César 2012
The 37th César Awards took place on February 24, 2012 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris . The film prizes awarded by the French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma were awarded in 22 categories. Michel Hazanavicius ' award-winning silent film homage The Artist prevailed as the best film of the year . The French actor and director Guillaume Canet took over the presidency of the gala, which changes annually in 2012 . As host (maître de cérémonie) Antoine de Caunes led through the evening . The French actor had hosted the event seven times in the past.
The award ceremony was broadcast live on the French television channel Canal + . The winner was the British actress Kate Winslet , who was awarded the honorary prize of the French Film Academy. A homage was dedicated to the actress and three-time César Prize winner Annie Girardot, who died in 2011 .
Summary
Film year 2011 and voting mode
The nominations were announced on January 27, 2012 in the Parisian restaurant Le Fouquet’s on the Champs-Élysées . With more than 215 million admissions, 2011 was the most successful year for French film since 1966, according to Alain Terzian , President of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma , which awards the Césars. In 2011, 240 French feature films were produced. The market share of domestic films increased by 4.2 percent compared to 2010, to 41.5 percent. The most successful film production was Olivier Nakaches and Éric Toledano comedy Pretty Best Friends , which reached almost 20 million viewers and thus became the third most successful film in France since 1945 (after Willkommen bei den Sch'tis and Titanic ) . In addition to Pretty Best Friends , three other French productions ( Nothing to declare , Poliezei , Only for staff! ) Reached more than two million, a total of 20 French films more than one million viewers (including The Artist , Les Tuche and two film adaptations by Louis Pergauds Roman War of the Buttons) . 555 short and full-length films and 3309 filmmakers had been proposed for the César by the 4199 member academy. Feature films were taken into account that were shown for a fee for at least seven days in a public cinema in the Paris region between January 1 and December 31, 2011. The votes of 60 percent of the Film Academy members were used to determine the nominees.
Like the directing category, the categories for the best leading actor in 2012 were increased from five to seven nominations. According to Terzian, this should better reflect the wealth of nominated film productions.
The members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma voted on the winners . Similar to the Oscars , a joint meal for the César-nominated filmmakers ("Déjeuner des Nommés") was held on February 4th in the restaurant Le Fouquet’s . One innovation was the “L'Année Cinéma César” - the film productions nominated for the César were shown for two weeks at the Cinéma Le Balzac in Paris on the Champs-Élysées.
Award-winning film productions
Michel Hazanavicius ' The Artist advanced to be the most successful film at the awards ceremony, converting six of his ten nominations into victories. The homage to the American silent film , which had already been rewarded with three Golden Globe Awards , seven British Academy Film Awards and ten Oscar nominations, won the awards for best film, best director, best actress ( Bérénice Bejo ) as well the prices for camera, film music and production design. Three Césars went to Pierre Schoeller's Der Aufsteiger (eleven nominations), which focuses on a French transport minister (played by Olivier Gourmet ) who has to prove himself in the tough everyday life of politicians. The political drama won awards for supporting actor Michel Blanc , the original script and the sound.
When the nominations were announced, Poliezei by director Maïwenn was the favorite for the French film award. The drama with Karin Viard , Marina Foïs and Joeystarr in the leading roles takes on the everyday life of the French youth protection police Brigade de Protection des Mineurs (BPM), which is accompanied by a photographer (played by Maïwenn). This is to write a book on police work on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior. Poliezei received 13 nominations and, in addition to the prizes for the best film and the best director, was also able to count on chances of winning various actor prizes (Karin Viard, Marina Foïs, Joeystarr, Karole Rocher , Nicolas Duvauchelle , Frédéric Pierrot and Naidra Ayadi ). The film won the jury award at its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 , but was only honored in the categories of best young actress (Naidra Ayadi) and for best editing at the César Awards. Alix Delaporte's film debut Angèle and Tony , which tells of a homeless woman (played by Clotilde Hesme ), who falls in love with a Norman fisherman ( Grégory Gadebois ), also won two Césars in the young actor categories .
