The 10th

César Awards The César Award is the national film award of France. It is delivered in the ' ceremony and was first awarded in 1976. The nominations are selected by the members of twelve categories of filmmaking professionals and supported by the French Min ...

ceremony, presented by the

Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, th ...

, honoured the best French films of 1984 and took place on 3 February 1985 at the Théâtre de l'Empire in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

. The ceremony was chaired by Simone Signoret and hosted by Pierre Tchernia. '' My New Partner'' won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

The winners are highlighted in bold: * Best Film:
'' My New Partner'', directed by

Claude Zidi Claude Zidi (born 25 July 1934) is a French film director and screenwriter noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then a cinematographer, and he made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1 ...

'' L'amour à mort'', directed by Alain Resnais
''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...

'', directed by Francesco Rosi
'' Les Nuits de la pleine lune'', directed by

Éric Rohmer Jean Marie Maurice Schérer or Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer, known as Éric Rohmer (; 21 March 192011 January 2010), was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher. Rohmer was the last of the Post-war, p ...

'' Un dimanche à la campagne'', directed by

Bertrand Tavernier Bertrand Tavernier (; 25 April 1941 – 25 March 2021) was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. Life and career Tavernier was born in Lyon, France, the son of Geneviève (née Dumond) and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, ...

* Best Foreign Film:
'' Amadeus'', directed by

Miloš Forman Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman (; ; 18 February 1932 – 13 April 2018) was a Czech Americans, Czech-American film film director, director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the Uni ...

'' Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes'', directed by

Hugh Hudson Hugh Hudson (25 August 1936 – 10 February 2023) was an English film director. He was among a generation of British directors who would begin their career making documentaries and television commercials before going on to have success in film ...

'' Maria's Lovers'', directed by

Andrei Konchalovsky Andrei Sergeyevich Konchalovsky (; né Mikhalkov; born 20 August 1937) is a Russian film and theatre director, screenwriter, and producer. His filmmaking career spans over 60 years in Cinema of the Soviet Union, Soviet, Cinema of the United St ...

Paris, Texas Paris is a city and county seat of Lamar County, Texas, United States. Located in Northeast Texas at the western edge of the Piney Woods, the population of the city was 24,171 in 2020. History Present-day Lamar County was part of Red River ...

'', directed by

Wim Wenders Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and photographer, who is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among the honors he has received are prizes from the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, Venice International Film ...

* Best First Work:
'' La Diagonale du fou'', directed by Richard Dembo
'' Boy Meets Girl'', directed by

Leos Carax Alex Christophe Dupont (born 1960), best known as Leos Carax (), is a French film director, critic and writer. Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love. His first major work was ''Boy Meets Girl (1984 film), Boy Me ...

'' Marche à l'ombre'', directed by Michel Blanc
'' Souvenirs souvenirs'', directed by Ariel Zeitoun * Best Actor:

Alain Delon Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; 8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of ...

, for '' Notre histoire''

Michel Piccoli Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide vari ...

, for '' La Diagonale du fou''
Gérard Depardieu, for '' Fort Saganne''

Philippe Noiret Philippe Noiret (; 1 October 1930 – 23 November 2006) was a French film actor. Life and career Noiret was born in Lille, France, the son of Lucy (Heirman) and Pierre Noiret, a clothing company representative. He was an indifferent student a ...

, for '' Les Ripoux''
Louis Ducreux, for '' Un dimanche à la campagne'' * Best Actress:
Sabine Azéma, for '' Un dimanche à la campagne''
Julia Migenes, for ''

Valérie Kaprisky Valérie Kaprisky ( Chérès; born 19 August 1962) is a French actress. Life and career She was born Valerie Chérès on 19 August 1962 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Kaprisky is her Polish mother's maiden name. She is of Greek-Ottoman and Argentine de ...

, for '' La femme publique''
Pascale Ogier, for '' Les Nuits de la pleine lune''

Jane Birkin Jane Mallory Birkin ( ; 14 December 1946 – 16 July 2023) was a British and French actress, singer, and designer. She had a prolific career as an actress, mostly in French cinema. A native of London, Birkin began her career as an actress, ...

, for ''

La Pirate ''The Pirate'' () is a 1984 French drama film directed by Jacques Doillon. It was entered in the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. Plot summary Cast * Jane Birkin as Alma * Maruschka Detmers as Carole * Philippe Léotard as n° 5 * Andrew Birkin as ...

'' * Best Supporting Actor:
Richard Bohringer, for '' L'Addition''
Lambert Wilson, for '' La femme publique''

Fabrice Luchini Fabrice Luchini (; born Robert Luchini; 1 November 1951) is a French stage and film actor. He has appeared in films such as '' Potiche'', '' The Women on the 6th Floor'', and '' In the House''. Life and career Fabrice Luchini was born in Paris, ...

