05/04/2011

Presented every year to two promising talents of French cinema, the Romy Schneider and Patrick Dewaere Prizes were awarded in Paris yesterday evening to Anaïs Demoustier and Gilles Lellouche, respectively. The two actors follow in the footsteps of previous winners, including Juliette Binoche, Isabelle Carré, Cécile de France, Ludivine Sagnier, Mélanie Laurent, Marie-Josée Croze, François Cluzet, Lambert Wilson, Yvan Attal, Guillaume Canet, Jérémie Rénier, Benoît Poelvoorde and Tahar Rahim.

Selected last year as a European Film Promotion Shooting Star (see video interview), Demoustier (23) was discovered in The Year After [+see also:
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In 2010, the actress appeared in Rebecca Zlotowski’s Dear Prudence [+see also:
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Lellouche (38) has seen his career take off in the last few years. Nominated for the Best Male Newcomer César in 2006 for Love Is In the Air, he went on to appear in Tell No One [+see also:
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The actor recently won acclaim in Guillaume Canet’s Little White Lies [+see also:
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(Translated from French)