The 2006 César Awards were the 31st edition of the biggest annual film awards in France. The ceremony took place in the Théâtre du Châtelet on February 25, 2006; hosted by Carole Bouquet and presented by Valérie Lemercier.
2006's biggest winner was The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté), which received 8 awards. Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noël) however, received none. The ceremony was marred by demonstrations by the intermittents (film industry workers), who lobbied for greater rights for temporary contract workers after running onto the stage before the start. The police had to evacuate the protesters, which ultimately led to a 23 minute delay to the start of the proceedings.
The nominations were announced on 10 January 2006. Winners are in bold.
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| Winner Michel Bouquet in Le Promeneur du Champ-de-Mars (The Last Mitterrand) |
| Patrick Chesnais in Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (Not Here to Be Loved) |
| Romain Duris in De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| José Garcia in Le couperet (The Axe) |
| Benoît Poelvoorde in Entre ses mains (In His Hands) |
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| Winner |
| Isabelle Carré in Entre ses mains |
| Anne Consigny in Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (Not Here to Be Loved) |
| Isabelle Huppert in Gabriel |
| Valérie Lemercier in Palais Royal! |
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| Winner Niels Arestrup in De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| Maurice Bénichou in Caché (Hidden) |
| Dany Boon in Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) |
| Georges Wilson in Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (Not Here to Be Loved) |
| Roschdy Zem in Le Petit Lieutenant |
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| Winner Cécile de France in Les Poupées russes (The Russian Dolls) |
| Catherine Deneuve in Palais Royal! |
| Noémie Lvovsky in Backstage |
| Charlotte Rampling in Lemming |
| Kelly Reilly in Les Poupées russes (The Russian Dolls) |
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| Winner Louis Garrel in Les Amants réguliers (Regular Lovers) |
| Walid Afkir in Caché (Hidden) |
| Gilles Lellouche for Ma vie en l'air |
| Aymen Saïdi in Saint-Jacques... La Mecque |
| Adrien Jolivet in Zim and Co. |
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| Winner Linh Dan Pham in De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| Déborah François in L'Enfant |
| Mélanie Doutey in Il ne faut jurer de rien! |
| Fanny Valette in La Petite Jérusalem (Little Jerusalem) |
| Marina Hands in Les Âmes grises (Grey Souls) |
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| Winner Jacques Audiard for De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| Xavier Beauvois for Le Petit Lieutenant |
| Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne for L'Enfant |
| Michael Haneke for Caché (Hidden) |
| Radu Mihaileanu for Va, vis et deviens (Go, See, and Become) |
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| Winner Radu Mihaileanu and Alain-Michel Blanc for Va, vis et deviens (Go, See, and Become) |
| Michael Haneke for Caché (Hidden) |
| Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne for L'Enfant |
| Christian Carion for Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) |
| Xavier Beauvois, Guillaume Bréaud and Jean-Eric Troubat for Le Petit Lieutenant |
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| Winner Jacques Audiard and Tonino Benacquista for De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| Costa-Gavras and Jean-Claude Grumberg for Le Couperet (The Axe) |
| Anne Fontaine and Julien Boivent for Entre ses mains |
| Patrice Chéreau and Anne-Louise Trividic for Gabrielle |
| Xavier Beauvois, Guillaume Bréaud and Jean-Eric Troubat for Le Promeneur du Champ-de-Mars (The Last Mitterrand) |
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| Winner Alexandre Desplat for De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| Philippe Rombi for Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) |
| Émilie Simon for La Marche de l'empereur March of the Penguins |
| Armand Amar for Va, vis et deviens (Go, See, and Become) |
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| Winner Stéphane Fontaine for De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| William Lubtchansky for Les Amant réguliers (Regular Lovers) |
| Éric Gautier for Gabrielle |
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| Winner Caroline de Vivaise for Gabrielle |
| Alison Forbes-Meyler for Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) |
| Pascaline Chavanne for Les Âmes grises (Grey Souls) |
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| Winner Laurent Quaglio and Gérard Lamps for Marche de l'empereur (March of the Penguins) |
| Brigitte Taillandier, Pascal Villard, Cyril Holtz and Philippe Amouroux for De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| Guillaume Sciama, Benoît Hillebrant and Olivier Dô Hùu for Gabrielle |
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| Winner Juliette Welfling for De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| Sabine Emiliani for Marche de l'empereur (March of the Penguins) |
| Francine Sandberg for Les Poupées russes (The Russian Dolls) |
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| Winner After Shave (Beyrouth après-rasage) by Hany Tamba |
| Obras by Hendrick Dusollier |
| La Peur, petit chasseur (Fear, Little Hunter) by Laurent Achard |
| Sous le bleu by David Oelhoffen |
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| Winner |
| Anthony Zimmer by Jérôme Salle |
| Douches froides (Cold Showers) by Antony Cordier |
| La Marche de l'empereur (March of the Penguins) by Luc Jacquet |
| La Petite Jérualem (Little Jerusalem) by Karin Albou |
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| Winner Olivier Radot for Gabrielle |
| Jean-Michel Simonet for Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) |
| Loula Morin for (Les Âmes grises) (Grey Souls) |
2 Honorary Césars were awarded, one to British actor Hugh Grant, who accepted the award in French[1] and to Pierre Richard
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