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AWARDS France

Blue is the Warmest Colour stands out at the Lumières

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- Four prizes, including Best Film, for Abdellatif Kechiche’s feature. And two awards for Me Myself and Mum

Blue is the Warmest Colour stands out at the Lumières
Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos

Laureate of the Palme d'Or in Cannes, Blue is the Warmest Colour [+see also:
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interview: Abdellatif Kechiche
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also seduced foreign journalists working in Paris who last night awarded four prizes to Abdellatif Kechiche’s feature, during the 19th Lumières Awards. After being named Best Film, Blue is the Warmest Colour also won for Best Director, Best Actress (Léa Seydoux) and Best Female Newcomer (Adèle Exarchopoulos).

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Guillaume Gallienne was also in the spotlight with Me Myself and Mum [+see also:
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, which won awards for Best Actor and Best First Film. It is also worth noting the great performance of Grand Central [+see also:
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interview: Rebecca Zlotowski
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by Rebecca Zlotowski, honoured with a Special Prize of the Jury and the victory of Léa Seydoux (who was nominated for two films).

The Best Screenplay Award went to duo Roman Polanski - David Ives for Venus in Fur [+see also:
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interview: Roman Polanski
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, while the Lumière for Best Male Newcomer was given to Raphaël Personnaz (Quai d’Orsay [+see also:
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and Marius [+see also:
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) and that for Best Francophone Film (outside of France) to God's Horses [+see also:
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interview: Nabil Ayouch
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by Nabil Ayouch.

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(Translated from French)

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