The day after the announcement of the Oscar nominations, it’s time for the Césars. This Wednesday, the list unveiled by the Academy placed the fantasy film at the top “The Animal Kingdom” by Thomas Cailley, with 12 nominations. The feature film is ahead “Anatomy of a Fall” by Justine Triet, nominated 11 times and continues its extraordinary journey for French film.
In addition, three directors, including Justine Triet, are nominated in the category of best director, a trophy which has only been won once in history by a woman (Tonie Marshall for “Vénus Beauté” in 2000). . On Tuesday, “Anatomy of a Fall” once again shone internationally by being nominated in five categories at the Oscars, including best film and best direction.
“The Animal Kingdom” in the lead with 12 nominations
“The Animal Kingdom,” a fantasy film set in the near future, where humans have begun to mutate into animal creatures, garnered 12 nominations on Wednesday, notably for “best film,” “best actor” for Romain Duris and “the best achievement”.
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM – Official Trailer – Romain Duris / Paul Kircher (2023)
“Anatomy of a Fall”, dissection of the balance of power within a couple of artists, which obtained five nominations on Tuesday including “best film” and “best direction” at the Oscars, is just behind, qualified in eleven categories. This performance confirms the success of this 2h32 film, which traces the trial of a woman accused of having killed her husband, with the couple’s visually impaired boy as the only witness, and which has already enabled Justine Triet to become in May the third director in history to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes.
ANATOMY OF A FALL | Official trailer
In addition to “best film” and “best actress” for German Sandra Hüller, 45, Justine Triet, also 45, is selected in the “best director” category. This trophy has only been won once in the history of the Césars by a woman, Tonie Marshall, for “Vénus Beauté (institut)” in 2000. “Anatomy of a Fall” also won two Golden Globes at the United States, best international film and best screenplay.
But this year, two other directors are nominated in this category: Catherine Breillat, 75 years old, for “L’Été été”, a story of incest in a bourgeois environment with Léa Drucker (nominated for “best actress”), and Jeanne Herry with “I will always see your faces”, an choral film on justice. They are in competition with two directors, Cédric Kahn (“The Goldman Trial”) and Thomas Cailley.
I WILL ALWAYS SEE YOUR FACES – Official Trailer – Jeanne Herry (2023)
“Scrapyard dog” creates a surprise
As for “best film”, a first feature film, “Dog from the Scrapyard” by Jean-Baptiste Durand, 38, created a surprise by qualifying. This work, which has seven nominations in total, features Anthony Bajon and a newcomer, Raphaël Quenard, 32 years old. This confirms his unique status: he is not only nominated in the “male revelation” category for this film but also propelled into the “best actor” category for his role in the comedy “Yannick” by Quentin Dupieux. He will be in competition with Benjamin Lavernhe and Melvil Poupaud. As for actresses, Marion Cotillard, Viriginie Efira and Hafsia Herzi are also in the running.
Junkyard Dog – Official Trailer
In total, 3,375 members of the Académie des César voted, or 72% of them. They now have one month to choose the winners, before the holding of the ceremony on February 23 at the Olympia, in Paris, chaired by Valérie Lemercier. Honorary Césars will be awarded to actress and director Agnès Jaoui and American-British filmmaker Christopher Nolan (“Oppenheimer”).
The evening will be a baptism of fire for the new Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati. It is often the occasion for political or social demands: Roselyne Bachelot, another former Sarkozyste who became Emmanuel Macron’s Minister of Culture during his first five-year term, never digested the reception that was reserved for her at the Césars in 2021 .
