Jacques Audiard’s Oscar-nominated Emilia Pérez was named finest French movie of the yr on the fiftieth César awards on Friday night time (February 28), taking house seven awards from 12 nominations.
The Mexico-set musical crime thriller that received the jury prize and shared finest actress award at Cannes Movie Competition final May earned a finest director and tailored screenplay prize for Audiard and awards for cinematography, unique music, visible results, and sound. The movie has bought some 1.2million tickets on the French field workplace since its August 2014 launch for Pathé.
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Stars Karla Sofia Gascon and Zoe Saldana – each nominated for finest actress in Paris – joined Audiard for the event forward of Sunday’s Oscars in Hollywood, the place Emilia Pérez is in rivalry for 13 awards and all three are nominated for Academy Awards.
Sean Baker, whose Anora was nominated in one of the best worldwide movie class, was additionally in attendance. Karim Leklou was named finest actor for Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu’s Jim’s Story, and Hafsia Herzi received one of the best actress award for her position in Stephane Demoustier’s Borgo.
Boris Lojkine’s Souleymane’s Story additionally had a robust night time with awards for finest unique screenplay, finest supporting actress for Nina Meurisse, finest male breakthrough for Abou Sangare, and finest modifying.
Greatest animated movie went to Oscar-nominated Circulation and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone Of Curiosity received the prize for finest worldwide movie. It received one of the best worldwide characteristic movie Oscar final yr and premiered in Cannes in 2023.
Circulation was one in every of lots of this yr’s César nominees that premiered on the Croisette in 2024. Movies from Cannes earned 83 nominations throughout all classes. Along with Emilia Perez and Souleymane’s Story different winners like Louise Courvoisier’s Holy Cow (Greatest debut movie and finest feminine breakthrough efficiency for Maiwene Barthelemey) additionally first premiered on the pageant. Supporting Actor went to Alain Chabat for Gilles Lellouche’s Beating Hearts.
Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre De La Patelliere’s epic literary adaptation The Depend Of Monte-Cristo, which additionally debuted on the Croisette, led the César nominations with 14 nods and received prizes for finest costumes and finest manufacturing design. The award for finest brief movie went to The Man Who Might Not Stay Silent, which can be nominated for one of the best live-action brief Oscar this yr.
Clive Owen offered Julia Roberts with an honourary César. Earlier within the day, the American actress obtained the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from cultural minister Rachida Dati. Costa-Gavras additionally obtained an honourary Cesar.
The French Academy paid homage to the late actors Alain Delon and Michel Blanc. Speeches principally prevented politics and presenters caught to lighthearted jokes and bodily comedy, a notable change from final yr’s ceremony that noticed Judith Godrèche make an empassionned #MeToo-oriented speech about sexual assault within the business.
The César awards are voted upon by the 5,000 members of France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Methods, which oversees France’s equal of the Oscars and Baftas. Cedric Klapisch served as creative director. Catherine Deneuve presided over the ceremony, which was produced and broadcast dwell and completely as free-for-view on Canal+.
2025 César winners
Greatest movie
The Depend Of Monte-Cristo
Emilia Pérez
The Marching Band
Souleymane’s Story
Misericordia
Greatest actress
Adele Exarchopolous, Beating Hearts
Karla Sofia Gascon, Emilia Perez
Hafsia Herzi, Borgo
Zoe Saldana, Emilia Pérez
Helene Vincent, When Fall Is Coming
Greatest actor
Francois Civil, Beating Hearts
Benjamin Lavernhe, The Marching Band
Karim Leklou, Jim’s Story
Pierre Niney, The Depend Of Monte-Cristo
Tahar Rahim, Monsieur Aznavour
Greatest supporting actress
Elodie Bouchez, Beating Hearts
Anais Demoustier, The Depend Of Monte-Cristo
Catherine Frot, Misericordia
Nina Meurisse, Souleymane’s Story
Sarah Suco, The Marching Band
Greatest supporting actor
David Ayala, Misericordia
Bastien Bouillon, The Depend Of Monte-Cristo
Alain Chabat, Beating Hearts
Jacques Develay, Misericordia
Laurent Lafitte, The Depend Of Monte-Cristo
Greatest director
Gilles Lellouche, Beating Hearts
Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre De La Patelliere, The Depend Of Monte-Cristo
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Boris Lojkine, Souleymane’s Story
Alain Guiraudie, Misercordia
Greatest worldwide movie
Anora, dir. Sean Baker
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, dir. Mohammad Rasoulof
The Apprentice, dir. Ali Abbasi
The Substance, dir. Coralie Fargeat
The Zone Of Curiosity, dir. Jonathan Glazer
Greatest feminine breakthrough
Maiwene Barthelemey, Holy Cow
Malou Khebizi, Wild Diamond
Megan Northam, Rabia
Mallory Wanecque, Beating Hearts
Soheila Yacoub, Planet B
Greatest male breakthrough
Abou Sangare, Souleymane’s Story
Adam Bessa, Ghost Path
Malik Frikah, Beating Hearts
Felix Kysyl, Misericordia
Pierre Lottin, The Marching Band
Greatest unique screenplay
Stephanie Demoustier, Borgo
Emmanuel Courcol, Irene Muscari, The Marching Band
Boris Lojkine, Delphine Agut, Souleymane’s Story
Alain Guiraudie, Misericordia
Louise Courvoisier, Theo Abadie, Holy Cow
Greatest adaptation
Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de la Patelliere, The Depend Of Monte-Cristo
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez
Michel Hazanavicius, Jean-Claude Grumberg, The Most Treasured Of Cargoes
Greatest unique music
Jon Brion, Beating Hearts
Jerome Rebotier, The Depend Of Monte-Cristo
Clement Ducol and Camille, Emilia Perez
Alexandre Desplat, The Most Treasured Of Cargoes
Linda Courvoisier, Charlie Courvoisier, Holy Cow
Greatest sound
Cedric Deloche, Gwennole Le Borgne, Jon Goc, Marc Doisne, Beating Hearts
David Rit, Gwennole Le Borgne, Olivier Touche, Laure-Anne Darras, Marion Papinot, Marc Doisne, Samuel Delorme, The Depend Of Monte-Cristo
Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldere, Cyril Holtz, Niels Barletta, Emilia Perez
Pascal Armant, Sandy Notarianni, Niels Barletta, The Marching Band
Marc-Olivier Brulle, Pierre Bariaud, Charlotte Butrak, Samuel Aichoun, Souleymane’s Story
Greatest cinematography
Laurent Tangy, Beating Hearts
Nicolas Bolduc, The Depend Of Monte-Cristo
Paul Guilhaume, Emilia Pérez
Tristan Galand, Souleymane’s Story
Claire Mathon, Misericordia
Greatest modifying
Simon Jacquet, Beating Hearts
Celia Lafitedupont, The Depend Of Monte-Cristo
Juliette Welfling, Emilia Pérez
Guerric Catala, The Marching Band
Xavier Sirven, Souleymane’s Story
Greatest costumes
Isabelle Pannetier, Beating Hearts
Thierry Delettre, The Depend Of Monte-Cristo
Virginie Montel, Emilia Pérez
Isabelle Mathieu, Monsieur Aznavour
Anais Romand, Sarah Bernhardt, La Divine
Greatest manufacturing design
Jean-Philippe Moreaux, Beating Hearts
Stephane Taillasson, The Depend Of Monte-Cristo
Emmanuelle Duplay, Emilia Pérez
Stephane Rozenbaum, Monsieur Aznavour
Olivier Radot, Sarah Bernhardt, La Divine
Greatest visible results
Cedric Gayolle, Hugues Namur, Emilien Lazaron, The Beast
Olivier Cauwet, The Depend Of Monte-Cristo
Cedric Fayolle, Emilia Pérez
Stephane Dittoo, Monsieur Aznavour
Greatest fiction brief
Boucan, dir. Salome Da Souza
Ce qui appartient a Cesar, dir. Violette Gitton
The Man Who Might Not Stay Silent, dir. Nebojsa Slijepcevic
Queen Measurement, dir. Avril Besson
Greatest animation
Circulation, dir. Gints Zilbalodis
The Most Treasured Of Cargoes, dir. Michel Hazanavicius
Savages, dir. Claude Barras
Greatest documentary
The Belle From Gaza, dir. Yolande Zauberman
Bye Bye Tiberias, dir. Lina Soualem
Dahomey, dir. Mati Diop
Ernest Cole, Misplaced and Discovered, dir. Raoul Peck
La Ferme des Bertrand, dir. Gilles Perret
Madame Hofmann, dir. Sebastien Lifshitz
Greatest debut movie
Wild Diamond, dir. Agathe Riedinger
Ghost Path, dir. Jonathan Millet
The Kingdom, dir. Julien Colonna
A Little One thing Further, dir. Artus
Holy Cow, dir. Louise Courvoisier