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César Award For Best Actress
The César Award for Best Actress (french: César de la meilleure actrice, link=no) is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the ''Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma'' to recognize the outstanding performance in a leading role of an actress who has worked within the French film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. Nominees and winner are selected via a run-off voting by all the members of the Académie. History Superlatives As of 2019, 82 actresses have been nominated in the category, with a total of 34 different winners. The average age at first nomination is 36 and the average age of winners at first win is 39. With five wins (1982, 1984, 1989, 1995, 2010), Isabelle Adjani has the most Best Actress Césars. Six actresses have won two Best Actress Césars: Romy Schneider (1976, 1979), Sabine Azéma (1985, 1987), Catherine Deneuve (1981, 1993), Nathalie Baye (1983, 2006), Yolande Moreau (2005, 2009) and Isabelle Huppert (1996, 2017). Adjani also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Académie Des Arts Et Techniques Du Cinéma
The Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma ( en, Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques) is an organization that gives out the César Award. It was created in 1975, on the initiative of Georges Cravenne. Board of directors The board is made up of 50 members, with an additional 13 selected for their contributions to cinema. They handle admissions, criteria and overall management. Protests over the structure of the board came to a head in February 2020. An open letter signed by over 400 French directors and actors decried the "opaqueness" of the Board's structure and the lack of democratic governance; members of the Academy do not vote on leadership, unlike similar organizations such as Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Motion Picture Academy or the BAFTA. In response, the entire board of directors resigned in the weeks before the 45th César Awards, 2019/2020 César Award ceremony. Academy president The Academy is led by a president since its creation (Not to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (; born 21 July 1971) is a British-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and French musician Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song "Lemon Incest" at the age of 12, she released an album with her father at the age of 15. More than 20 years passed before Gainsbourg released albums as an adult ('' 5:55'', '' IRM'', ''Stage Whisper'' and ''Rest'') to commercial and critical success. She has also appeared in many films, including the "Depression" trilogy directed by Lars von Trier, and has received a César Award and the Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award. Background Gainsbourg was born on 21 July 1971 in the Marylebone area of Central London to English actress and singer Jane Birkin and French musician Serge Gainsbourg. Gainsbourg was born at the height of her parents' fame; they had made headlines several years earlier with the sexually explicit song " Je t'aime... moi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Gensac
Claude Gensac (1 March 1927 – 27 December 2016) was a French actress. She appeared in more than 70 films and television productions since 1952. Gensac is the oldest nominee to date in the category César Award for Best Supporting Actress, nominated in 2015 for her role as Marthe in the film ''Lulu femme nue''. Career In 1952, Gensac portrayed the character of Evelyne in her first feature film, ''La Vie d'un homme honnête.'' She collaborated on a number of films with Louis de Funès, often playing his wife, to international acclaim. She appeared in the series of movies " Les Gendarmes" with Louis de Funès. She played De Funès' wife, Josepha Cruchot. After De Funès's death in 1983, Gensac was rarely involved in film, but was active as a theater actress. In 2001 she returned to film in the French version of ''Absolutely Fabulous'', her first film role since 1983. Gensac appeared in over 100 cinema and television films, as well as numerous theater roles. In 2011 she was award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Flon
Suzanne Flon (28 January 1918 – 15 June 2005) was a French stage, film, and television actress. She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her performance in the 1961 film ''Thou Shalt Not Kill''. Flon also received two César Awards and two Molière Awards in her career. Early life Her father was a railway worker and her mother crafted jewellery. Prior to becoming an actress, Flon worked as an English translator at the Paris department store Au Printemps and then as personal secretary to Édith Piaf. The great love of her life was the legendary film director John Huston. She never married. Theatre roles Flon's stage credits included plays by Jean Anouilh (''L'Alouette'', ''Antigone'', ''Roméo et Jeannette''), André Roussin (''La Petite Hutte''), and Loleh Bellon (''La Chambre d'amis'', ''Les Dames du jeudi'', ''Changement à vue'', and ''Une Absence''). Her English-language theatrical roles included Katherine (''The Taming of the Shrew'') and Rosalind (''As You Like It'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuelle Riva
Emmanuelle Riva (; 24 February 1927 Р27 January 2017) was a French actress, best known for her roles in the films ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) and '' Amour'' (2012). Riva was nominated for a BAFTA Award for her role in ''Hiroshima mon amour'', and won Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for '' Th̩r̬se Desqueyroux'' (1962). For her lead role in Michael Haneke's ''Amour'', she won a BAFTA Award and the C̩sar Award, and was nominated for an Academy Award. Early life Riva was born Paulette Germaine Riva on 24 February 1927 in Chenim̩nil, France, the daughter of Jeanne Fernande ( n̩e Nourdin), a seamstress, and Ren̩ Alfred Riva, a sign painter from Italy. Growing up in Remiremont, Riva showed an early passion for acting, performing in plays at her local theatre, but worked for several years as a seamstress. After seeing an advertisement on a local newspaper, Riva applied to an acting school in Paris. At 26, she moved to Paris to pursue acting despite her fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus Beauty Institute
