César Awards 1985
The 1985 César Awards were hosted by Simone Signoret. The winners (highlighted in bold) were:
- Best Film:
Les Ripoux, directed by Claude Zidi
L'amour à mort, directed by Alain Resnais
Carmen, directed by Francesco Rosi
Les Nuits de la pleine lune, directed by Éric Rohmer
Un dimanche à la campagne, directed by Bertrand Tavernier
- Best Foreign Film:
Amadeus, directed by Miloš Forman
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, directed by Hugh Hudson
Maria's Lovers, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
Paris, Texas, directed by Wim Wenders
- Best First Work:
La Diagonale du fou, directed by Richard Dembo
Boy Meets Girl, directed by Leos Carax
Marche à l'ombre, directed by Michel Blanc
Souvenirs souvenirs, directed by Ariel Zeitoun
- Best Actor:
Alain Delon, for Notre histoire
Michel Piccoli, for La Diagonale du fou
Gérard Depardieu, for Fort Saganne
Philippe Noiret, for Les Ripoux
Louis Ducreux, for Un dimanche à la campagne
- Best Actress:
Sabine Azéma, for Un dimanche à la campagne
Julia Migenes, for Carmen
Valérie Kaprisky, for La femme publique
Pascale Ogier, for Les Nuits de la pleine lune
Jane Birkin, for La Pirate
- Best Supporting Actor:
Richard Bohringer, for L'Addition
Lambert Wilson, for La femme publique
Fabrice Luchini, for Les Nuits de la pleine lune
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, for Rue barbare
Michel Aumont, for Un dimanche à la campagne
- Best Supporting Actress:
Caroline Cellier, for L'Année des méduses
Élisabeth Bourgine, for La 7ème cible
Victoria Abril, for L'Addition
Maruschka Detmers, for La Pirate
Carole Bouquet, for Rive droite, rive gauche
- Most Promising Actor:
Pierre-Loup Rajot, for Souvenirs souvenirs
Hippolyte Girardot, for Le Bon plaisir
Benoît Régent, for La Diagonale du fou
Xavier Deluc, for La Triche
- Most Promising Actress:
Laure Marsac, for La Pirate
Sophie Duez, for Marche à l'ombre
Fanny Bastien, for Pinot simple flic
Emmanuelle Béart, for Un amour interdit
- Best Director:
Claude Zidi, for Les Ripoux
Alain Resnais, for L'amour à mort
Francesco Rosi, for Carmen
Éric Rohmer, for Les Nuits de la pleine lune
Bertrand Tavernier, for Un dimanche à la campagne
- Best Writing – Original:
Bertrand Blier, for Notre histoire
Éric Rohmer, for Les Nuits de la pleine lune
Claude Zidi, for Les Ripoux
- Best Writing – Adaptation:
Bertrand Tavernier, Colo Tavernier, for Un dimanche à la campagne
Françoise Giroud, Francis Girod, for Le Bon plaisir
Andrzej Żuławski, Dominique Garnier, for La femme publique
- Best Cinematography:
Bruno de Keyzer, for Un dimanche à la campagne
Sacha Vierny, for L'amour à mort
Pasqualino De Santis, for Carmen
Bruno Nuytten, for Fort Saganne
- Best Costume Design:
Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle, for Un amour de Swann
Enrico Job, for Carmen
Rosine Delamare, Corinne Jorry, for Fort Saganne
- Best Sound:
Dominique Hennequin, Guy Level, Harald Maury, for Carmen
Pierre Gamet, Jacques Maumont, for L'amour à mort
Jean-Paul Loublier, Claude Villand, Pierre Gamet, for Fort Saganne
Claude Villand, Bernard Leroux, Guillaume Sciama, for Souvenirs souvenirs
- Best Editing:
Nicole Saunier, for Les Ripoux
Claudine Merlin, for Notre histoire
Geneviève Winding, for Souvenirs souvenirs
Armand Psen, for Un dimanche à la campagne
- Best Music:
Michel Portal, for Les Cavaliers de l'orage
Hans Werner Henze, for L'amour à mort
Michel Legrand, for Paroles et musique
Bernard Lavilliers, for Rue barbare
- Best Production Design:
Jacques Saulnier, for Un amour de Swann
Enrico Job, for Carmen
Jean-Jacques Caziot, for Les Cavaliers de l'orage
Bernard Evein, for Notre histoire
- Best Animated Short:
La Boule, directed by Alain Ughetto
L'Invité, directed by Guy Jacques
Ra, directed by Pierre Jamin, Thierry Barthes
- Best Fiction Short:
Première classe, directed by Mehdi El Glaoui
La Combine de la girafe, directed by Thomas Gilou
Homicide by Night directed by Gérard Krawczyk
Oiseau de sang directed by Frédéric Rippert
Premiers mètres directed by Pierre Levy
- Best Documentary Short:
La Nuit du hibou, directed by François Dupeyron
Hommage à Dürer directed by Gérard Samson
L'Écuelle et l'assiette, directed by Raoul Rossi
- Best French Language Film:
Wend Kuuni, directed by Gaston Kaboré
- Honorary César:
Christian-Jaque
Danielle Darrieux
Christine Gouze-Rénal
Alain Poiré
External links