Made brighter by the surprise attendance of (and speech given by) Brad Pitt on the occasion of the tribute paid to David Fincher, and taking a far more dynamic form than usual, the 48th Cesar Awards ceremony was largely dominated by Dominik Moll’s The Night of the 12th [+leggi anche:
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Nominated for the fifth time in seven years, Belgium’s Virginie Efira at long last scooped the deserved title of Best Actress for her performance in Paris Memories [+leggi anche:
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The remainder of the awards were shared out between the other films, namely Louis Garrel’s The Innocent [+leggi anche:
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Likewise worth a mention are the victories scored by Alice Diop’s Saint Omer [+leggi anche:
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The full list of awards is as follows:

Best Film
The Night of the 12th [+leggi anche:
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Best Director
Dominik Moll – The Night of the 12th

Best Actress
Virginie Efira – Paris Memories [+leggi anche:
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Best Actor
Benoît Magimel - Pacifiction [+leggi anche:
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Best Original Screenplay
Louis Garrel, Tanguy Viel, Naïla Guiguet – The Innocent [+leggi anche:
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Best Adapted Screenplay
Gilles Marchand, Dominik Moll – The Night of the 12th

Best Supporting Actress
Noémie Merlant – The Innocent

Best Supporting Actor
Bouli Lanners – The Night of the 12th

Best Female Newcomer
Nadia Tereszkiewicz – Forever Young [+leggi anche:
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Best Male Newcomer
Bastien Bouillon – The Night of the 12th

Best First Film
Saint Omer [+leggi anche:
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Best Documentary
Returning to Reims (Fragments) [+leggi anche:
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Best Animated Film
My Sunny Maad [+leggi anche:
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Best Foreign Film
The Beasts [+leggi anche:
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Best Original Soundtrack
Irène Drésel – Full Time [+leggi anche:
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Best Sound
François Maurel, Olivier Mortier, Luc Thomas – The Night of the 12th

Best Photography
Artur Tort – Pacifiction

Best Editing
Mathilde Van de Moortel – Full Time

Best Costumes
Gigi Lepage – Simone, A Woman of the Century

Best Set Design
Christian Marti – Simone, A Woman of the Century

Best Visual Effects
Laurens Erhmann – Notre-Dame on Fire [+leggi anche:
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Best Short Fiction Film
Partir un jour – Amélie Bonnin

Best Animated Short
Granny’s Sexual Life – Urska Djukic, Émilie Pigeard (Slovenia/France)

Best Documentary Short
Maria Schneider, 1983 – Élisabeth Subrin