César 2010

The 35th César Awards took place on February 27, 2010 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris . The film prizes awarded by the French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma were awarded in 21 categories. The annual changing chairmanship of the gala in 2010 was the responsibility of actress Marion Cotillard . As hosts ( maîtres de cérémonie ), Valérie Lemercier and Gad Elmaleh led through the evening . The two actors and comedians had already moderated the event in the past.

The award ceremony was broadcast live on the French television channel Canal + and broadcast in German-speaking countries by TV5MONDE Europe . Tributes were given to the recently deceased director Éric Rohmer and the American film actor Harrison Ford .

View of the Parisian Théâtre du Châtelet, the venue for the César Awards

Favorite films

Received two nominations for his leading roles in Der Retter and Le dernier pour la route : François Cluzet

Nominated for Best Actress: Dominique Blanc ( L'autre )

The nominations were announced on January 22, 2010. The favorite for France's national film award was Jacques Audiard's A Prophet . The crime drama, about a young prison inmate of Arab origin who becomes an influential criminal with the help of the Corsican mafia, had received 13 nominations and won nine prizes. Only The Last Metro and Cyrano von Bergerac (ten wins each in 1981 and 1991) were able to combine more awards . Audiard's film won among others in the categories of Best Film, Director, Leading and Young Actor ( Tahar Rahim ) and Supporting Actor ( Niels Arestrup ). A Prophet had previously won the Louis Delluc Prize and received a Golden Globe nomination and the BAFTA Award as France's candidate for the Oscar abroad .

The dramas Der Retter (eleven nominations, one win) and Welcome (ten nominations, no award) by Xavier Giannoli and Philippe Lioret were also among the extended favorites . In his film, Giannoli deals with the story of a fraudster (played by François Cluzet ) who has been released from prison . He settles in a small French town as an alleged building contractor, whereupon he is overwhelmed by the hope of the population suffering from high unemployment. In Welcome, Lioret took on the fate of the 17-year-old Kurd Bilal from Iraq (played by Firat Ayverdi ), who made his way across Europe to Calais in France . There the illegal immigrant pays a French swimming instructor ( Vincent Lindon , nominated for best actor) for one-to-one lessons. Bilal's goal is to cross the English Channel and reach London , where his great love, young Mina, is at home. Welcome was performed at the Berlinale 2009 and prevailed against A Prophet in the award of the French Prix Lumières . Lioret's film had sparked heated discussions months earlier after the director publicly compared the situation of the refugees in Calais with the persecution of Jews in World War II . Radu Mihăileanu's music film Das Konzert (six nominations, two wins), Alain Resnais ' Caution Sehnsucht and Lucas Belvaux 's kidnapping thriller Ransom (four nominations each, no award) were also represented in the Best Film category .

The seventh production in the Best Film category with a total of three nominations was Jean-Paul Lilienfeld's socially critical drama Today I Wear Rock! In this Isabelle Adjani slipped into the role of a teacher who is completely overwhelmed with her everyday school life among the immigrant children of a French suburb and takes violent measures to gain respect. For the part of Sonia Bergerac, Adjani received great praise from the critics and the fifth César as best leading actress after a break of several years. In addition to Sandrine Kiberlain ( Mademoiselle Chambon ), Kristin Scott Thomas ( The Affair ) and Audrey Tautou ( Coco Chanel - The Beginning of a Passion ), Dominique Blanc also competed for her fifth actor's prize. For her portrait of a lonely lover in L'autre , who is becoming increasingly schizophrenic, she had already received the 2008 Venice Film Festival Acting Award.

As in the previous year, the more than 3000 voting members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, which awards the Césars, almost completely ignored the successful comedies of the 2009 cinema year. Michel Hazanavicius ' OSS 117 - He is enough for himself and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Micmacs - Paris is ours! were only considered in technical categories when the nominations were announced, Laurent Tirard's family comedy Der kleine Nick alone in the category Best Adapted Screenplay. All three film productions did not receive any awards at the César Awards. However, Riad Sattouf's youth comedy Boys Stay Boys won the award for best debut film.

In the Best Foreign Film category, the US entry Gran Torino by Clint Eastwood received the César. Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story , Germany's candidate for the Oscar abroad did not get beyond a nomination. Sigourney Weaver presented the honorary award to her compatriot Harrison Ford . The homage for the late film director Éric Rohmer was held by the actor Fabrice Luchini , who had worked with him on Claire's knees and nights of full moon , among other things . Luchini read a text by Jacques Fieschi on this. Rohmer had been denied a regular César all his life.