, for '' Les Nuits de la pleine lune''
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, for ''

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''
Michel Aumont, for '' Un dimanche à la campagne'' * Best Supporting Actress:
Caroline Cellier, for '' L'Année des méduses''
Élisabeth Bourgine, for '' La 7ème cible''
Victoria Abril, for '' L'Addition''
Maruschka Detmers, for ''

''
Carole Bouquet, for '' Rive droite, rive gauche'' * Most Promising Actor:
Pierre-Loup Rajot, for '' Souvenirs souvenirs''
Hippolyte Girardot, for '' Le Bon plaisir''
Benoît Régent, for '' La Diagonale du fou''
Xavier Deluc, for '' La Triche'' * Most Promising Actress:
Laure Marsac, for ''

''
Sophie Duez, for '' Marche à l'ombre''
Fanny Bastien, for '' Pinot simple flic''
Emmanuelle Béart, for '' Un amour interdit'' * Best Director:

, for '' Les Ripoux''
Alain Resnais, for '' L'amour à mort''
Francesco Rosi, for ''

, for '' Les Nuits de la pleine lune''

, for '' Un dimanche à la campagne'' *

Best Original Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best ...

:
Bertrand Blier, for '' Notre histoire''

, for '' Les Nuits de la pleine lune''

, for '' Les Ripoux'' * Best Adaptation:

, Colo Tavernier, for '' Un dimanche à la campagne''

Françoise Giroud Françoise Giroud (born Lea France Gourdji; 21 September 1916 – 19 January 2003), was a French journalist, screenwriter, writer, and politician. Biography Giroud was born in Lausanne, Switzerland to immigrant Sephardi Turkish Jewish parents; ...

Francis Girod Francis Girod (9 October 1944 – 19 November 2006) was a French film director, actor, and screenwriter. He directed 20 films between 1974 and 2006. His film ''L'enfance de l'art'' was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. In 1994 he w ...

, for '' Le Bon plaisir''

Andrzej Żuławski Andrzej Żuławski (; 22 November 1940 – 17 February 2016) was a Polish film director and writer best known for his 1981 psychological horror film ''Possession (1981 film), Possession''. Żuławski often went against mainstream commercialism in ...

, Dominique Garnier, for '' La femme publique'' * Best Cinematography:
Bruno de Keyzer, for '' Un dimanche à la campagne''
Sacha Vierny, for '' L'amour à mort''
Pasqualino De Santis, for ''

''
Bruno Nuytten, for '' Fort Saganne'' * Best Costume Design:
Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle, for '' Un amour de Swann''
Enrico Job, for ''

''
Rosine Delamare, Corinne Jorry, for '' Fort Saganne'' * Best Sound:
Dominique Hennequin, Guy Level, Harald Maury, for ''

''
Pierre Gamet, Jacques Maumont, for '' L'amour à mort''
Jean-Paul Loublier, Claude Villand, Pierre Gamet, for '' Fort Saganne''
Claude Villand, Bernard Leroux, Guillaume Sciama, for '' Souvenirs souvenirs'' * Best Editing:
Nicole Saunier, for '' Les Ripoux''
Claudine Merlin, for '' Notre histoire''
Geneviève Winding, for '' Souvenirs souvenirs''
Armand Psen, for '' Un dimanche à la campagne'' * Best Music:
Michel Portal, for '' Les Cavaliers de l'orage''

Hans Werner Henze Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large List of compositions by Hans Werner Henze, oeuvre is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Igor Stravinsky, Stravinsky, Mu ...

, for '' L'amour à mort''

Michel Legrand Michel Jean Legrand (; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist, and singer. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to ma ...

, for '' Paroles et musique''
Bernard Lavilliers, for ''

'' * Best Production Design:
Jacques Saulnier, for '' Un amour de Swann''
Enrico Job, for ''

''
Jean-Jacques Caziot, for '' Les Cavaliers de l'orage''
Bernard Evein, for '' Notre histoire'' *Best Animated Short:
'' La Boule'', directed by Alain Ughetto
'' L'Invité'', directed by Guy Jacques
'' Ra'', directed by Pierre Jamin, Thierry Barthes * Best Fiction Short Film:
'' Première classe'', directed by

Mehdi El Glaoui Mehdi El Mezouari El Glaoui (born 26 May 1956), also known as Mehdi El Glaoui, is a French former actor, director and screenwriter. He is the son of actress Cécile Aubry and Si Brahim El Glaoui, caïd (local administrator) of Telouet and grand ...

'' La Combine de la girafe'', directed by Thomas Gilou
'' Homicide by Night'' directed by

Gérard Krawczyk Gérard Krawczyk (17 May 1953, Paris) is a French film director. He is of Polish people, Polish descent (his grandparents were from Częstochowa). Filmography Director * ''Homicide by Night'' (1984 in film, 1984) * ''Je hais les acteurs'' (a.k.a ...

'' Oiseau de sang'' directed by Frédéric Ripert
'' Premiers mètres'' directed by Pierre Levy * Best Documentary Short Film:
'' La Nuit du hibou'', directed by François Dupeyron
'' Hommage à Dürer'' directed by Gérard Samson
'' L'Écuelle et l'assiette'', directed by Raoul Rossi *Best French Language Film:
'' Wend Kuuni'', directed by Gaston Kaboré *

Honorary César The César Award is France's national film award. Recipients are selected by the members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of ...

Christian-Jaque Christian-Jaque (byname of Christian Maudet; 4 September 1904 – 8 July 1994) was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including ''Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953), ''M ...

Danielle Darrieux
Christine Gouze-Rénal
Alain Poiré

References

External links

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Winners and nominees

See also

References

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