''Venus Beauty Institute'' (french: Vénus beauté (institut)), also known as ''Venus Beauty'', is a 1999 French romantic comedy. The story centers on three employees of a beauty parlor and their search for love and happiness. The film is directed by Tonie Marshall. It stars Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier, Samuel Le Bihan, Jacques Bonnaffé, Mathilde Seigner, Audrey Tautou, Robert Hossein, Claire Denis, Micheline Presle, Emmanuelle Riva and Elli Medeiros Elli Medeiros (born 18 January 1956) is a Uruguayan-French singer and actress. Career Stinky Toys Originally from Uruguay, Medeiros moved to Paris, France, at the age of 14, dropped out of high school a couple of years later and joined the .... It won the César Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Writing and Most Promising Actress. Plot Angèle is a 40-year-old beautician who works at the title establishment in Paris. She has been an orphan from the age of eight, her father having killed her mother for suspec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Crise
''La crise'' (french: The Crisis), is a 1992 French film written and directed by Coline Serreau. Synopsis Victor is a legal advisor who finds himself abandoned by his wife and fired the same day. He tries to seek comfort from different friends and family members, but everyone he meets is concerned with their own problems. His morale begins to falter when he realizes that no one cares about him. He meets Michou, a simple but clingy homeless man, who is the only person to listen to him. Victor gradually realizes that his own egocentric attitude is responsible for the lack of consideration from those close to him, and he slowly adopts a different attitude. He hires Michou as his assistant, though the latter is less than competent. In the final scene, Victor finds his wife, who had wanted to get away from him for a while, and the film ends with doubts that their relationship will continue. Through the successive dialogues between the different protagonists that Victor meets, the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Of Us (2019 Film)
''Two of Us'' (french: Deux) is a 2019 French romantic drama film directed by Filippo Meneghetti. It was selected as the French entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, making the shortlist of fifteen films. Plot Two elderly women, who are neighbours, have also been lovers for decades, and plan to move to Rome. Things go wrong when one of them has a stroke and becomes mute and paralyzed, and is unable to tell her family the truth about her relationship. Cast * Barbara Sukowa as Nina Dorn * Martine Chevallier as Madeleine Girard * Léa Drucker as Anne * Jérôme Varanfrain as Frédéric * Muriel Bénazéraf as Muriel * Augustin Reynes as Théo Reception Rotten Tomatoes gives the film approval rating based on reviews, with an average rating of . The website's critics consensus reads: "A remarkable feature debut for director/co-writer Filippo Meneghetti, ''Two of Us'' tells a deceptively complex love story while presenting a rich acting showca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Beautiful For You
''Too Beautiful for You'' (french: Trop belle pour toi) is a 1989 French romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Bertrand Blier. It tells the story of Bernard ( Gérard Depardieu), a well-established BMW car dealer in the South of France, who is cheating on his beautiful wife ( Carole Bouquet) with his ordinary-looking secretary (Josiane Balasko). Premise Bernard Barthélémy, owner of a BMW car dealership, is married to a exceptionally beautiful woman, Florence, but he falls in love with a plain-looking but warm-hearted woman, Colette, who has been hired as a temp secretary at his dealership. This relationship will change his life. The film features surreal, fantasy sequences and a non-linear timeline. Cast Reception The film had 2,031,131 admissions in France. Accolades * 1989 Prix spécial du jury at the Cannes Film Festival * 1990 received five César Awards : ** César Award for Best Film ** César Award for Best Writing ** César Award for Best Director ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polisse
''Polisse'' (released at some film festivals as ''Poliss'', ) is a 2011 French crime drama film written, directed by and starring Maïwenn. It also stars Joeystarr, Karin Viard, Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Emmanuelle Bercot and Riccardo Scamarcio. The film centres on the Child Protection Unit ('' Brigade de Protection des Mineurs'') of the Paris Police, and a photographer who is assigned to cover the unit. The title is derived from Maïwenn's son's misspelling of the word "police". The film won the Jury Prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and in 2012, received thirteen nominations in the 37th César Awards. Plot The members of a Child Protection Unit police squad try to safeguard their mental health and home lives in the face of their stressful and disruptive work: tracking paedophiles, arresting parents suspected of mistreating their children, following teenage pickpockets, runaways or those sexually exploited and helping in the protection of homeless children and vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Safe Hands
''In Safe Hands'' (french: Pupille) is a 2018 French drama film directed by Jeanne Herry starring her mother Miou-Miou. Cast * Sandrine Kiberlain : Karine * Gilles Lellouche : Jean * Élodie Bouchez : Alice * Olivia Côte : Lydie * Clotilde Mollet : Mathilde * Miou-Miou : Irène * Stéfi Celma : Elodie * Jean-François Stévenin : Alice's father * Bruno Podalydès : Alice's ex * Grégory Gadebois : PFS Head of Service * Émilie Gavois-Kahn : The pediatric nurse Production The film was shot in seven weeks, between October and November 2017. Filming took place primarily in the Finistère department. Scenes were shot in the neonatal unit at the Hôpital Morvan in Brest. Additional scenes were shot at the town hall of Brest. Filming also took place in the nearby commune of Locmaria-Plouzané. Filming also took place in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feelings (2003 Film)
''Feelings'' (french: Les Sentiments) is a 2003 French drama film written by Noémie Lvovsky and Florence Setvos and directed by Lvovsky. Plot François and Edith are newlyweds. François, a new doctor, is offered to take over Jacques' small-town practice. Jacques and his wife Carole offer the newlyweds to rent a small cottage in their property. The two couples soon form a friendship and soon beautiful young Edith begins a sexual relationship with Jacques. The romance however, is discovered and Edith leaves Jacques to get back to her husband destroying the older couple in the process. Cast * Nathalie Baye as Carole * Jean-Pierre Bacri as Jacques * Isabelle Carré as Edith * Melvil Poupaud as François * Agathe Bonitzer as Sonia * Virgile Grünberg as Léo * Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as a young mother Accolades References External links * 2003 films 2003 drama films 2000s French-language films French drama films Films directed by Noémie Lvovsky Louis Delluc Prize winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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