Olivier Nakaches and Éric Toledanos Pretty Best Friends (nine nominations), Bertrand Bonello's House of Sin (eight) and Philippe Le Guays For Personal Only! (three). Nakaches and Toledano's successful French box office comedy Pretty Best Friends tells the story of a wealthy, wheelchair-dependent nobleman (played by François Cluzet ) who hires a young migrant ( Omar Sy ) to take care of his household. Sy was the first black actor to be awarded the Leading Actor Award and was able to beat Oscar-nominated Jean Dujardin (The Artist) . The historical drama Haus der Sünde , which was not considered for best film or for the director's award and is set in a Paris brothel at the end of the 19th century, won the César for best costumes. The Spaniard Carmen Maura , in Philippe Le Guays Comedy For staff! a courageous Spanish maid playing in the house of a stiff Parisian stockbroker (portrayed by Fabrice Luchini ) won the Best Supporting Actress award.
Unprized films and awards to Iran
Valérie Donzellis' Life Belongs to Us (six nominations) also belonged to the extended circle of favorites but did not receive an award. Donzelli dedicated himself to a young couple (played by Donzelli and her partner Jérémie Elkaïm ) who were confronted with his child's cancer. The film was France's candidate for the 2012 Oscar abroad , but was not shortlisted. Also no César won in the categories Best Film and Best Director nominated works Le Havre by Aki Kaurismäki (three nominations, Finland candidate on foreign Oscar in 2012) and Father (two nominations), in which director Alain Cavalier and the actor Vincent Lindon two politicians mimes.
When the nominations were announced, the French daily newspapers Le Monde and Le Figaro pointed to the good performance of comedies such as The Artist or Pretty Best Friends , after the genre had often been ignored by the French film academy in the past. After the award ceremony, Le Monde judged that the winners were "a fairly true reflection of the diversity of French cinema in good health" and pointed out the numerous winners from the comedy field.
Black Swan (USA), The King's Speech (Great Britain) and The Woman Who Sings - Incendies (Canada) , which won awards or were nominated at the 2011 Academy Awards, received nominations in the Best Foreign Film category . In addition to The Kid with a Bike by the Belgian pair of brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and the European Film Award excellent drama Melancholia by Lars von Trier were also responsible for the Academy Awards 2012 nominated entries Drive and Nader and Simin - A Separation ( Golden Globe Award 2012 as best foreign language film). The Iranian contribution won the award.
Award winners and nominations
Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = victory (s) |
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Movie | N | S. |
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Poliezei | 13 | 2 |
The climber | 11 | 3 |
The Artist | 10 | 6th |
Pretty much best friends | 9 | 1 |
House of sin | 8th | 1 |
Life is ours | 6th | 0 |
Angèle and Tony | 3 | 2 |
Only for staff! | 3 | 1 |
Le Havre | 3 | 0 |
La conquete | 2 | 0 |
Arrest warrant - if in doubt, against the accused | 2 | 0 |
A monster in Paris | 2 | 0 |
My little princess | 2 | 0 |
Nathalie kisses | 2 | 0 |
Omar - A judicial scandal | 2 | 0 |
Father | 2 | 0 |
Source of women | 2 | 0 |
Best film ("Meilleur film")
presented by Guillaume Canet
The Artist - Director: Michel Hazanavicius
- The climber (L'exercice de l'état) - Director: Pierre Schoeller
- Le Havre - Director: Aki Kaurismäki
- Life is ours (La guerre est déclarée) - Director: Valérie Donzelli
- Father - Directed by Alain Cavalier
- Poliezei (Polisse) - Director: Maïwenn
- Pretty Best Friends (Intouchables) - Directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano
Best Director ("Meilleur réalisateur")
presented by Julie Depardieu and Éric Elmosnino
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
- Alain Cavalier - Father
- Valérie Donzelli - Life is ours (La guerre est déclarée)
- Aki Kaurismäki - Le Havre
- Maïwenn - Poliezei (Polisse)
- Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano - Pretty Best Friends (Intouchables)
- Pierre Schoeller - The climber (L'exercice de l'état)
Best leading actress ("Meilleure actrice")
