Father Geek reporting in with a Special on the Nominations for the French Cesars, their Academy Awards. Make sure to follow that link below to the entire list...
Hey folks Officer Jim here with news from France. Yesterday, the Cesars nominations were announced and the french Premiere website posted them today.
Without much surprise LE GOUT DES AUTRES and HARRY, UN AMI QUI VOUS VEUT DU BIEN lead the pack with nine nominations each, but strong contenders such as SAINT-CYR or THE CRIMSON RIVERS Follow. Here are the main nominations:
BEST ACTOR
Jean Pierre Bacri for LE GOUT DES AUTRES
Bernard Gireaudeau for UNE AFFAIRE DE GOUT
Sergi Lopez for HARRY
Charles Berling for LES DESTINEES SENTIMENTALES
Pascal Greggory for LA CONFUSION DES GENRES
BEST ACTRESS
Emanuelle Beart for LES DESTINEES SENTIMENTALES
Juliette Binoche for THE WIDOW OF ST PIERRE
Dominique Blanc for STAND-BY
Isabelle Huppert for SAINT-CYR
Muriel Robin for MARIE LINE
BEST PICTURE
LE GOUT DES AUTRES
LES BLESSURES ASSASSINES
HARRY, UN AMI QUI VOUS VEUT DU BIEN SAINT-CYR
UNE AFFAIRE DE GOUT
BEST DIRECTOR
Jean-Pierre Denis for LES BLESSURES ASSASSINES
Agnes Jaoui for LE GOUT DES AUTRES
Mathieu Kassovitz for THE CRIMSON RIVERS
Patricia Mazuy for SAINT-CYR
Dominik Moll for HARRY
BEST FOREIGN PICTURE
AMERICAN BEAUTY
BILLY ELLIOT
DANCER IN THE DARK
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
YI-YI
The complete list can be found at WWW.PREMIERE.FR if you are interested. That's all folks. See ya.
Officer Jim out.
