“Dahomey” by Mati Diop
“Ernest Cole: Misplaced and Discovered” by Raoul Peck
“The Bertrand’s Farm” by Gilles Perret
“Madame Hofmann” by Sébastien Lifshitz
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