César 2020
The 45th César Awards took place on February 28, 2020 in the Salle Pleyel in Paris . The film prizes awarded by the French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma for the best productions of the cinema year 2019 were awarded in 22 categories; there were also special prices.
The annually changing chairmanship of the gala was taken over by Sandrine Kiberlain . Actress Florence Foresti , who last moderated the evening in 2016, was the moderator ("maîtresse de cérémonie") . The event was broadcast live on French television channel Canal + .
After the audience award had gone to the film with the most moviegoers of the year since 2018, the Académie changed the award guidelines for 2020: The award now went to one of the five most-visited films of the year, with the winner being chosen by the Académie. The nominations for the César 2020 were announced on January 29, 2020.
In mid-February 2020, the board of the César Academy resigned after criticism of the 12 nominations for Roman Polański's intrigue , among other things . Prior to this, around 400 celebrities from the French film scene had written an open letter in the daily newspaper Le Monde calling for a “profound reform” of the private law institution “because of a lack of transparency that bordered on nepotism ”. The French Minister of Culture Franck Riester declared hours before the award ceremony that it was a negative signal, at a moment when “the cloak of silence was being lifted from the sexual and sexist attacks of the past”, the award for best director was awarded to Polański forgive. During the award ceremony for Polański, numerous actresses present left the room demonstratively.
For the first time in the history of the Césars, no honorary award was given; the price was originally intended to be awarded to Brad Pitt , who declined to receive an award in the wake of the Polański controversy.
Award winners and nominees
| Movie | N | A. |
|---|---|---|
| intrigue | 12 | 3 |
| The best time of our life | 11 | 3 |
| The angry - Les Misérables | 11 | 3 |
| Portrait of a young woman on fire | 10 | 1 |
| God be praised | 8th | 1 |
| Anything but ordinary | 8th | 0 |
| Roubaix, une lumière | 7th | 1 |
| I lost my body | 3 | 2 |
| The Wolf's Call - decision in depth | 3 | 1 |
| Atlantique | 3 | 0 |
| Papicha | 2 | 2 |
| Au nom de la terre | 2 | 0 |
| Just the animals | 2 | 0 |
| Curtain up on Cyrano | 2 | 0 |
Best movie
presented by Sandrine Kiberlain
The Furious - Les Misérables (Les misérables) - Director: Ladj Ly
- The most beautiful time of our life (La belle époque) - Director: Nicolas Bedos
- Praise be to God (Grâce à Dieu) - Director: François Ozon
- Anything but Ordinary (Hors normes) - Directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
- Intrige (J'accuse) - Director: Roman Polański
- Portrait of a young woman in flames (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) - Director: Celine Sciamma
- Roubaix, une lumière - Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Best director
presented by Emmanuelle Bercot and Claire Denis
Roman Polański - Intrigue (J'accuse)
- Nicolas Bedos - The most beautiful time of our lives (La belle époque)
- François Ozon - Praise be to God (Grâce à Dieu)
- Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache - Everything Except Ordinary (Hors normes)
- Ladj Ly - The Angry - Les Misérables (Les misérables)
- Celine Sciamma - Portrait of a Young Woman on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
- Arnaud Desplechin - Roubaix, une lumière
Best main actress
presented by Mathieu Kassovitz
Anaïs Demoustier - Alice et le maire
- Eva Green - Proxima
- Adèle Haenel - Portrait of a Young Woman in Flames (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
- Noémie Merlant - Portrait of a Young Woman on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
- Doria Tillier - The most beautiful time of our life (La belle époque)
- Karin Viard - Then you sleep too (Chanson douce)
- Chiara Mastroianni - On a Magical Night (Chambre 212)
Best Actor
presented by Marisa Berenson
Roschdy Zem - Roubaix, une lumière
- Daniel Auteuil - The most beautiful time of our life (La belle époque)
- Damien Bonnard - The Angry - Les Misérables (Les misérables)
- Vincent Cassel - Everything Except Ordinary (Hors normes)
- Jean Dujardin - Intrigue (J'accuse)
- Reda Kateb - Everything Except Ordinary (Hors normes)
- Melvil Poupaud - Praise be to God (Grâce à Dieu)
The best supporting actress
presented by Vincent Dedienne and Emmanuelle Devos
Fanny Ardant - The most beautiful time of our life (La belle époque)
- Josiane Balasko - Praise be to God (Grâce à Dieu)
