Waiting for César
- There can be only one: will it be Ozon, or Philibert's Etre et Avoir? Polanski permitting, of course. And what about the actresses? All will be revealed Saturday night in Paris
On the evening of Saturday 23 February, the French film industry will gather at the Théâtre du Châtelet for the biggest night of the year, the 28th César Awards.
The French equivalent of the "Oscars" is an annual event organised by the French Academy of Cinema together with Canal+, and will be presented this year by Géraldine Pailhas ( L’adversaire). On Saturday night we shall finally see who succeeds last year’s best film, Amélie [+see also:
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Who will win the best actress César? Will it be one of the favourites:Fanny Ardant, Juliette Binoche or Isabelle Hupper or could it go to one of the rank outsiders Ariane Ascaride or Isabelle Carré?
Following his failure to be nominated in the best foreign film category at the forthcoming Oscars, will François Ozon and his merry band of 8 Women [+see also:
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film profile] beat Constantin Costa-Gavras’ Amen? Should the Polish-born director win, it will not be the first time that a non-French language film seizes the César: it already happened in 1978 with Alain Resnais’ Providence starring Dirk Bogarde and Sir John Gielgud. One more day and all will be revealed...
(Translated from French)
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