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36th Cesar Awards: Of Gods and Men Wins Best Film, Polanski Win Best Director

48 hours before the Oscars, it was the French who feted the best in French cinema in 2010 with the 36th edition of the Cesar Awards. A trio of films claimed the most awards: Of Gods and Men (the Cannes winning film which was on the Oscar shortlist of nine but didn’t make it into the final round) took the top award of Best Film and three in total tying up with Gainsbourg (which was picked up this week by Music Box Films) which won for Best Actor. The big winner of the night with four awards out of eight total noms was roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer which isn’t in the French language but was a French production that won the filmmaker the Best Director award.

48 hours before the Oscars, it was the French who feted the best in French cinema in 2010 with the 36th edition of the Cesar Awards. A trio of films claimed the most awards: Of Gods and Men (the Cannes winning film which was on the Oscar shortlist of nine but didn’t make it into the final round) took the top award of Best Film and three in total tying up with Gainsbourg (which was picked up this week by Music Box Films) which won for Best Actor. The big winner of the night with four awards out of eight total noms was roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer which isn’t in the French language but was a French production that won the filmmaker the Best Director award. Quentin “Vive le cinéma” Tarantino received an honorary award for his body of work — not bad since he has another 40 years at least to double up on his output. The films was the most noms and no wins included Little White Lies, Heartbreaker, On Tour and Potiche. Here are the winners:

Meilleur film (Best Film): Of Gods and Men – Xavier Beauvois
Meilleur réalisateur (Best Director): Roman Polanski – The Ghost Writer
Meilleur Acteur (Best Actor): Éric Elmosnino (Gainsbourg (vie héroïque)
Meilleure actrice (Best Actress): Sara Forestier (Le nom des gens)
Meilleur film documentaire (Best Documentary Film): Océans – Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud
Meilleur premier film (Best First Film): Gainsbourg (vie héroïque) – Joann Sfar
Meilleur film étranger (Best Foreign Film): The Social Network – David Fincher
Meilleur film d’animation (Best Animated Film): L’illusionniste – Sylvain Chomet
Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle (Best Supporting Actor): Michael Lonsdale (Des hommes et des dieux)
Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle (Best Supporting Actress): Anna Alvaro (Le bruit des glaçons)
Meilleur espoir féminin (Best Female Newcomer): Leïla Bekhti (Tout ce qui brille)
Meilleur espoir masculin (Best Male Newcomer): Edgar Ramirez (Carlos)
Meilleure photo (Best Cinematography): Caroline Champetier (Des hommes et des dieux)
Meilleur montage (Best Editing): Hervé de Luze (The Ghost Writer)
Meilleurs Costumes (Best Costume): Caroline de Vivaise (La princesse de Montpensier)
Meilleurs décors (Best Art Direction): Hughes Tissandier (Les aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec)
Meilleur son (Best Sound): Daniel Sobrino, Jean Goudier, Cyril Holtz (Gainsbourg (vie héroïque)
Meilleure musique écrite pour un film (Best Original Score): Alexandre Desplat (The Ghost Writer)
Meilleur scénario original (Best Original Screenplay): Michel Leclerc and Baya Kasmi (Le nom des gens)
Meilleure adaptation (Best Adapted Screenplay) Robert Harris, Roman Polanski (The Ghost Writer)
Meilleur film de court métrage (Best Short) Logorama – H5 (François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy et Ludovic Houplain)

 

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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