Césars 2011 – France "Of Gods and Men leads nominations"

Césars 2011 – France

Of Gods and Men leads nominations

With 11 nominations, Xavier Beauvois’s Of Gods and Men [trailer, film focus] dominates the list of nominees for the 2011 Césars, to be awarded on February 25.

Next in line are Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer [trailer] and Joann Sfar’s Je T’Aime, Moi Non Plus [trailer] with eight nominations each; Mathieu Amalric’s On Tour [trailer, film focus] (seven nominations); and Pascal Chaumeil’s Heartbreaker [trailer] (five nominations). These five features will vie for the Best Film César, alongside Michel Leclerc’s The Names of Love [trailer] (four nominations in total) and Benoît Delépine andGustave Kervern’s Mammuth [trailer, film focus] (three nominations).

There are also six nominations (mainly in the technical categories) for Bertrand Tavernier’s The Princess of Montpensier [trailer], four for François Ozon’s Potiche [trailer] and three for Olivier Assayas’s Carlos [trailer], Julie Bertuccelli’s The Tree [trailer, film focus], Bertrand Blier’s The Clink Of Ice [trailer] and Géraldine Nakache and Hervé Mimran’s All That Glitters [trailer].

Nominated 15 times before and crowned twice in 1981 and 1991, Gérard Depardieu (Mammuth) will compete for the 2011 Best Actor César against four thesps who have never won before: Romain Duris (Heartbreaker),Eric Elmosnino (Je T’Aime, Moi Non Plus), Jacques Gamblin (The Names of Love) and Lambert Wilson (Of Gods and Men).

Battling it out for Best Actress are two previous winners: Catherine Deneuve (Potiche) was crowned in 1981 and 1993, while Isabelle Carré (Romantics Anonymous [trailer]) won in 2003 before being nominated in 2004, 2006 and 2008. Other nominees are Sara Forestier (The Names of Love), Charlotte Gainsbourg (The Tree) and Kristin Scott Thomas (Her Name Was Sarah), who was nominated but didn’t win in 2009 and 2010.

Finally, Olivier Masset-Depasse’s Belgian film Illegal [trailer, film focus] is among the contenders for the Best Foreign Film César.

The nominations in the main categories:

Best Film
Heartbreaker - Pascal Chaumeil
Of Gods and Men - Xavier Beauvois
Je T’Aime, Moi Non Plus - Joann Sfar
Mammuth - Benoît Delépine & Gustave Kervern
The Names of Love - Michel Leclerc
The Ghost Writer - Roman Polanski
On Tour - Mathieu Amalric

Best Actress
Isabelle Carré - Romantics Anonymous
Catherine Deneuve - Potiche
Sara Forestier - The Names of Love
Charlotte Gainsbourg - The Tree
Kristin Scott Thomas - Her Name Was Sarah

Best Actor
Gérard Depardieu - Mammuth
Romain Duris - Heartbreaker
Eric Elmosnino - Je T’Aime, Moi Non Plus
Jacques Gamblin - The Names of Love
Lambert Wilson - Of Gods and Men

Best Director
Mathieu Amalric - On Tour
Olivier Assayas - Carlos
Xavier Beauvois - Of Gods and Men
Bertrand Blier - The Clink of Ice
Roman Polanski - The Ghost Writer

Best Original Screenplay
Mathieu Amalric, Philippe Di Folco, Marcelo Novais Teles, Raphaëlle Valbrune - On Tour
Bertrand Blier - The Clink of Ice
Benoît Delépine & Gustave Kervern - Mammuth
Michel Leclerc - & Baya Kasmi - The Names of Love
Etienne Comar & Xavier Beauvois - Of Gods and Men

Best Adapted Screenplay
Julie Bertuccelli - The Tree
Jean Cosmos, François-Olivier Rousseau and Bertrand Tavernier - The Princess of Montpensier
Robert Harris & Roman Polanski - The Ghost Writer
Eric Lartigau & Laurent De Bartillat - The Big Picture [trailer]
François Ozon - Potiche

Best Documentary Film
Benda Bilili ! [trailer] - Florent de la Tullaye & Renaud Barret
Cleveland Versus Wall Street [trailer, film focus] - Jean-Stéphane Bron
Into Our Own Hands - Marianne Otero
Oceans [trailer] - Jacques Perrin & Jacques Cluzaud
Yves Saint Laurent – Pierre Bergé, l’Amour Fou [trailer] - Pierre Thoretton

