It’s in a paradoxical atmosphere, between the denunciation of sexual violence (notably during the speech by Judith Godrèche) and the celebration of new talent in French cinema (as well as honourary awards for Christopher Nolan and Agnès Jaoui), that the 49th César Awards ceremony took place.  Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall [+leggi anche:
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It is worth noting that all the major awards went to artists who had never won in the ceremony before, such as Arieh Worthalter who won the César for Best Actor for his performance in Cédric Kahn’s The Goldman Case [+leggi anche:
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The Animal Kingdom [+leggi anche:
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The full list of winners:

Best Film
Anatomy of a Fall [+leggi anche:
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Best Director
Justine Triet - Anatomy of a Fall

Best Actress
Sandra Hüller - Anatomy of a Fall

Best Actor
Arieh Worthalter - The Goldman Case [+leggi anche:
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Best Supporting Actress
Adèle Exarchopoulos - All Your Faces [+leggi anche:
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Best Supporting Actor
Swann Arlaud - Anatomy of a Fall

Most Promising Actress
Ella Rumpf - Marguerite's Theorem [+leggi anche:
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Most Promising Actor
Raphaël Quenard - Junkyard Dog [+leggi anche:
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Best Original Screenplay
Justine Triet, Arthur Harari - Anatomy of a Fall

Best Adaptation
Valérie Donzelli, Audrey Diwan - Just the Two of Us [+leggi anche:
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Best First Feature Film
Junkyard Dog - Jean-Baptiste Durand

Best Documentary
Four Daughters [+leggi anche:
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Best Animated Film
Chicken for Linda! [+leggi anche:
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Best Cinematography
David Cailley - The Animal Kingdom [+leggi anche:
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Best Editing
Laurent Sénéchal - Anatomy of a Fall

Best Costume Design
Ariane Daurat - The Animal Kingdom

Best Set Design
Stéphane Taillasson - The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan [+leggi anche:
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Best Visual Effects
Cyrille Bonjean, Bruno Sommier, Jean-Louis Autret - The Animal Kingdom

Best Sound
Fabrice Osinski, Raphaël Sohier, Matthieu Fichet, Niels Barletta - The Animal Kingdom 

Best Original Music
Andrea Laszlo de Simone - The Animal Kingdom

Best Fiction Short Film
L'attente - Alice Douard

Best Animated Short Film
Été 96 - Mathilde Bédouet

Meilleur court métrage documentaire
La mécanique des fluides - Gala Hernandez Lopez

Best Foreign Film
The Nature of Love [+leggi anche:
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Honorary César
Agnès Jaoui

International César
Christopher Nolan