presented by Gilles Lellouche
- Ariane Ascaride - The snow on Kilimanjaro (Les neiges du Kilimandjaro)
- Leïla Bekhti - Source of Women (La source des femmes)
- Valérie Donzelli - Life is ours (La guerre est déclarée)
- Marina Foïs - Poliezei (Polisse)
- Marie Gillain - Toutes nos envies
- Karin Viard - Poliezei (Polisse)
Best leading actor ("Meilleur acteur")
presented by Nicole Garcia
Omar Sy - Pretty Best Friends (Intouchables)
- Sami Bouajila - Omar - A Judicial Scandal (Omar m'a tuer)
- François Cluzet - Pretty Best Friends (Intouchables)
- Jean Dujardin - The Artist
- Olivier Gourmet - The climber (L'exercice de l'état)
- Denis Podalydès - La conquête
- Philippe Torreton - Arrest warrant - In case of doubt against the accused (Présumé coupable)
Best supporting actress ("Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle")
presented by Kad Merad
Carmen Maura - For staff only! (Les femmes du 6e étage)
- Zabou Breitman - The climber (L'exercice de l'état)
- Anne Le Ny - Pretty Best Friends (Intouchables)
- Noémie Lvovsky - House of Sin (L'Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close))
- Karole Rocher - Poliezei (Polisse)
Best supporting actor ("Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle")
presented by Mathilde Seigner
Michel Blanc - The climber (L'exercice de l'état)
- Nicolas Duvauchelle - Poliezei (Polisse)
- Joeystarr - Poliezei (Polisse)
- Bernard Le Coq - La conquete
- Frédéric Pierrot - Poliezei (Polisse)
Best Young Actress ("Meilleur espoir féminin")
presented by Tahar Rahim
Naidra Ayadi - Poliezei (Polisse)
Clotilde Hesme - Angèle and Tony (Angèle et Tony)
- Adèle Haenel - House of Sin (L'Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close))
- Céline Sallette - House of Sin (L'Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close))
- Christa Théret - La brindille
Best Young Actor ("Meilleur espoir masculin")
presented by Aure Atika
Grégory Gadebois - Angèle and Tony (Angèle et Tony)
- Nicolas Bridet - Tu seras mon fils
- Guillaume Gouix - Jimmy Rivière
- Pierre Niney - J'aime regarder les filles
- Dimitri Storoge - A Gang Story - A Question of Honor (Les Lyonnais)
Best camera ("Meilleure photographie")
presented by Mathieu Kassovitz
Guillaume Schiffman - The Artist
- Pierre Aïm - Poliezei (Polisse)
- Josée Deshaies - House of Sin (L'Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close))
- Julien Hirsch - The climber (L'exercice de l'état)
- Mathieu Vadepied - Pretty Best Friends (Intouchables)
Best cut ("Meilleur montage")
presented by Valérie Bonneton
Laure Gardette and Yann Dedet - Poliezei (Polisse)
- Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
- Laurence Briaud - The climber (L'exercice de l'état)
- Pauline Gaillard - Life is ours (La guerre est déclarée)
- Dorian Rigal-Ansous - Pretty Best Friends (Intouchables)
Best original script ("Meilleur scénario original")
presented by Sara Forestier
Pierre Schoeller - The climber (L'exercice de l'état)
- Valérie Donzelli and Jérémie Elkaïm - Life is ours (La guerre est déclarée)
- Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
- Maïwenn and Emmanuelle Bercot - Poliezei (Polisse)
- Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache - Pretty Best Friends (Intouchables)
Best adapted script ("Meilleure adaptation")
presented by Frédéric Beigbeder
Roman Polański and Yasmina Reza - The God of Slaughter (Carnage)
- David Foenkinos - Nathalie kisses (La délicatesse)
- Vincent Garenq - Arrest warrant - In case of doubt against the accused (Présumé coupable)
- Olivier Gorce , Roschdy Zem , Rachid Bouchareb and Olivier Lorelle - Omar - A judicial scandal (Omar m'a tuer)
- Mathieu Kassovitz , Benoît Jaubert and Pierre Geller - Rebellion (L'ordre et la morale)
Best film music ("Meilleure musique")
presented by Alice Taglioni
- Alex Beaupain - The lovers - of the burden of being happy (Les bien-aimés)
- Bertrand Bonello - House of Sin (L'Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close))
- Matthieu Chedid and Patrice Renson - A Monster in Paris (Un monstre à Paris)
- Philippe Schoeller - The climber (L'exercice de l'état)
Best note ("Meilleur son")
presented by Valérie Bonneton
Olivier Hespel , Julie Brenta and Jean-Pierre Laforce - The climber (L'exercice de l'état)
- Pascal Armant , Jean Goudier and Jean-Paul Hurier - Pretty Best Friends (Intouchables)