Best Debut Film
Heartbreaker - Pascal Chaumeil
Je T’Aime, Moi Non Plus - Joann Sfar
Lights Out [trailer] - Fabrice Gobert
Turk’s Head [trailer] - Pascal Elbé
All That Glitters - Géraldine Nakache & Hervé Mimran

Best Animated Film
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds - Luc Besson
The Man in the Blue Gordini - Jean-Christophe Lie
The Illusionist [trailer, film focus] - Sylvain Chomet
Logoroma - H5 (François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy and Ludovic Houplain)
A Cat In Paris [trailer] - Jean-Louis Felicioli & Alain Gagnol

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Anne Alvaro - The Clink of Ice
Valérie Bonneton - Little White Lies [trailer]
Laetitia Casta - Je T’Aime, Moi Non Plus
Julie Ferrier - Heartbreaker
Karin Viard - Potiche

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Niels Arestrup - The Big Picture
François Damiens - Heartbreaker
Gilles Lellouche - Little White Lies
Michael Lonsdale - Of Gods and Men
Olivier Rabourdin - Of Gods and Men

Best Female Newcomer
Leïla Bekhti - All That Glitters
Anaïs Demoustier - Living On Love Alone
Audrey Lamy - All That Glitters
Léa Seydoux - Dear Prudence [trailer]
Yahima Torres - Black Venus [trailer, film focus]

Best Male Newcomer
Arthur Dupont - Bus Palladium [trailer]
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet - The Princess of Montpensier
Pio Marmaï - Living On Love Alone
Raphaël Personnaz - The Princess of Montpensier
Edgar Ramírez - Carlos

Best Cinematography
Christophe Beaucarne - On Tour
Caroline Champetier - Of Gods and Men
Pawel Edelman - The Ghost Writer
Bruno de Keyser - The Princess of Montpensier
Guillaume Schiffman - Je T’Aime, Moi Non Plus

Best Editing
Luc Barnier - Carlos
Annette Dutertre - On Tour
Hervé de Luze - The Ghost Writer
Marie-Julie Maille - Of Gods and Men
Marilyne Monthieux - Je T’Aime , Moi Non Plus

Best Costume Design
Olivier Bériot - The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec [trailer]
Pascaline Chavanne - Potiche
Alexia Crisp-Jones - On Tour
Marielle Robaut - Of Gods and Men
Caroline de Vivaise - The Princess of Montpensier

Best Production Design
Michel Barthélémy - Of Gods and Men
Guy-Claude François - The Princess of Montpensier
Albrecht Konrad - The Ghost Writer
Christian Marti - Je T’Aime, Moi Non Plus
Hughes Tissandier - The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

Best Sound
Philippe Barbeau, Jérôme Wiciak, Florent Lavallée - Oceans
Jean-Marie Blondel, Thomas Desjonquères, Dean Humphreys - The Ghost Writer
Jean-Jacques Ferran, Vincent Guillon, Eric Bonnard - Of Gods and Men
Olivier Mauvezin, Séverin Favriau, Stéphane Thiébaut - On Tour
Daniel Sobrino, Jean Goudier, Cyril Holtz - Je T’Aime, Moi Non Plus

Best Original Score
Bruno Coulais - Oceans
Alexandre Desplat - The Ghost Writer
Grégoire Hetzel - The Tree
Delphine Mantoulet & Tony Gatlif - Freedom [trailer]
Yarol Poupaud - Bus Palladium
Philippe Sarde - The Princess of Montpensier

Best Short Film
Logoroma - H5 (François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy and Ludovic Houplain)
The Little Tailor - Louis Garrel
Saint Louis Blues - Dyana Gaye
A Whore and a Chick - Clément Michel

Best Foreign Film
Heartbeats - Xavier Dolan
Bright Star [trailer] - Jane Campion
The Secret In Their Eyes [trailer] - Juan José Campanella
Illegal - Olivier Masset-Depasse
Inception - Christopher Nolan
Invictus - Clint Eastwood
The Social Network - David Fincher

Fabien Lemercier

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