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Césars 2009 - Séraphine wipes the board clean with 7 Césars

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02/03/2009

 

 

 

 

Dany Boon despite having said he would boycott the César because “ Bienvenue chez les  Ch’tis” only received one nomination, surprised everybody by turning up at the Chatelet Theatre.
Charlotte Gainsbourg who was this year’s president and Antoine Decaune as master of Ceremony tried desperately to make the evening fun but did not quite succeed. It has to be said, Florence Foresti, has to be the Cesar for the best performance that evening.
Mesrine with 10 nominations only received three Césars in the end: for best film, best actor and best sound. Séraphine, however, wiped the board clean with 7 Césars against 8 nominations. The other big winners were I’ve loved you so long with two awards and Le premier jour du reste de ta vie with 3 Césars incl. Best male and female new comers and best editing. The Class which had been nominated for the Oscar of the best foreign film only picked up one César for best adaptation.

All the Results

 

Best Actor

Vincent Cassel  as Mesrine by Jean-François Richet

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Actress
Yoland Moreau as  Séraphine by Martin Provost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Supporting Actor
Jean-Paul Roussillon - A Christmas Tale by Arnaud Desplechin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Supporting Actress
Elsa Zylberstein – I’ve loved you so long

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best New Comers
Deborah François –  Le premier jour du reste de ta vie
Marc André Grondin -  Le premier jour du reste de ta vie

Best Director
Jean-François Richet – Mesrine in two parts

Best Film
Séraphine

Best Music
Séraphine

Best Photography
Séraphine

Best Foreign Film
Dance with Bashir - Ari Folman

Best Costumes
Séraphine

Best Film Set
Seraphine – by Martin Provost

Best Short film
Les Miettes de Pierre Pinaud.

Cesar for overall career
Dustin Hoffman

Best Sound
Mesrine

Best Scenario
Séraphine by Florence Foresti

Best first movie
I’ve loved you so long - by Philippe Claudel

Best Screen Adaptation
The Class (Entre les Murs) by Laurent Cantet assisted by François Bégaudeau and Robin Campillo.

Best Editing
Le premier jour du reste de ta vie - Rémi Besançon

Best Documentary
Les Plages d'Agnès - Agnès Varda