“We could expect from the world of cinema, stuffed with public money, in the absence of recognition – let’s not ask for the impossible! – at least a brief and courteous greeting to the representative of the State during this demonstration“, she had scathed in a book reviewing her visit to rue de Valois
The full list of nominations
César for best actress
Marion Cotillard for Little Girl Blue
Léa Drucker in Last summer
Virginie Efira in Love and Forests
Hafsia Herzi in The Rapture
Sandra Hüller in Anatomy of a fall
Cesar for best actor
Romain Duris for The Animal Kingdom
Benjamin Lavernhe in L’Abbé Pierre – A life of combat
Melvil Poupaud in Love and Forests
Raphaël Quenard in Yannick
Arieh Worthalter dans The Goldman Trial
César for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Leila Bekhti in I will always see your faces
Galatea Bellugi in Dog of the breakage
Élodie 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
César for 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
César of female revelation
Celeste Brunnquell in Her Father’s Daughter
Kim Higelin in The consent
Suzanne Jouannet in The Royal Way
Rebecca Marder in Great expectations
Ella Rumpf in Marguerite’s Theorem
Caesar of male revelation
Julien Frison in Marguerite’s Theorem
Paul Kircher in The Animal Kingdom
Samuel Kircher in Last summer
Milo Machado Graner in Anatomy of a fall
Raphaël Quenard in Dog of the breakage
César for best original screenplay
Justine Triet, Arthur Harari pour Anatomy of a fall
Jean-Baptiste Durand for Dog of the breakage
Jeanne Herry for I will always see your faces
Nathalie Hertzberg, Cédric Khan for The Goldman Trial
Thomas Cailley, Pauline Munier for The Animal Kingdom
César for best adaptation
Valérie Donzelli, Audrey Diwan for Love and Forests
Vanessa Filho pour The consent
Catherine Breillat for Last summer
César for Best Director
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
Cesar for best film
Anatomy of a fall de 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 of Thomas Cailley
César for best foreign film
Pick up by Marco Bellochio
Dead leaves d’Aki Kaurismäki
Oppenheimer de Christopher Nolan
Perfect Days the Win Wenders
Simple like Sylvain by Monia Choukri
César for best first film
Léa Domenach for Bernadette
Jean-Baptiste Durant for Dog of the breakage
Iris Kaltenbäck pour The rapture
Sébastien Vanicek for Vermines
Stéphan Castang for Vincent must die
César for best original music
Gabriel Yared pour Love and the forests
Delphine Malaussena for Dog of the breakage
Vitalic for Disco Boy
Andrea Laszlo de Simone for The animal kingdom
Guillaume Roussel for The three musketeers (part 1: D’Artagnan/part 2: Milady)
César for best visual effects
Thomas Duval for Acid
Lise Fischer, Cédric Fayolle for The mountain
Cyrille Bonjean, Bruno Sommier, Jean-Louis Autret for The Animal Kingdom
Olivier Cauwet for The Three Musketeers (Part 1 and 2)
César for best sound
Julien Sicart, Fanny Martin, Jeanne Delplancq, Olivier Goinard for Anatomy of a fall
Rémi Daru, Guadalupe Cassius, Loic Prian, Marc Doisne for I will always see your faces
Erwan Kerzanet, Sylvain Malbrant, Olivier Guillaume for The Goldman Trial
Fabrice Osinski, Raphaël Sohier, Matthieu Fichet, Niels Barletta for The Animal Kingdom
César for best editing
Laurent Sénéchal for Anatomy of a fall
Francis Vesin for I will always see your faces
Valérie Loiseleux for Little Girl Blue
Yann Dedet for The Goldman Trial
Lilian Basket for The Animal Kingdom
César for best photography
Simon Beaufils for Anatomy of a Fall
Jonathan Ricquebourg for The Passion of Dodin Bouffant
Patrick Ghiringhelli for The Goldman Trial
David Cailley for The Animal Kingdom
Nicolas Bolduc for The Three Musketeers (Part 1 and 2)
César for best decorations
Emmanuelle Duplay for Anatomy of a Fall
Angelo Zamparutti pour Jeanne Du Barry
Toma Baquéni for The Passion of Dodin Bouffant
Julia Lemaire for The Animal Kingdom
Stéphane Taillasson for The Three Musketeers (Part 1 and 2)
César for best costumes
Jürgen Doering pour Jeanne Du Barry
Pascaline Chavanne for My Crime
Tran Nuyen Khe pour The Passion of Dodin Bouffant
Ariane Daurat for The Animal Kingdom
Thierry Delettre for The Three Musketeers (Part 1 and 2)
César for best animated film
Prohibited to dogs and Italiansby Alain Ughettole
Linda wants chicken!by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach
Mars expressby Jérémie Périn
César for best documentary film
Atlantic Barby Fanny Molins
Olfa’s Daughtersde Kaouther Ben Hania
Little Girl Bluede Mona Achache
Our bodyby Claire Simon
On the Adamantby Nicolas Philibert
César for best animated short film
Funny birdsthe Charlie Belin
Summer 96by Mathilde Bédouet
Miss Tang’s Forestby Denis Do
César for best documentary short film
The actorby Hugo David and Raphaël Quenard
Fluid Mechanicsby Gala Hernández López
The Effect of my wrinklesby Claude Delafosse
César for best short fiction film
The Waitd’Alice Douard
Boleroby Nans Laborde-Jourdàa
Fastby Paul Rigoux
The silencers by Basile Vuillemin
