After the nomination of the Oscars in the USA, the list of nominees for the 49th edition of the Césars was revealed on January 24. The ceremony will be broadcast on Canal+ on February 23 from the Olympia in Paris.

Big winner, Justine Triet once again stood out after her 5 Oscar nominations. for his film “Anatomy of a Fall”, the last Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Carried by Sandra Hulot and Swann Arlaud, this French drama was cited 11 times in the César list. It will compete for the César for best film. With 1.3 million international admissions, it becomes this year’s favorite and could become one of the most successful films in the history of the Césars. like “The Last Metro” by François Truffaut in 1980 and “Cyrano de Bergerac” by Jean-Paul Rappeneau in 1990, which won 10 Césars.

“The Animal Kingdom by Thomas Cailley is the most nominated film with 12 nominations, followed by “I will always see your faces” by Jeanne Herry” with 9 nominations including 4 in one and the same category: César for best actress in a second role, and “The Goldman Trial” with 8 nominations. A surprise: “Scrapyard Dog”, the first film by Jean-Baptiste Durand with Raphaël Quenard with 7 nominations. The results of the votes of the 4,694 voters will be revealed on February 23.

This 49th edition pays tribute to 2 big names:
Agnès Jaoui, actress and director, essential figure in French cinema, who will receive an honorary César for her entire career
Christopher Nolan, British filmmaker, “master of directing, capable of redefining the limits of cinematographic excellence…”He transports us beyond the boundaries of space, transcending cinema to make it an unforgettable experience” . His latest film “Oppenheimer” received the most Oscar nominations (13).

The list of nominees for the 2024 César Awards

For the César for best film:

Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet
The Animal Kingdom by Thomas Cailley
The Goldman Trial by Cédric Kahn
Junkyard Dog by Jean-Baptiste Durand
I will always see your faces by Jeanne Herry

For the César for best director:

Justine Triet for Anatomy of a Fall
Catherine Breillat for L’Été Dernier
Jeanne Herry for I will always see your faces
Cédric Kahn for The Goldman Trial
Thomas Cailley for The Animal Kingdom

For the César for best actor:

Romain Duris in The Animal Kingdom
Benjamin Lavernhe in L’Abbé Pierre – A Life of Fighting
Melvil Poupaud in Love and the Forests
Raphaël Quenard in Yannick
Arieh Worthalter in The Goldman Trial

For the César for 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

For the César for best supporting actor:

Swann Arlaud in Anatomy of a Fall
Anthony Bajon in Scrapyard Dog
Arthur Harari in The Goldman Trial
Pio Marmaï in Yannick
Antoine Reinartz in Anatomy of a Fall

For the César for best supporting actress:

Leïla Bekhti in I will always see your faces
Galatea Bellugi in Scrapyard Dog
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

For the César for 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 Scrapyard Dog

For the César for female revelation:

Céleste Brunnquell in Her Father’s Daughter
Kim Higelin in Consent
Suzanne Jouannet in La Voie Royale
Rebecca Marder in Great Expectations
Ella Rumpf in Marguerite’s Theorem

For the César for best original screenplay:

Anatomy of a fall
Dog of the breakage
I will always see your faces
The Goldman Trial
The Animal Kingdom

For the César for best adaptation:

Love and Forests
The consent
Last summer

For the César for best costumes:

Jeanne du Barry
My Crime
The Passion of Dodin Bouffant
The Animal Kingdom
The three Musketeers

For the César for best photography:

Anatomy of a fall
The Passion of Dodin Bouffant
The Goldman Trial
The Animal Kingdom
The three Musketeers

For the César for best decorations:

Anatomy of a fall
Jeanne du Barry
The Passion of Dodin Bouffant
The Animal Kingdom
The three Musketeers

For the César for best editing:

Anatomy of a fall
I will always see your faces
Little Girl Blue
The Goldman Trial
The Animal Kingdom

For the César for best sound:

Anatomy of a fall
I will always see your faces
The Goldman Trial
The Animal Kingdom
The three Musketeers

For the César for best visual effects:

Acid
The mountain
The Animal Kingdom
The three Musketeers
Vermin

For the César for best original music:

Love and Forests
Dog of the breakage
Disco Boy
The Animal Kingdom
The three Musketeers

For the César for best first film:

Bernadette
Dog of the breakage
The Rapture
Vermin
Vincent must die

For the César for best animated film:

Prohibited to dogs and Italians
Linda wants chicken!
Mars Express

For the César for best foreign film:

The Kidnapping of Marco Bellocchio
Dead Leaves by Aki Kaurismäki
Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan
Perfect Days by Wim Wenders
Simple as Sylvain by Monia Chokri

For the César for best documentary:

Atlantic Bar
Olfa’s Daughters
Little Girl Blue
Our body
On the Adamant

For the César for best short fiction film:

The Wait
Bolero
Fast
The Silent

For the César for best documentary short film:

The actor, or the surprising virtue of incomprehension
The Effect of my wrinkles
Fluid Mechanics

For the César for best animated short film:

Funny birds
Summer 96
Miss Tang’s Forest

The most nominated films for the 2024 Césars

12 nominations for The Animal Kingdom
11 nominations for Anatomy of a Fall
9 nominations for I will always see your faces
8 nominations for The Goldman Trial
7 nominations for Junkyard Dog

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