Winners and nominations

Nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay: Radu Mihăileanu with Dolores Chaplin

Best Actor: Tahar Rahim

Nominated for Best Actor: Vincent Lindon

Best Actress: Isabelle Adjani

Awarded Best Supporting Actor: Niels Arestrup

Mélanie Thierry , the best young actress

Honored with the honorary award for his life's work: actor Harrison Ford

Honored the late director Éric Rohmer : actor Fabrice Luchini

Emma de Caunes , laudator for the best documentary film

Laudator François-Xavier Demaison

Caroline Sihol at the award ceremony

Movie	Nominations	Victories
prophesied!A prophet	13	9
Savior!The saviour	11	1
Welcome	10	0
Coco Chanel - The beginning of a passion	7th	1
Concert!The concert	6th	2
dernier!Le dernier pour la route	5	1
Caution longing	4th	0
ransom	4th	0
Boys stay boys	3	1
Today I'm wearing a skirt!	3	1
Mademoiselle Chambon	3	1
Micmacs - We Own Paris!	3	0
OSS 117 - He is enough for himself	2	0
First one, then all	2	0

Best film (Meilleur film)

presented by Marion Cotillard

Ein Prophet ( Un prophète ) - Director: Jacques Audiard

The Savior (À l'origine) - Director: Xavier Giannoli

Welcome - Directed by Philippe Lioret

The concert ( Le concert ) - directed by Radu Mihăileanu

Caution Longing ( Les herbes folles ) - Director: Alain Resnais

Today I'm wearing a skirt! ( La journée de la jupe ) - Director: Jean-Paul Lilienfeld

Ransom ( Rapt ) - Director: Lucas Belvaux

Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur)

presented by Vanessa Paradis

Jacques Audiard - A Prophet ( Un prophète )

Lucas Belvaux - Ransom ( Rapt )

Xavier Giannoli - The Savior (À l'origine)

Philippe Lioret - Welcome

Radu Mihăileanu - The concert ( Le concert )

Best leading actor (Meilleur acteur)

presented by Mélanie Laurent

Tahar Rahim - A Prophet ( Un prophète )

Yvan Attal - Ransom ( Rapt )

François Cluzet - The Savior (À l'origine)

François Cluzet - Le dernier pour la route

Vincent Lindon - Welcome

Best leading actress (Meilleure actrice)

presented by Gérard Depardieu

Isabelle Adjani - Today I wear a skirt! ( La journée de la jupe )

Dominique Blanc - L'autre

Sandrine Kiberlain - Mademoiselle Chambon

Kristin Scott Thomas - The Affair ( Partir )

Audrey Tautou - Coco Chanel - The Beginning of a Passion ( Coco avant Chanel )

Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle)

presented by Laetitia Casta

Niels Arestrup - A Prophet ( Un prophète )

Jean-Hugues Anglade - Restless ( Persécution )

Benoît Poelvoorde - Coco Chanel - The beginning of a passion ( Coco avant Chanel )

Joey Starr - Le bal des actrices

Michel Vuillermoz - Le dernier pour la route

Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle)

presented by André Dussollier

Emmanuelle Devos - The Savior (À l'origine)

Aure Atika - Mademoiselle Chambon

Anne Consigny - Ransom ( Rapt )

Audrey Dana - Welcome

Noémie Lvovsky - Boys Remain Boys ( Les beaux gosses )

Best Young Actor (Meilleur espoir masculin)

presented by Laura Smet

Tahar Rahim - A Prophet ( Un prophète )

Fyrat Ayverdi - Welcome

Adel Bencherif - A Prophet ( Un prophète )

Vincent Lacoste - Boys Stay Boys ( Les beaux gosses )

Vincent Rottiers - Je suis heureux que ma mère soit vivante

Best Young Actress (Meilleur espoir féminin)

presented by Richard Berry

Mélanie Thierry - Le dernier pour la route

Pauline Étienne - First one, then all (Qu'un seul tienne et les autres suivront)

Florence Loiret-Caille - I loved her ( Je l'aimais )

SoKo - The Savior (À l'origine)

Christa Théret - LOL (Laughing Out Loud)

