35th CÃ©sar Awards

The 35th Cesar Awards took place on 27 February 2010 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The awarded by the French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma film awards were presented in 21 categories. The annually changing chaired the gala was for 2010, the actress Marion Cotillard. As the host ( maîtres de ceremony ) through the evening Valérie Lemercier led and Gad Elmaleh. The two actors and comedians had already hosted the event in the past.

The award ceremony was broadcast live transferred from the French TV Canal and broadcast in German-speaking countries of TV5MONDE Europe. Tributes were held for the recently deceased director Éric Rohmer and the American film actor Harrison Ford.

Favorite Movies

The nominations were announced on 22 January 2010. Favorites on France's national film award Jacques Audiard's A Prophet was. The crime drama that centers on a young Arab- prison inmate who rises with the Corsican Mafia influential criminals who had received 13 nominations and won nine awards. More Awards at a ceremony could only The Last Metro and Cyrano de Bergerac ( ten victories in 1981 or 1991) unite in coming. Audiard's film won, among others, in the categories of Best Film, Director, main and Promising Actor ( Tahar Rahim ) and Supporting Actor ( Niels Arestrup ). Prior to A Prophet won the Louis- Delluc price and get as France's candidate in the foreign Oscar, a Golden Globe nomination and a BAFTA Award.

Also to the extended circle of favorites included the dramas à l' origine ( eleven nominations, one win ) and Welcome ( ten nominations, no award ) by Xavier Giannoli or Philippe Lioret. Giannoli treated in his film the story of a released from prison fraudster (played by François Cluzet ). This can be in a small French town as alleged contractor down, and he is overwhelmed by the hope of suffering from high unemployment population. Lioret took in Welcome to the fate of the 17- year-old Bilal Kurds from Iraq (played by Firat Ayverdi ), who has made his way through Europe to the French Calais. There, the illegal immigrants paid a French swimming instructor ( Vincent Lindon, nominated for best actor ) for individual lessons. Bilal's goal the crossing of the English Channel and London can be reached, where his great love, the young Mina, is at home. Welcome had been performed at the Berlinale in 2009 and had been able to prevail in awarding the French Prix Lumière against a prophet. Lioret film had months earlier triggered heated discussions after the director had publicly compared the situation of refugees in Calais with the persecution of Jews during World War II. Also represented in the category of Best Film were Radu Mihaileanu Music Film The concert ( six nominations, two wins ), Alain Resnais ' caution longing and Lucas Belvaux ' kidnapping thriller Ransom (four nominations, no award ).

Represented as the seventh production in the category Best Film with a total of three nominations was Jean -Paul Lilienfeld's social criticism Drama Today I'm wearing skirt! In this slipped Isabelle Adjani in the role of a teacher who is completely overwhelmed with their school life among the immigrant children in a French suburb and violent measures, in order to gain respect. For the part of Sonia Bergerac Adjani received after several years of hiatus high praise from the critics and the fifth César for Best Actress. In addition to Sandrine Kiberlain ( Mademoiselle Chambon ), Kristin Scott Thomas ( The Affair ) and Audrey Tautou ( Coco Chanel - The beginning of a passion ) also had Dominique Blanc vying for their fifth Best Actor Award. For her portrayal of a lonely lover in L' Autre, the increasingly forfeit of schizophrenia, she had already in 2008 received the Best Actor Award at the film festival in Venice.

Like last year, the successful comedies of cinema in 2009 were from the 3000 voting members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, which awards the Cesars, almost completely ignored. Michel Hazanavicius ' OSS 117 - He himself is enough and Jean -Pierre Jeunet's Micmacs - Paris belongs to us! had found in the announcement of the nominations only in technical categories into account, Laurent Tirard family comedy Le Petit Nicolas Adapted alone in the category of Best Screenplay. All three productions were unprämiert at the Cesar Awards. However won Riad Sattoufs youth comedy boys will be boys the prize for best first film.

In the category of Best Foreign Film, the U.S. contribution Gran Torino by Clint Eastwood was awarded the César. Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon - A German children's story, Germany's candidate for the foreign Oscar did not get beyond a nomination. Sigourney Weaver presented the honorary award to their compatriot Harrison Ford The tribute to the late film director Éric Rohmer gave the actor Fabrice Luchini, who had worked with him, among others, to Claire's knee and full moon nights. Luchini las presenting you with a text by Jacques Fieschi. Rohmer was a regular César life been denied.