It was a rare Thursday night ceremony for the 51st César Awards ceremony and Carine Tardieu‘s L’Attachement aka The Ties That Binds Us (which was selected for last year’s Venice International Film Festival in the Orizzonti section) claimed the top prize of the evening beating out four films that were featured in the competition for the Palme d’Or in Case 137, Nouvelle Vague, The Little Sister and It Was Just An Accident. The picture also had a win for actress Vimala Pons as Best Supporting Actress. Best Director went to Richard Linklater (who did not attend the ceremony) for Nouvelle Vague which also nabbed Best Editing award. Léa Drucker (who won her first César in 2019 for Custody) landed her second with her perf in Dominik Moll’s Case 137. A film that had a good bingo card status was Pauline Loquès’ Nino (which was selected in the Cannes Critics’ Week section last year) landed Best First Feature Film and Best Male Revelation for Théodore Pellerin. Jim Carrey was also honored for a honorary away. Here are the winners:
Best film
The Ties That Binds Us, directed by Carine Tardieu and produced by Fabrice Goldstein and Antoine Rein.
Case 137, directed by Dominik Moll and produced by Caroline Benjo, Barbara Letellier and Carole Scotta.
Nouvelle Vague, directed by Richard Linklater and produced by Michèle Pétin and Laurent Pétin.
The Little Sister, directed by Hafsia Herzi and produced by Julie Billy and Naomi Denamur.
It Was Just An Accident, directed by Jafar Panahi and produced by Philippe Martin.
Best actress
Leïla Bekhti in Once Upon My Mother
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi in The Ties That Binds Us
Léa Drucker in Case 137
Isabelle Huppert in The Richest Woman in the World
Mélanie Thierry in La Chambre de Mariana
Claes Bang in The Great Arch
Bastien Bouillon in Leave One Day
Laurent Lafitte in The Richest Woman in the World
Pio Marmaï in The Ties That Binds Us
Benjamin Voisin in The Stranger
Best Supporting Actress
Jeanne Balibar in Nino
Dominique Blanc in Leave One Day
Marina Foïs in The Richest Woman in the World
Ji-Min Park in The Little Sister
Vimala Pons in The Ties That Binds Us
Best Supporting Actor
Swann Arlaud in The Great Arch
Xavier Dolan in The Great Arch
Michel Fau in The Great Arch
Pierre Lottin in The Stranger
Raphaël Personnaz in The Richest Woman in The World
Best Male Revelation
Idir Azougli in Meteors
Sayyid El Alami in La Pampa
Félix Lefebvre in Hearts on Fire
Guillaume Marbeck in Nouvelle Vague
Théodore Pellerin in Nino
Manon Clavel in Kika
Suzanne Lindonin Colours of Time
Nadia Melliti in The Little Sister
Camille Rutherford in Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
Anja Verderosain Hearts on Fire
Best Director
Carine Tardieu for The Ties That Binds Us
Dominik Moll for Case 137
Stéphane Demoustier for The Great Arch
Richard Linklater for Nouvelle Vague
Hafsia Herzi for The Little Sister
Best Original Screenplay
Dominik Moll and Gilles Marchand for Case 137
Pauline Loquès for Nino
Holly Gent and Vince Palmo for Nouvelle Vague
Franck Dubosc and Sarah Kaminsky for How To Make A Killing
Jafar Panahi for It Was Just An Accident
Best Adaptation
Carine Tardieu, Raphaële Moussafir and Agnès Feuvre for The Ties That Binds Us
Stéphane Demoustier for The Great Arch
Hafsia Herzi for The Little Sister
Best Cinematography
Elin Kirschfink for The Ties That Binds Us
Patrick Ghiringhelli for Case 137
Marine Atlan for The Girl in the Snow
Manu Dacosse for The Stranger
David Chambille for Nouvelle Vague
Best Animated Feature
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Arco
My Castle Life: Growing Up in Versailles
Best First Feature Film
Arco
Hearts on Fire
Nino
La Pampa
Leave On Day
Best Editing
Stan Collet for 13 Days, 13 Nights
Christel Dewynter for The Ties That Binds Us
Laurent Rouan for Case 137
Catherine Schwartz for Nouvelle Vague
Géraldine Mangenot for The Little Sister
Best Sound
Nicolas Becker, Andrea Ferrera and Damien Lazzerini for Arco
Romain Cadilhac, Marc Nambard, Olivier Touche and Olivier Goinard for Whispers in the Woods
François Maurel, Rym Debbarh-Mounir and Nathalie Vidal for Case 137
Jean Minondo, Serge Rouquairol and Christophe Vingtrinier for Nouvelle Vague
Rémi Chanac, Jeanne Delplanq, Fanny Martin and Niels Barletta for Leave One Day
Best Production Design
Jean-Philippe Moreaux for Dog 51
Catherine Cosme for The Great Arch
Riton Dupire-Clément for Once Upon My Mother
Katia Wyszkop for Nouvelle Vague
Marie Cheminial for Colours of Time
Best Original Music
Arnaud Toulon for Arco
Olivier Marguerit for Case 137
Fatima Al Qadiri for The Stranger
Alex Beaupain for The Richest Woman in the World
Amine Bouhafa for The Little Sister
Best Costume Design
Céline Guignard for La Condition
Corinne Bruand for Dracula
Jürgen Doering for The Richest Woman in the World
Pascaline Chavanne for Nouvelle Vague
Pierre-Yves Gayraud in Colours of Time
Best Visual Effects
Cédric Fayolle for Dog 51
Rodolphe Chabrier and Benoît de Longlée for The Shrinking Man
Lise Fischer for The Great Arch
Alain Carsoux for Nouvelle Vague
Best Documentary Film
Ride Away
Whispers in the Woods
The Fifth Shot of La Jetée
Sarkozy – Gaddafi: the Scandal of Scandals
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
Best Foreign Film
The Secret Agent by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Black Dog by Guan Hu
Sirat by Oliver Laxe
One Battle After Another by Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value by Joachim Trier
Best Animated Short Film
Les Belles cicatrices
God Is Shy
Fille de l’eau
Best Documentary Short Film
Au bain des dames
Car Wash
Ni Dieu ni père
Best Fiction Short Film
Big Boys Don’t Cry
Two People Exchanging Saliva
Mort d’un acteur
Wonderwall
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