- Laure Calamy - Only the Animals (Seules les bêtes)
- Sara Forestier - Roubaix, une lumière
- Hélène Vincent - Everything Except Ordinary (Hors normes)
Best supporting actor
presented by Chiara Mastroianni
Swann Arlaud - Praise be to God (Grâce à Dieu)
- Grégory Gadebois - Intrigue (J'accuse)
- Louis Garrel - Intrigue (J'accuse)
- Benjamin Lavernhe - My Beloved Stranger (Mon inconnue)
- Denis Ménochet - Praise be to God (Grâce à Dieu)
Best Young Actress
presented by Aïssa Maïga
- Luàna Bajrami - Portrait of a Young Woman on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
- Céleste Brunnquell - Les éblouis
- Nina Meurisse - Camille
- Mama Sané - Atlantique
Best young actor
presented by Karidja Touré and Déborah François
Alexis Manenti - The Angry - Les Misérables (Les misérables)
- Anthony Bayjon - Au nom de la terre
- Benjamin Lesieur - Everything but Ordinary (Hors normes)
- Liam Pierron - La vie scolaire
- Djebril Zonga - The Angry - Les Misérables (Les misérables)
Best original script
presented by Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Nicolas Bedos - The most beautiful time of our lives (La belle époque)
- François Ozon - Praise be to God (Grâce à Dieu)
- Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache - Everything Except Ordinary (Hors normes)
- Ladj Ly - The Angry - Les Misérables (Les misérables)
- Celine Sciamma - Portrait of a Young Woman on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
Best adapted script
presented by Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Roman Polański and Robert Harris - Intrigue (J'accuse)
- Costa-Gavras - Adults in the Room
- Jérémy Clapin and Guillaume Laurant - I lost my body (J'ai perdu mon corps)
- Arnaud Desplechin and Léa Mysius - Roubaix, une lumière
- Dominik Moll and Gilles Marchand - Only the Animals (Seules les bêtes)
Best production design
presented by Antoine Reinartz
Stéphane Rozenbaum - The most beautiful time of our life (La belle époque)
- Benoît Barouh - The Wolf's Call - Decision in the Deep (Le chant du loup)
- Franck Schwarz - Curtain up for Cyrano (Edmond)
- Jean Rabasse - Intrigue (J'accuse)
- Thomas Grézaud - Portrait of a Young Woman in Flames (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
Best costumes
presented by Antoine Reinartz
Pascaline Chavanne - Intrigue (J'accuse)
- Emmanuelle Youchnovski - The most beautiful time of our lives (La belle époque)
- Thierry Delettre - Curtain up for Cyrano (Edmond)
- Alexandra Charles - Jeanne d'Arc (Jeanne)
- Dorothée Guiraud - Portrait of a Young Woman on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
Best camera
presented by Melha Bedia and Arnaud Valois
Claire Mathon - Portrait of a Young Woman in Flames (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
- Nicolas Bolduc - The most beautiful time of our life (La belle époque)
- Paweł Edelman - Intrigue (J'accuse)
- Julien Poupard - The Angry - Les Misérables (Les misérables)
- Irina Lubtchansky - Roubaix, une lumière
Best cut
presented by Melha Bedia and Arnaud Valois
Flora Volpelière - The Angry - Les Misérables (Les misérables)
- Anny Danché and Florent Vassault - The most beautiful time of our lives (La belle époque)
- Laure Gardette - Praise be to God (Grâce à Dieu)
- Dorian Rigal-Ansous - Everything Except Ordinary (Hors normes)
- Hervé de Luze - Intrigue (J'accuse)
Best tone
presented by Laura Felpin
Nicolas Cantin , Thomas Desjonquères , Raphaëll Mouterde , Olivier Goinard , Randy Thom - The Wolf's Call - Decision in the depth (Le chant du loup)
- Rémi Daru , Séverin Favriau , Jean-Paul Hurier - The most beautiful time of our lives (La belle époque)
- Lucien Balibar , Aymeric Devoldère , Cyril Holtz , Niels Barletta - Intrigue (J'accuse)
- Arnaud Lavaleix , Jérôme Gonthier , Marco Casanova - The Angry - Les Misérables (Les misérables)
- Julien Sicart , Valérie de Loof , Daniel Sobrino - Portrait of a Young Woman on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
Best film score
presented by David Boring
Dan Levy - I lost my body (J'ai perdu mon corps)
- Fatima Al Qadiri - Atlantique
- Alexandre Desplat - Intrigue (J'accuse)
- Marco Casanova and Kim Chapiron - The Furious - Les Misérables (Les misérables)
- Grégoire Hetzel - Roubaix, une lumière
Best first work
presented by Florence Foresti
Papicha - Director: Mounia Meddour
- Atlantique - Director: Mati Diop
- Au nom de la terre - Director: Édouard Bergeon
- The Wolf's Call - Decision in the Deep (Le chant du loup) - Director: Antonin Baudry
- The Furious - Les Misérables (Les misérables) - Director: Ladj Ly
Best animated film
presented by Benjamin Lavernhe