Best first work (Meilleur premier film)

presented by Mélanie Doutey and Pascal Elbé

Boys stay boys ( Les beaux gosses ) - Director: Riad Sattouf

Le dernier pour la route - Director: Philippe Godeau

Espion (s) - Director: Nicolas Saada

Meet the Elisabeths! ( La première étoile ) - Director: Lucien Jean-Baptiste

First one, then all (Qu'un seul tienne et les autres suivront) - Director: Léa Fehner

Best Original Screenplay (Meilleur scénario original)

presented by Marina Foïs

Jacques Audiard , Thomas Bidegain , Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit - Ein Prophet ( Un prophète )

Xavier Giannoli - The Savior (À l'origine)

Jean-Paul Lilienfeld - Today I wear a skirt! ( La journée de la jupe )

Philippe Lioret , Emmanuel Courcol and Olivier Adam - Welcome

Radu Mihăileanu and Alain-Michel Blanc - The concert ( Le concert )

Best Adapted Screenplay (Meilleure adaptation)

presented by Sandrine Kiberlain

Stéphane Brizé and Florence Vignon - Mademoiselle Chambon

Anne Fontaine and Camille Fontaine - Coco Chanel - The Beginning of a Passion ( Coco avant Chanel )

Philippe Godeau and Agnès de Sacy - Le dernier pour la route

Laurent Tirard and Grégoire Vigneron - Little Nick ( Le petit Nicolas )

Alex Révarl and Laurent Herbiet - Caution Longing ( Les herbes folles )

Best Score (Meilleure musique)

presented by Jeanne Balibar

Armand Amar - The Concert ( Le concert )

Alex Beaupain - Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser

Alexandre Desplat - A Prophet ( Un prophète )

Cliff Martinez - The Savior (À l'origine)

Nicola Piovani - Welcome

Best production design (Meilleurs décors)

presented by Virginie Efira and François-Xavier Demaison

Michel Barthélemy - A Prophet ( Un prophète )

Aline Bonetto - Micmacs - We Own Paris! ( Micmacs à tire-larigot )

Maamar Ech Cheikh - OSS 117 - He is enough for himself ( OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus )

François-Renaud Labarthe - The Savior (À l'origine)

Olivier Radot - Coco Chanel - The beginning of a passion ( Coco avant Chanel )

Best Costumes (Meilleurs costumes)

presented by Élie Semoun

Catherine Leterrier - Coco Chanel - The beginning of a passion ( Coco avant Chanel )

Chattoune and Fab - Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

Charlotte David - OSS 117 - He is enough for himself ( OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus )

Madeline Fontaine - Micmacs - We Own Paris! ( Micmacs à tire-larigot )

Virgine Montel - A Prophet ( Un prophète )

Himalaya - Close to Heaven (Himalaya, le chemin du ciel) - Director: Marianne Chaud

Home - Director: Yann-Arthus Bertrand

Ne me libérez pas je m'en charge - Director: Fabienne Godet

Best foreign film (Meilleur film étranger)

presented by Tony Gatlif

Gran Torino , USA - Director: Clint Eastwood

Avatar - Departure to Pandora ( Avatar ), USA - Director: James Cameron

Milk , USA - Director: Gus Van Sant

I Killed My Mother ( J'ai tué ma mère ), Canada - Director: Xavier Dolan

Panic in the Pampa ( Panique au village ), Belgium - directed by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar

The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story , Germany - Director: Michael Haneke

Slumdog Millionaire ( Slumdog Millionaire ), UK - Director: Danny Boyle

Honorary Award (César d'honneur)

presented by Sigourney Weaver

Harrison Ford - American film actor

Web links

Commons : César Awards 2010 - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the César Awards
César 2010 in the Internet Movie Database
Transcript for the award ceremony at france-info.com (French)

Individual evidence

↑ Sascha Lehnartz: A swimmer hits high waves . In: Die Welt , March 10, 2009, No. 58/2009, p. 23.
↑ See César 2010: les nominations at allocine.fr, January 22, 2010; Retrieved January 22, 2010.

[1] Sascha Lehnartz: A swimmer hits high waves . In: Die Welt , March 10, 2009, No. 58/2009, p. 23.

[allocine.fr-2] See César 2010: les nominations at allocine.fr, January 22, 2010; Retrieved January 22, 2010.