34th César Awards
| 34th César Awards | ||||
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| Date | 27 February 2009 | |||
| Site | Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France | |||
| Host | Antoine de Caunes | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Film | Séraphine | |||
| Best Actor | Vincent Cassel | |||
| Best Actress | Yolande_Moreau | |||
| Television coverage | ||||
| Network | Canal+ | |||
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The 34th César Awards ceremony was presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to honour its selection of the best films of 2008 on 27 February 2009. Canal+ broadcast the event, which took place again at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France. The nominations for the Awards were announced on 23 January. The ceremony was chaired by Charlotte Gainsbourg and hosted by Antoine de Caunes. Séraphine won the award for Best Film.
Winners and nominees
Best Actor – Leading Role
- Vincent Cassel – Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 (L'instinct de mort and L'ennemi public n°1)
- François-Xavier Demaison – Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec
- Guillaume Depardieu – Versailles
- Albert Dupontel – Love Me No More (Deux jours à tuer)
- Jacques Gamblin – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (Le premier jour du reste de ta vie)
Best Actor – Supporting Role
- Jean-Paul Roussillon – A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël)
- Benjamin Biolay – Stella
- Claude Rich – With a Little Help from Myself (Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera)
- Pierre Vaneck – Love Me No More (Deux jours à tuer)
- Roschdy Zem – La fille de Monaco
Best Actress – Leading Role
- Yolande Moreau – Séraphine
- Catherine Frot – Crime Is Our Business (Le crime est notre affaire)
- Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)
- Tilda Swinton – Julia
- Sylvie Testud – Sagan
Best Actress – Supporting Role
- Elsa Zylberstein – I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)
- Jeanne Balibar – Sagan
- Anne Consigny – A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël)
- Edith Scob – Summer Hours (L'heure d'été)
- Karin Viard – Paris
Best Cinematography
- Séraphine – Laurent Brunet
- A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël) – Eric Gautier
- Home – Agnès Godard
- Paris 36 (Faubourg 36) – Tom Stern
- Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 (L'instinct de mort and L'ennemi public n°1) – Robert Gantz
Best Costume Design
- Séraphine – Madeline Fontaine
- Female Agents (Les femmes de l'ombre) – Pierre-Jean Larroque
- Paris 36 (Faubourg 36) – Carine Sarfati
- Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 (L'instinct de mort and L'ennemi public n°1) – Virginie Montel
- Sagan – Nathalie du Roscoat
Best Director
- Jean-François Richet – Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 (L'instinct de mort and L'ennemi public n°1)
- Rémi Bezançon – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (Le premier jour du reste de ta vie)
- Laurent Cantet – The Class (Entre les murs)
- Arnaud Desplechin – A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël)
- Martin Provost – Séraphine
Best Editing
- The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (Le premier jour du reste de ta vie) – Sophie Reine
- A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël) – Laurence Briaud
- The Class (Entre les murs) – Robin Campillo and Stephanie Leger
- Paris – Francine Sandberg
- Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 (L'instinct de mort and L'ennemi public n°1) – Bill Pankow an Hervé Schneid
Best Film
- Séraphine – Martin Provost
- A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël) – Arnaud Desplechin
- The Class (Entre les murs) – Laurent Cantet
- The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (Le premier jour du reste de ta vie) – Rémi Bezançon
- I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) – Philippe Claudel
- Paris – Cedric Klapisch
- Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 (L'instinct de mort and L'ennemi public n°1) – Jean-François Richet
Best First Work
- I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) – Philippe Claudel
- Anything for Her (Pour elle) – Fred Cavayé
- Home – Ursula Meier
- Masquerades (Mascarades) – Lyes Salem
- Versailles – Pierre Schöller
Best Foreign Film
- Waltz with Bashir (ואלס עם באשיר / Vals Im Bashir) – Ari Folman • Israel
- Eldorado – Bouli Lanners • Belgium
- Gomorrah (Gomorra) – Matteo Garrone • Italy
- Into The Wild – Sean Penn • USA
- The Silence of Lorna (Le silence de Lorna) – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne • Belgium
- There Will Be Blood – Paul Thomas Anderson • USA
- Two Lovers – James Gray • USA
Best Music Written for a Film
- Séraphine – Michael Galasso
- The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (Le premier jour du reste de ta vie) – Sinclair
- I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) – Jean-Louis Aubert
- Paris 36 (Faubourg 36) – Reinhardt Wagner
- Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 (L'instinct de mort and L'ennemi public n°1) – Marco Beltrami and Marcus Trumpp
Best Production Design
- Séraphine – Thierry François
- Home – Ivan Niclass
- Paris 36 (Faubourg 36) – Jean Rabasse
- Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 (L'instinct de mort and L'ennemi public n°1) – Emile Ghigo
- Trouble at Timpetill (Les enfants de Timpelbach) – Olivier Raoux
Best Sound
- Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 (L'instinct de mort and L'ennemi public n°1)
- A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël)
- The Class (Entre les murs)
- Paris 36 (Faubourg 36)
- Séraphine
Best Writing – Adaptation
- The Class (Entre les murs) – François Bégaudeau, Robin Campillo and Laurent Cantet
- The Beautiful Person (La belle personne) – Christophe Honoré and Gilles Taurand
- Crime Is Our Business (Le crime est notre affaire) – François Caviglioli and Pascal Thomas
- Love Me No More (Deux jours à tuer) – Eric Assous, Jérôme Beaujour, Jean Becker and François d'Épenoux
- Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 (L'instinct de mort and L'ennemi public n°1) – Abdel Raouf Dafri and Jean-François Richet
Best Writing – Original
- Séraphine – Marc Abdelnour and Martin Provost
- A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël) – Emmanuel Bourdieu and Arnaud Desplechin
- The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (Le premier jour du reste de ta vie) – Rémi Bezançon
- I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) – Philippe Claudel
- Welcome to the Sticks (Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis) – Dany Boon, Alexandre Charlot and Franck Magnier
Most Promising Actor
- Marc-André Grondin – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (Le premier jour du reste de ta vie)
- Ralph Amoussou – With a Little Help from Myself (Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera)
- Laurent Capelluto – A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël)
- Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet – The Beautiful Person (La belle personne)
- Pio Marmaï – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (Le premier jour du reste de ta vie)
Most Promising Actress
- Déborah François – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (Le premier jour du reste de ta vie)
- Marilou Berry – Ugly Melanie (Vilaine)
- Louise Bourgoin – The Girl from Monaco (La fille de Monaco)
- Anaïs Demoustier – Les grandes personnes
- Léa Seydoux – The Beautiful Person (La belle personne)
Honorary César
- Dustin Hoffman, American actor.
See also
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