33rd César Awards

The 33rd ceremony of the César Awards, the most important French Film Awards, held on 22 February 2008 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.

Favorite Movies

In announcing the nominations on 25 January 2008 by the President of the award ceremony, the French actor Jean Rochefort, Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose and Claude Miller's A Secret dominated the awards, each with eleven nominations. Dahan's cinematic tribute to Édith Piaf's life, which celebrated its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in 2007, brought especially lead actress Marion Cotillard great praise from international critics. The French actress won among others the Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Actress respectively. The César Cotillard met in the same category on Isabelle Carré (Anna M. ), Cécile de France ( A mystery ), Marina Foïs ( Darling ) and Catherine Frot ( Odette Toulemonde ). The major competitor A mystery, a family of prominent drama that goes down to the atrocities of World War II and the Vichy regime, brought veteran Claude Miller, a seventh nomination for the Best Director Award. The score was in the category alongside Olivier Dahan (La Vie en Rose ) on the Oscar -nominated American Julian Schnabel (Butterfly The Diving Bell ), André Téchiné who found for his AIDS drama we witnessed consideration and Abdellatif Kechiche ( Couscous ), last year's winner of the prestigious Louis- Delluc Prize, which could eventually prevail.

The field of nominees in the Best Picture was Julian Schnabel and the Butterfly The Diving Bell (7 nominations ), the Oscar -nominated comic book movie Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (6 nominations ) and Abdellatif Kechiche Arab family chronicle Couscous (5 nominations ) supplements. The rare honor of a double nomination was the French actor and Comédie- Française member Laurent Stocker received. For his role as a depressed needle sprout in Claude Berri's love story Together we are less alone he could hope for the awards for Best Supporting Actor and junior. At the price for the best foreign film competed during which the last year's German Oscar winner The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck against the 2008 candidates for the Oscar thriller Eastern Promises - Eastern Promises by David Cronenberg, Cristian Mungiu's Golden Palm winner 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 Days, Fatih Akin's drama on the other side, and James Gray's crime drama We Own the Night - We Own the night.

The ceremony was broadcast live from the French pay- TV channel Canal . "We put on a festive and fun edition, even more so than last year, nothing on the cultural level was exciting ," said Jean Rochefort, who alluded to a decline in admissions in France.

Winners and nominations

Best Film ( Meilleur film)

Couscous (La Graine et le Mulet ) - Director: Abdellatif Kechiche

Best Director ( Meilleur réalisateur )

Abdellatif Kechiche - Couscous (La Graine et le mulet )

Best Actor ( Meilleur acteur )

Mathieu Amalric - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon )

Best Actress ( Meilleure actrice )

Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose (La Môme )

Best Supporting Actor ( Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle )

Sami Bouajila - We were witnesses (Les Témoins )

Best Supporting Actress ( Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle )

Julie Depardieu - A Secret ( Un Secret )

Best Young Actor ( Meilleur jeune espoir féminin )

Laurent Stocker - together they are less alone (Ensemble, c'est tout )

Most Promising Actress ( Meilleur jeune espoir féminin )

Hafsia Herzi - Couscous (La Graine et le Mulet )

Best debut ( Meilleur premier film)

Persepolis ( Persépolis ) - Director: Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi

Best Original Screenplay ( Meilleur scénario original)

Abdellatif Kechiche - Couscous (La Graine et le Mulet )

Best Adapted Screenplay ( Meilleur scénario adaptation)

Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud - Persepolis ( Persépolis )

Best Original Score ( Meilleure écrite musique pour un film)

Alex Beaupain - Love Songs (Les Chansons d' amour )

Best Production Design ( Meilleurs décors )

Olivier Raoux - La vie en rose (La Môme )

Best Costume Design ( Meilleurs costumes)

Marit Allen - La vie en rose (La Môme )

Best Cinematography ( Meilleure photo )

Tetsuo Nagata - La vie en rose (La Môme )

Best Sound ( Meilleur son)

Laurent lines, Pascal Villard and Jean -Paul Hurier - La vie en rose (La Môme )

Best Editing ( Meilleur montage )

Juliette Welfling - Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon )

Best Short Film ( Meilleur court- métrage )

Mozart of Pickpockets (Le Mozart of pickpockets ) - Directed by: Philippe Pollet - Villard

Best Documentary Film ( Meilleur film- documentaire )

Best Foreign Film ( Meilleur film- étranger )

The Lives of Others, Germany - Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck