The 9th

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 1983 and took place on 3 March 1984 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

Gene Kelly Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and sought to create a new form of American dance accessibl ...

and hosted by Léon Zitrone. '' Le Bal'' and À nos amours tied for the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

The winners are highlighted in bold: * Best Film:
'' Le Bal'', directed by

Ettore Scola Ettore Scola (; 10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his film ''A Special Day'' and over ...

'' À nos amours'', directed by

Maurice Pialat Maurice Pialat (; 31 August 1925 – 11 January 2003) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor known for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films. His work is often described as " realist",

'' Coup de foudre'', directed by

Diane Kurys Diane Kurys (; born 3 December 1948) is a French director, producer, filmmaker and actress. Several of her films as director are semi-autobiographical. Personal life Kurys was born in Lyon, Rhône, France, the younger of two daughters. She is a ...

'' Tchao pantin'', directed by

Claude Berri Claude Berri (; 1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor. Early life Born Claude Beri Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish immigrant parents. His mother, Beila (née Bercu), ...

'' L'Été meurtrier'', directed by Jean Becker * Best Foreign Film:
''

Fanny and Alexander ''Fanny and Alexander'' () is a 1982 Historical drama, period drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on two siblings and their large family in Uppsala, Sweden during the first decade of the twentieth century. Follow ...

'', directed by

Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoun ...

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

Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés (4 January 1932 – 10 February 2023) was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. With Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be among Spain's great filmmakers. He had a long and prolific career th ...

'' The Gods Must Be Crazy'', directed by Jamie Uys
''

Tootsie ''Tootsie'' is a 1982 American satirical romantic comedy film directed by Sydney Pollack from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal and a story by Gelbart and Don McGuire. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, D ...

'', directed by

Sydney Pollack Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Pollack is known for directing commercially and critically acclaimed studio films. Over his forty year career he received numerous accolades ...

* Best First Work:
'' Rue cases nègres'', directed by Euzhan Palcy
'' Le Dernier Combat'', directed by

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 ...

'' Le Destin de Juliette'', directed by Aline Issermann
'' La Trace'', directed by Bernard Favre * Best Actor:

Coluche Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci (, ; 28 October 1944 – 19 June 1986), better known under his stage name Coluche (), was a French stage comedian, cinema actor, activist and philanthropist. He adopted ''Coluche'' as a stage name at age 26, when he ...

, for '' Tchao pantin''
Gérard Depardieu, for '' Les Compères''

Yves Montand Ivo Livi (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), better known as Yves Montand (), was an Italian-born French actor and singer. He is said to be one of France's greatest 20th-century artists. Early life Montand was born Ivo Livi in Stignano, a ...

, for '' Garçon!''
Michel Serrault, for '' Mortelle randonnée''
Alain Souchon, for '' L'Été meurtrier'' * Best Actress:

Isabelle Adjani Isabelle Yasmine Adjani (born 27 June 1955) is a French actress and singer of Algerian and German descent. She has received various accolades, including five César Awards and a Lumière Award, along with nominations for two Academy Awards. ...

, for '' L'Été meurtrier''

Miou-Miou Sylvette Herry (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Miou-Miou (), is a French actress. A ten-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Actress for the 1979 film ''Memoirs of a French Whore''. Her other films inclu ...

, for '' Coup de foudre''

Nathalie Baye Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye (; born 6 July 1948) is a French film, television, and stage actress. She began her career in 1970 and has appeared in more than 80 films. A ten-time César Award nominee, her four wins were for ''Every Man for Himsel ...

, for '' J'ai épousé une ombre''

Nicole Garcia Nicole Garcia (born 22 April 1946) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. Her film '' Charlie Says'' was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Her film '' Going Away'' was screened in the Special Presentation section at the ...

, for '' Les Mots pour le dire''
Fanny Ardant, for '' Vivement dimanche!'' * Best Supporting Actor:
Richard Anconina, for '' Tchao pantin''
Guy Marchand, for '' Coup de foudre''
Bernard Fresson, for '' Garçon!''

Jacques Villeret Jacques Villeret (; 6 February 1951 – 28 January 2005) was a French actor, best known internationally for his role as François Pignon in the comedy '' Le Dîner de Cons''. During his career, he earned many awards including the prestigious ...

, for '' Garçon!''
François Cluzet, for '' L'Été meurtrier'' * Best Supporting Actress:

Suzanne Flon Suzanne Flon (28 January 1918 – 15 June 2005) was a French people, French stage, film, and television actress. She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her performance in the 1961 film ''Tu ne tueras point, Thou Shalt Not Kill''. Flon also re ...

, for '' L'Été meurtrier''
Victoria Abril, for '' La Lune dans le caniveau''
Stéphane Audran, for '' Mortelle randonnée''
Agnès Soral, for '' Tchao pantin''
Sabine Azéma, for '' La vie est un roman'' * Most Promising Actor:
Richard Anconina, for '' Tchao pantin''

Jacques Penot Jacques or Jacq are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over one hundred identified noble families related t ...

, for '' Au nom de tous les miens''

Jean-Hugues Anglade Jean-Hugues Anglade is a French actor, film director, and screenwriter, known for his roles as Eric in '' Killing Zoe'', Zorg in '' Betty Blue'' and Marco, the boyfriend of Nikita in '' Nikita''. Early life Jean-Hugues Anglade was born in Tho ...

, for '' L'Homme blessé''
François Cluzet, for '' Vive la sociale!'' * Most Promising Actress:
Sandrine Bonnaire, for '' À nos amours''

Laure Duthilleul Laure Duthilleul (born 14 January 1959) is a French actress, director and screenwriter. She has appeared in more than 70 films and television shows since 1981. She has appeared in five films that have been screened at the Cannes Film Festival ...

, for '' Le Destin de Juliette''
Agnès Soral, for '' Tchao pantin''
Élisabeth Bourgine, for '' Vive la sociale!'' * Best Director:

, for '' La Bal''

, for '' Tchao pantin''

François Truffaut François Roland Truffaut ( , ; ; 6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) was a French filmmaker, actor, and critic. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of the French New Wave. He came under the tutelage of film critic Andre Bazin as a ...

, for '' Vivement dimanche!''

, for '' À nos amours''
Jean Becker, for '' L'Été meurtrier'' *

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 ...

:
Hervé Guibert,

Patrice Chéreau Patrice Chéreau (; ; 2 November 1944 – 7 October 2013) was a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer. In France he is best known for his work for the theatre, internationally for his films '' La Reine Margot'' and ''I ...

, for '' L'Homme blessé''
Francis Veber, for '' Les Compères''

, Alain Le Henry, for '' Coup de foudre'' * Best Adaptation:

Sébastien Japrisot Sébastien Japrisot (; 4 July 1931 – 4 March 2003) was a French author, screenwriter and film director. His pseudonym was an anagram of Jean-Baptiste Rossi, his real name. Renowned for subverting the rules of the crime genre, Japrisot broke do ...

, for '' L'Été meurtrier''

Robert Enrico Robert Georgio Enrico (April 13, 1931 – February 23, 2001) was a French film director and scriptwriter best known for making the Oscar-winning short '' An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1961). He was born in Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, in the no ...

, for '' Au nom de tous les miens''

, for '' Tchao pantin'' * Best Cinematography:
Bruno Nuytten, for '' Tchao pantin''
Ricardo Aronovich, for '' Le Bal''
Philippe Rousselot, for '' La Lune dans le caniveau''
Pierre Lhomme, for '' Mortelle randonnée'' * Best Sound:
Jean Labussière, Gérard Lamps, for '' Tchao pantin''
Jean-Louis Ughetto, Luc Yersin, for '' L'Argent''
Jacques Maumont, Pierre Lenoir, for '' Garçon!''
Nadine Muse, Paul Lainé, Maurice Gilbert, for '' Mortelle randonnée'' * Best Editing:
Jacques Witta, for '' L'Été meurtrier''
Françoise Prenant, for '' Faits divers''
Françoise Bonnot, for '' Hanna K.''
Denise de Casabianca, for '' L'Homme blessé''
Claire Pinheiro, for '' Les Mots pour le dire'' * Best Music:

Vladimir Cosma Vladimir Cosma (born 13 April 1940) is a Romanian composer, conductor and violinist, who has made his career in France and the United States. He was born into a family of Jewish musicians. His father, Teodor Cosma, was a pianist and conductor, h ...

, for '' Le Bal''
Charlélie Couture, for '' Tchao pantin''

Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg (; born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative rel ...

, for '' Équateur''

Georges Delerue Georges Delerue (12 March 1925 – 20 March 1992) was a French composer who composed over 350 scores for cinema and television. Delerue won numerous important film music awards, including an Academy Award for '' A Little Romance'' (1980), three C� ...

, for '' L'Été meurtrier'' * Best Production Design:
Hilton McConnico, for '' La Lune dans le caniveau''
Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko, for '' Mortelle randonnée''
Alexandre Trauner, for '' Tchao pantin''
Jacques Saulnier, for '' La vie est un roman'' *Best Animated Short:
'' Le Voyage d'Orphée'', directed by Jean-Manuel Costa
'' Au-delà de minuit'', directed by Pierre Berletta
'' Le Sang'', directed by Jacques Rouxel * Best Fiction Short Film:
'' Star suburb: La banlieue des étoiles'', directed by Stéphane Drouot
'' Coup de feu'', directed by Magali Clément
'' Panique au montage'', directed by Olivier Esmein
'' Toro Moreno'', 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 ...

* Best Documentary Short Film:
''

Ulysse Ulysse, the French spelling of Ulysses, is a masculine French given name. Notable people with the name include: *Ulysse Adjagba Ulysse Adjagba (born 27 March 1993) is a French professional basketball player who currently plays for Aix Maurie ...

'', directed by

Agnès Varda Agnès Varda (; born Arlette Varda; 30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director, screenwriter and photographer. Varda's work employed location shooting in an era when the limitations of sound technology made it easier ...

'' Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose'', directed by Pierre Levy
'' La Vie au bout des doigts'', directed by Jean-Paul Janssen *Best French Language Film:
'' Dans la ville blanche'', directed by Alain Tanner *Honorary César:

René Clément René Clément (; 18 March 1913 – 17 March 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the films ''The Battle of the Rails'' (1946), ''Forbidden Games'' (1952), ''Gervaise (film), Gervaise'' (1956), ''Purple No ...

Georges de Beauregard

Edwige Feuillère Edwige Feuillère (born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti; 29 October 1907 – 13 November 1998) was a French stage and film actress. Biography She was born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti to an Italian architect father and an Alsace-born moth ...

References

External links

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Winners and nominees

See also

References

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