- Jean-Pierre Duret , Nicolas Moreau and Jean-Pierre Laforce - House of Sin (L'Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close))
- Nicolas Provost , Rym Debbarh-Mounir and Emmanuel Croset - Poliezei (Polisse)
- André Rigaut , Sébastien Savine and Laurent Gabiot - Life is ours (La guerre est déclarée)
Best production design ("Meilleurs décors")
presented by Helena Noguerra
- Alain Guffroy - House of Sin (L'Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close))
- Pierre-François Limbosch - For staff only! (Les femmes du 6e étage)
- Jean-Marc Tran Tan Ba - The climber (L'exercice de l'état)
- Wouter Zoon - Le Havre
Best costumes ("Meilleurs costumes")
presented by Helena Noguerra
Anaïs Romand - House of Sin (L'Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close))
- Catherine Baba - My Little Princess
- Mark Bridges - The Artist
- Christian Gasc - For staff only! (Les femmes du 6e étage)
- Viorica Petrovici - Source of Women (La source des femmes)
Best debut film ("Meilleur premier film")
presented by Sylvie Testud
The Pig of Gaza (Le cochon de Gaza) - Director: Sylvain Estibal
- 17 girls (17 filles) - directed by Muriel and Delphine Coulin
- Angèle and Tony (Angèle et Tony) - Director: Alix Delaporte
- Nathalie kisses (La délicatesse) - directed by Stéphane and David Foenkinos
- My Little Princess - Director: Eva Ionesco
Best animation film ("Meilleur film d'animation")
presented by Alexandre Astier
The rabbi's cat (Le chat du rabbin) - directed by Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux
- Le cirque - Director: Nicolas Brault
- La queue de la souris - Director: Benjamin Renner
- A Monster in Paris (Un monstre à Paris) - Director: Bibo Bergeron
- Le tableau - directed by Jean-François Laguionie
Best documentary ("Meilleur film documentaire")
presented by Julie Ferrier
Tous au Larzac - Director: Christian Rouaud
- Le bal des menteurs - Director: Daniel Leconte
- Crazy Horse - Director: Frederick Wiseman
- Ici on noie les Algériens - Director: Yasmina Adi
- Michel Petrucciani - Life Against Time (Michel Petrucciani) - Director: Michael Radford
Best short film ("Meilleur court-métrage")
presented by Audrey Fleurot , Zoé Félix and Olivia Bonamy
L'accordeur - Director: Olivier Treiner
- La France qui se lêve tôt - Director: Hugo Chesnard
- J'aurais pu être une pute - Director: Baya Kasmi
- Je pourrais être votre grand-mère - Director: Bernard Tanguy
- A world without women (Un monde sans femmes) - Director: Guillaume Brac
Best foreign film ("Meilleur film étranger")
presented by Laurent Lafitte
Nader and Simin - A Separation (جدایی نادر از سیمین Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) , Iran - Director: Asghar Farhadi
- Black Swan , USA - Director: Darren Aronofsky
- Drive , USA - Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
- The King's Speech , UK - Director: Tom Hooper
- The Boy with a Bicycle (Le gamin au vélo) , Belgium - directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- The Woman Who Sings - Incendies (Incendies) , Canada - Director: Denis Villeneuve
- Melancholia , Denmark - Director: Lars von Trier
Honorary Award ("César d'honneur")
presented by Michel Gondry
Kate Winslet - British actress
Web links
- Official website of the Césars (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official press dossier (PDF file; 2.3 MB) lescesarducinema.com, p. 12 (French; accessed on January 27, 2012).
- ↑ a b Official press dossier (PDF file; 2.3 MB) lescesarducinema.com, p. 3 (French; accessed on January 27, 2012).
- ↑ a b c Emmanuel de Waresquiel: Les Césars n'oublient personne . In: Le Figaro , January 28, 2012, No. 20992, p. 29.
- ↑ Margret Köhler: Robust, creative, solid: audience records in neighboring France ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at film-dienst.kim-info.de (accessed on February 5, 2012).
- ↑ Official press dossier (PDF file; 2.3 MB) lescesarducinema.com, p. 7 (French; accessed on January 27, 2012).
- ^ A b Thomas Sotinel: La "Polisse", l 'Etat "et l' Artist" se disputent les Césars . In: Le Monde , January 29, 2012, p. 20.
- ↑ Official press dossier (PDF file; 2.3 MB) lescesarducinema.com, p. 9 (French; accessed on January 27, 2012).
- ↑ Thomas Sotinel: Omar Sy, César! . In: Le Monde , February 26, 2012, p. 20.