César Awards 1999

The 1999 César Awards were hosted by Isabelle Huppert. The winners (highlighted in bold) and nominees were:

The Dreamlife of Angels (La vie rêvée des anges) won the award for Best Film.

Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1.1 Best Actor – Leading Role 1.2 Best Actor – Supporting Role 1.3 Best Actress – Leading Role 1.4 Best Actress – Supporting Role 1.5 Best Cinematography 1.6 Best Costume Design 1.7 Best Debut 1.8 Best Director 1.9 Best Editing 1.10 Best Film 1.11 Best Foreign Film 1.12 Best Music 1.13 Best Production Design 1.14 Best Short Film 1.15 Best Sound 1.16 Best Writing 1.17 Most Promising Actor 1.18 Most Promising Actress 1.19 Honorary César 2 External links

Winners and nominees

Best Actor – Leading Role

• Jacques Villeret – Le Dîner de Cons
  • Charles Berling – Boredom (L'ennui)
  • Antoine de Caunes – Man Is a Woman (L'homme est une femme comme les autres)
  • Jean-Pierre Darroussin – The Octopus (Le poulpe)
  • Pascal Greggory – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train)

Best Actor – Supporting Role

• Daniel Prévost – Le Dîner de Cons (The Dinner Game)
  • Jacques Dutronc – Place Vendôme
  • Bernard Fresson – Place Vendôme
  • Vincent Pérez – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train)
  • Jean-Louis Trintignant – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train)

Best Actress – Leading Role

• Élodie Bouchez – The Dreamlife of Angels (La vie rêvée des anges)
  • Catherine Deneuve – Place Vendôme
  • Isabelle Huppert – The School of Flesh (L'école de la chair)
  • Sandrine Kiberlain – For Sale (À vendre)
  • Marie Trintignant – White Lies (Comme elle respire)

Best Actress – Supporting Role

• Dominique Blanc – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train)
  • Anémone – Lautrec
  • Arielle Dombasle – Boredom (L'ennui)
  • Catherine Frot – Le Dîner de Cons (The Dinner Game)
  • Emmanuelle Seigner – Place Vendôme

Best Cinematography

• Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train) – Eric Gautier
  • The Dreamlife of Angels (La vie rêvée des anges) – Agnès Godard
  • Place Vendôme – Laurent Dailland

Best Costume Design

• Lautrec – Pierre-Jean Larroque
  • Don Juan – Sylvie de Segonzac
  • Place Vendôme – Nathalie du Roscoat and Elisabeth Tavernier

Best Debut

• Only God Sees Me (Dieu seul me voit) – Bruno Podalydès
  • The Dreamlife of Angels (La vie rêvée des anges) – Erick Zonca
  • Hinterland (L'arrière pays) – Jacques Nolot
  • Jeanne and the Perfect Guy (Jeanne et le garçon formidable) – Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
  • The Kid from Chaaba (Le Gone du Chaâba) – Christophe Ruggia

Best Director

• Patrice Chéreau – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train)
  • Francis Veber – Le Dîner de Cons (The Dinner Game)
  • Nicole Garcia – Place Vendôme
  • Gérard Pirès – Taxi
  • Erick Zonca – The Dreamlife of Angels (La vie rêvée des anges)

Best Editing

• Taxi – Véronique Lange
  • Place Vendôme – Luc Barnier and Françoise Bonnot
  • Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train) – François Gédigier

Best Film

• The Dreamlife of Angels (La vie rêvée des anges) – Erick Zonca
  • Le Dîner de Cons (The Dinner Game) – Francis Veber
  • Place Vendôme – Nicole Garcia
  • Taxi – Gérard Pirès
  • Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train) – Patrice Chéreau

Best Foreign Film

• Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) – Roberto Benigni • Italy
  • The Celebration (Festen) – Thomas Vinterberg • Denmark
  • Central Station (Central do Brasil) – Walter Salles • Brazil
  • Saving Private Ryan – Steven Spielberg • USA
  • Titanic – James Cameron • USA

Best Music

• The Crazy Stranger (Gadjo dilo) – Tony Gatlif
  • Chance or Coincidence (Hasards ou coïncidences) – Claude Bolling and Francis Lai
  • Jeanne and the Perfect Guy (Jeanne et le garçon formidable) – Philippe Miller
  • Taxi – Akhenaton

Best Production Design

• Lautrec – Jacques Rouxel
  • Place Vendôme – Thierry Flamand
  • Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train) – Sylvain Chauvelot and Richard Peduzzi

Best Short Film

• L'interview – Xavier Giannoli
  • Les Pinces à linge – Joël Brisse
  • Tueurs de petits poissons – Alexandre Gavras
  • La vache qui voulait sauter par dessus l'église – Guillaume Casset
  • La vieille barrière – Lyèce Boukhitine

Best Sound

• Taxi – Vincent Arnardi and Vincent Tulli
  • Place Vendôme – Jean-Pierre Duret and Dominique Hennequin
  • Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train) – Jean-Pierre Laforce and Guillaume Sciama

Best Writing

• Francis Veber – Le Dîner de Cons (The Dinner Game)
  • Patrice Chéreau, Danièle Thompson and Pierre Trividic – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train)
  • Jacques Fieschi and Nicole Garcia – Place Vendôme
  • Radu Mihăileanu – Train of Life (Train de vie)
  • Roger Bohbot and Erick Zonca – The Dreamlife of Angels (La vie rêvée des anges)

Most Promising Actor

• Bruno Putzulu – Love Tangles (Petits désordres amoureaux)
  • Lionel Abelanski – Train of Life (Train de vie)
  • Guillaume Canet – In All Innocence (En plein coeur)
  • Romain Duris – The Crazy Stranger (Gadjo dilo)
  • Samy Naceri – Taxi

Most Promising Actress

• Natacha Régnier – The Dreamlife of Angels (La vie rêvée des anges)
  • Marion Cotillard – Taxi
  • Hélène de Fougerolles – Let There Be Light (Que la lumière soit)
  • Sophie Guillemin – Boredom (L'ennui)
  • Rona Hartner – The Crazy Stranger (Gadjo dilo)

Honorary César

• Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.
• César Baldaccini, French sculptor (designer of the César trophy); died in autumn 1998.
• Johnny Depp, American actor.
• Jean Rochefort, French actor.

External links

• César Awards 1999 at the IMDb

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