Following a live press conference this morning, the nominations for the 39th César Awards, French cinema’s Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma made the much-anticipated announcement of the awards nominees after what many critics have described as another bumper year for le Cinéma français.
After a turbulent couple of weeks of avoiding the press, Julie Gayet will surely take some solace from her nomination as Best Supporting Actress in legendary French director Bertrand Tavernier’s political comedy “Quai d’Orsay“. Another point of interest is that she also finds herself in the same category as Marisa Borini; mother of former First Lady Carla Bruni.
The list, however, is dominated mostly by two films – “La Vie d’Adèle” (Blue is the Warmest Colour) with eight nominations and “Les garçons et Guillaume, à table!” (My, Myself and Mum) with ten. Another film that has surprised many in the number of nominations was “L’Inconnu du Lac” (Stranger at the Lake) with eight also and Roman Polanski’s “La Vénus à la Fourrure” (Venus in Furs) with seven nominations.
The Main Nominations:
BEST DIRECTOR
– Albert Dupontel for “9 Mois Ferme”
– Gillaume Gallienne for “Les Garçons et Guillaume, à Table!”
– Alain Guiraudie for “L’Inconnu du Lac”
– Arnaud Desplechin for “Jimmy P”
– Asghar Farhadi for “Le Passé”
– Roman Polanski for “La Vénus à la Fourrure”
– Abdellatif Kechiche for “La Vie d’Adèle”
BEST ACTRESS
– Fanny Ardant in “Les Beaux Jours”
– Bérénice Bejo in “Le Passé”
– Catherine Deneuve in “Elle s’en va”
– Sara Forestier in “Suzanne”
– Sandrine Kiberlain in “9 Mois Ferme”
– Emmanuelle Seigner in “La Vénus à la Fourrure”
– Léa Seydoux in “La Vie d’Adèle”
BEST ACTOR
– Mathieu Amalric in “La Vénus à la Fourrure
– Michel Bouquet in “Renoir”
– Albert Dupontel in “9 Mois Ferme”
– Gregory Gadebois in “Mon Âme par Toi Guérie”
– Guillaume Gallienne in “Les Garçons et Guillaume, à Table!”
– Fabrice Luchini in “Alceste à Bicyclette”
– Mads Mikkelsen in “Michael Kohlhaas”
BEST FILM
– “9 Mois Ferme” (9 Month Stretch)
– “Les Garçons et Guillaume, à Table!” (Me, Myself and Mum)
– “L’Inconnu du Lac” (Stranger by the Lake)
– “Jimmy P (Psychothérapie d’un Indien des Plaines)”
– “Le Passé” (The Past)
– ” La Vénus à la Fourrure” (Venus in Furs)
– “La Vie d’Adèle Chapitres 1 & 2” (Blue is the Warmest Colour)
Winners will be announced at a glittering ceremony on the 28th of February at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.