(Left to right) French actress Adèle Exarchopoulos, French actor Romain Duris, French actor Paul Kircher, French director Thomas Cailley and French-Israeli actor Tom Mercier pose during a photocall for the film “Le Regne Animal” during the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 18, 2023. LOIC VENANCE / AFP
The fantasy film The Animal Kingdom directed by Thomas Cailley comes out on top nominations for the Césars on Wednesday January 24, by being selected in twelve categories, ahead of Anatomy of a fall, by Justine Triet, nominated eleven times. The ceremony will take place on Friday February 23. The director, with Jeanne Herry for I will always see your faces and Catherine Breillat for Last summeris in the running in the category of best director, a trophy which has only been won once in the history of the Césars by a woman and one year after the controversy arising from the absence of female representation for this distinction .
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In total, 3,375 members of the Académie des Césars voted, or 72% of them. They now have one month to choose the winners, before the ceremony takes place on February 23 at the Olympia in Paris, chaired by Valérie Lemercier. Honorary Césars will be awarded to the actress and director Agnès Jaoui and to the American-British filmmaker Christopher Nolan, director ofOppenheimer. The evening will be a baptism of fire for the new Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati.
On Tuesday, the film directed by Justine Triet and Palme d’Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival was nominated in five categories for the Oscars, including best film and best director.. The feature film is also nominated in the categories of best original screenplay, best actress and best editing. The French film was awarded two Golden Globes in early January.
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Nominations in the main categories
Best actress
- Marion Cotillard in Little Girl Blue
- Léa Drucker in Last summer
- Virginie Efira in Love and the forests
- Hafsia Herzi in The Rapture
- Sandra Hüller in Anatomy of a fall
Best actor
- Romain Duris in The Animal Kingdom
- Benjamin Lavernhe in Abbot stone. A life of fighting
- Melvil Poupaud in Love and the forests
- Raphaël Quenard in Yannick
- Arieh Worthalter dans The Goldman Trial
Best film
- Anatomy of a fall par Justine Triet
- Dog of the breakage by Jean-Baptiste Durand
- I will always see your faces by Jeanne Herry
- The Goldman Trial by Cédric Kahn
- The Animal Kingdom par Thomas Cailley
Best achievement
- Justine Triet for Anatomy of a fall
- Catherine Breillat for Last summer
- Jeanne Herry for I will always see your faces
- Cédric Kahn for The Goldman Trial
- Thomas Cailley for The Animal Kingdom
Best Supporting Actress
- Leila Bekhti in I will always see your faces
- Galatea Bellugi in Dog of the breakage
- Elodie Bouchez in I will always see your faces
- Adèle Exarchopoulos in I will always see your faces
- Miou-Miou in I will always see your faces
Best Supporting Actor
- Swann Arlaud in Anatomy of a fall
- Anthony Bajon dans Dog of the breakage
- Arthur Harari in The Goldman Trial
- Pio Marmaï in Yannick
- Antoine Reinartz in Anatomy of a fall
Best Original Screenplay
- Justine Triet and Arthur Arari for Anatomy of a fall
- Jean-Bapstiste Durand for Dog of the breakage
- Jeanne Herry for I will always see your faces
- Nathalie Hertzberg and Cédric Kahn for The Goldman Trial
- Thomas Cailley and Pauline Munier for The Animal Kingdom
Best foreign film
- Pick up par Marco Bellochio
- Dead leaves par Aki Kaurismäki
- Oppenheimer par Christopher Nolan
- Perfect Days par Wim Wenders
- Simple like Sylvain by Monia Chokri
The complete list of nominations.
