The 40th

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ceremony, presented by the

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, honoured the best films of 2014 in France and took place on 20 February 2015 at the

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. The ceremony was chaired by actor-director

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, with actor

Édouard Baer Édouard Baer (born 1 December 1966) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, film producer and radio personality. In 2001, Edouard Baer played the Egyptian scribe Otis in Alain Chabat's hit comedy Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra. Baer ...

acting as master of ceremonies for the second time. The nominations were announced on 28 January 2015 by Édouard Baer and Academy President Alain Terzian. '' Saint Laurent'' received the most nominations with ten, followed by '' Love at First Fight'' with nine nominations. In related events, the Médaille d'Or was awarded for the first time at a ceremony held at

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on 19 January 2015.

Luc Besson Luc Paul Maurice Besson (; born 18 March 1959) is a French filmmaker. He directed and produced the films '' Subway'' (1985), '' The Big Blue'' (1988), and '' La Femme Nikita'' (1990). Associated with the '' Cinéma du look'' film movement, he h ...

was honoured by the Academy for his outstanding artistic and entrepreneurial contribution to the French cinema for the past 3 decades. On 16 February 2015, in a ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel George V, Sylvie Pialat, who produced ''

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'' via Les Films du Worso, was awarded the Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier for producer of the year for the second consecutive year. ''

'' won seven awards including Best Film and

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for

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. Other winners included '' Love at First Fight'' with three awards, and '' Yves Saint Laurent'', '' Hippocrate'', ''

Clouds of Sils Maria ''Clouds of Sils Maria'' (known simply as ''Sils Maria'' in some territories) is a 2014 psychological drama film written-directed by Olivier Assayas, and starring Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, and Chloë Grace Moretz. The film is a French-Ge ...

'', ''

La Famille Bélier (released as ''The Bélier Family'' in Australia) is a 2014 French-Belgian coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Éric Lartigau. The film received six nominations at the 40th César Awards, winning Most Promising Actress for Louane Emer ...

'', ''

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'', '' Saint Laurent'', ''

Beauty and the Beast "Beauty and the Beast" is a fairy tale written by the French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in (''The Young American and Marine Tales''). Villeneuve's lengthy version was abridged, rewritten, and publish ...

'', '' The Salt of the Earth'', '' Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants'', ''Les Petits Cailloux'', ''La Femme de Rio'' and '' Mommy'' with one.

Winners and nominees

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations: The following films received multiple awards:

Presenters

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards at the ceremony.

Viewers

The show was followed by 2.3 million viewers. This corresponds to 13.6% of the audience.

References

External links

César Awards official website
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40th César Awards
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