I've lost my body (J'ai perdu mon corps) - Director: Jérémy Clapin
- La fameuse invasion des ours en Sicile - Director: Lorenzo Mattotti
- The Swallows of Kabul (Les hirondelles de Kaboul) - Directors: Zabou Breitman and Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec
Best documentary
presented by Antoine de Caunes
M - Director: Yolande Zauberman
- 68, mon père et les clous - Director: Samuel Bigiaoui
- La cordillère des songes - Director: Patricio Guzmán
- Lourdes - directed by Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai
- Wonderboy (Wonder Boy, Olivier Rousteing, né sous X) - Director: Anissa Bonnefont
Best animated short film
presented by Benjamin Lavernhe
La nuit des sacs plastiques - Director: Gabriel Harel
- What a heavenly cake! (Ce magnifique gâteau!) - Directed by Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels
- I'm going to buy cigarettes (Je sors acheter des cigarettes) - Director: Osman Cerfon
- Make It Soul - Director: Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo
Best short film
presented by Eye Haïdara and Maurice Barthélémy
Pile poil - directed by Lauriane Escaffre and Yvonnick Muller
- Beautiful Loser - Director: Maxime Roy
- Le chant d'Ahmed - Director: Foued Mansour
- Chien bleu - directed by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh
- Nefta Football Club - Director: Yves Piat
Best foreign film
presented by Alban Ivanov
Parasite (Gisaengchung / 기생충) , South Korea - Director: Bong Joon-ho
- Sorrow and Glory (Dolor y Gloria) , Spain - Director: Pedro Almodóvar
- Young Ahmed (Le jeune Ahmed) , Belgium - directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- Joker , United States - Director: Todd Phillips
- Lola vers la mer , Belgium, France - Director: Laurent Micheli
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , United States - Director: Quentin Tarantino
- Il Traditore - As a key witness against the Cosa Nostra (Il traditore) , Italy, France, Germany, Brazil - Director: Marco Bellocchio
Special prices
Honorary Award ("César d'honneur")
Acceptance refused
Audience award
presented by Josiane Balasko
The Furious - Les Misérables (Les misérables) - Director: Ladj Ly
- Monsieur Claude 2 (Qu'est-ce qu'on a encore fait au Bon Dieu) - Director: Philippe de Chauveron
- Nous finirons ensemble - Director: Guillaume Canet
- Anything but Ordinary (Hors normes) - Directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
- Au nom de la terre - Director: Edouard Bergeon
César des lycéens
There were seven films to choose from, the winner was announced on March 4, 2020.
Anything but Ordinary (Hors normes) - Directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
- The most beautiful time of our life (La belle époque) - Director: Nicolas Bedos
- Praise be to God (Grâce à Dieu) - Director: François Ozon
- Intrige (J'accuse) - Director: Roman Polanski
- The Furious - Les misérables (Les misérables) - Director: Ladj Ly
- Portrait of a young woman in flames (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) - Director: Celine Sciamma
- Roubaix, une lumière - Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Web links
- César 2020 on the academie-cinema.org website
Individual evidence
- ↑ César 2020: ce qu'il faut savoir sur les nominations . lejdd.fr, January 28, 2020.
- ↑ Manon Garrigues: César 2020: on connaît le nom de la maîtresse de cérémonie . vogue.fr, November 22, 2019.
- ^ Brigitte Baronnet: César du public: le règlement va changer en 2020 . allocine.fr, November 4, 2019.
- ↑ Communiqués de Presse: Renouvellement complet de la direction des César. In: L'Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. February 14, 2020, accessed on February 14, 2020 (French).
- ↑ The board of the César Academy resigns as a whole. In: Zeit Online, February 14, 2020.
- ↑ Rudolf Balmer: Polanski plunges César Academy into crisis: the patron has made enemies . In: The daily newspaper: taz . February 14, 2020, ISSN 0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed February 14, 2020]).
- ^ Franck Riester regrette l'attribution d'un César à Roman Polanski. le Figaro, February 29, 2020, accessed on February 29, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Roman Polanski: Actress walkout as he wins best director at 'French Oscars'. BBC News, February 29, 2020, accessed February 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Catherine Balle, Benoît Daragon: Pas de César d'honneur, une première depuis 45 ans . leparisien.fr, February 27, 2020.
- ↑ Le César des lycéens . education.gouv.fr, accessed February 29, 2020.
- ↑ Le César des Lycéens 2020 est décerné à “Hors Normes” . 20minutes.fr, March 4, 2020.