2018 Cesar Awards nominations!

[FreemanGriffinParticipant Joined: Feb 19th, 2012 Topics: 437 Posts: 5865 View Predictions]

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120 Beats per Minute leads with 13 nominations, followed by 12 nominations for See You Up There. Barbara and Bloody Milk have 8 nominations each.

Best Film:
120 Beats per Minute
Barbara
Bloody Milk
Le Brio
C’est la vie!
Patients (aka Step By Step)
See You Up There

Best Director:
Matthieu Amalric, Barbara
Robin Campilo, 120 Beats per Minute
Hubert Cheruel, Bloody Milk
Julia Ducournau, Grave (aka Raw)
Albert Dupontel, See You Up There
Michel Hazanavicious, Le Redoubtable
Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, C’est la vie!

Bst Actor:
Daniel Auteuil, Le Brio
Swann Arlaud, Bloody Milk
Jean-Pierre Bacri, C’est la vie!
Guillaume Canet, Rock n’ Roll
Albert Dupontel, See You Up There
Louis Garrel, Le Redoubtable
Reda Kateb, Django

Best Actress:
Jeanne Balibar, Barbara
Juliette Binoche, Let The Sunshine In
Emmanuelle Devos, Number One
Marina Fois, The Workshop
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Promise at Dawn
Doria Tillier, M. & Madame Adelman
Karin Viard, Jalouse

Best Supporting Actor:
Niels Arestrup, See You Up There
Laurent Lafitte, See You Up There
Gilles Lellouche, C’est la vie!
Vincent Macaigne, C’est la vie!
Antoine Reinartz, 120 Beats per Minute

Best Supporting Actress:
Laure Calamy, Ava
Anais Demoustier, La Villa
Sara Giraudeau, Bloody Milk
Adele Haenel, 120 Beats per Minute
Melanie Thierry, C’est la vie!

Best Male Newcomer:
Benjamin Lavernhe, C’est la vie!
Finnegan Oldfield, Marvin ou la Belle Education
Pablo Pauly, Patients (Step By Step)
Nahuel Perez Biscayard, 120 Beats per Minute
Arnaud Valois, 120 Beats per Minute

Best Female Newcomer:
Iris Bry, Les Gardiennes
Latetia Dosch, Jeun Femme
Eye Haidara, C’est la vie!
Carmelia Jordana, Le Brio
Garance Marillier, Grave (aka Raw)

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[Anonymous Joined: Jan 1st, 1970 Topics: 98 Posts: 12704 View Predictions]

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I really would have loved to see Raw in Best Film, but overall these nominations look pretty solid and believable, even though I haven’t seen any other films. I’ve gotta see BPM like crazy, I hope it lives up to all the hype. I am going have to go into that one with moderate expectations just to be safe.

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[FreemanGriffinParticipant Joined: Feb 19th, 2012 Topics: 437 Posts: 5865 View Predictions]

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Best Documentary:
12 Days
Carre 35
Faces Places
I Am Not Your Negro
A Voix Haute – La Force de la Parole

Best Original Screenplay;
120 Beats per Minute
Barbara
Bloody Milk
C’est la vie!
Grave (Raw)

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Les Gardiennes (The Guardians)
Patients
Promise at Dawn
Redoubtable
See You Up There

Best Cinematography:
120 Beats per Minute
Barbara
Les Gardiennes
Redoubtable
See You Up There

Best Costume Design:
120 Beats per Minute
Barbara
Les Gardiennes
Promise at Dawn
See You Up There

Best Original Score:
120 Beats per Minute
Bloody Milk
Faces Places
Grave
See You Up There

Best Editing:
120 Beats per Minute
Barbara
Bloody Milk
C’est la vie!
See You Up There

Best Sound:
120 Beats per Minute
Barbara
C’est la vie!
Grave
See You Up There

Best Debut Feature
Bloody Milk
Grave
Jeun Femme
M. & Madame Adelman
Patients

Best Production Design:
120 Beats per Minute
Barbara
Promise at Dawn
Redoubtable
See You Up There

Best Animated Film:
Le Grand Mehant Renard et Autres Cortes
Sahara
Zombillenium

Best Foreign Film:
Dunkirk
La La Land
Loveless
The Nile Hilton Incident
The Royal Exchange
The Square
A Wedding

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[Anonymous Joined: Jan 1st, 1970 Topics: 98 Posts: 12704 View Predictions]

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Best Foreign Film:
Dunkirk
La La Land
Loveless
The Nile Hilton Incident
The Royal Exchange
The Square
A Wedding

Okay, so I haven’t seen any of the other nominees besides Dunkirk, and I didn’t even love La La Land (amazing technically but the script was meh), but I want to see the Chazelle film win the Cesar as revenge for its “winning” the Best Picture Oscar only for everyone to find out it actually lost a couple minutes later.

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[Anonymous Joined: Jan 1st, 1970 Topics: 98 Posts: 12704 View Predictions]

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Best Documentary:
12 Days
Carre 35
Faces Places
I Am Not Your Negro
A Voix Haute – La Force de la Parole

I freaking KNOW Faces Places will easily win this one. Agnes Varda being a legendary hero of cinema in France makes it the definition of a L.O.C.K.

However, I want I Am Not Your Negro to win everything it possibly still can, including the Bafta and the Cesar, as justice for its Oscar loss.

Faces Places can still be an Oscar winner, while the brilliant and moving Raoul Peck film sadly never will be. I voted for it to win the Spirit Award for Documentary but O.J.: Made In America understandably won.

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[FreemanGriffinParticipant Joined: Feb 19th, 2012 Topics: 437 Posts: 5865 View Predictions]

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I was hoping that Juliette Binoche would win her 2nd Cesar but the fact that her film isn’t nominated in any other categories indicates a lack of support; I suspect Jeanne Balibar will win for her dual roles as Brigitte and “Barbara” (she plays an actress preparing for the role of the legendary French singer Barbara).

I did not realize that Nahuel Perez Biscayart is Argentinian. I was disappointed he wasn’t double nominated but I will be happy with a win for him as Best Male Newcomer. (Although I love Arnaud Lavois as well!)

Even though Adele Haenel already has won twice I hope she wins for 120 Beats per Minute for Best Supporting Actress.

Of course I am rooting for 120 Beats per Minute for Best Film and Best Director, Faces Places for Best Documentary (I was hoping it would make it in to Best Film and Best Director but it didn’t happen – documentaries have made it in to those categories in the past).

Happy End was completely shut out which surprised me. I thought for certain at least the 13 year old girl would make it in, maybe Trintignant and maybe even Huppert.

It is CRIMINAL that Catherine Deneuve was not nominated for The Midwife ):

I am hoping many of these films show up at this year’s local French film festival! (:

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[AMGParticipant Joined: Sep 20th, 2012 Topics: 154 Posts: 3906 View Predictions]

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I adore 120 BPM, and appreciate their Newcomer nods, but seriously HOW do you have this film leading the nods tally, yet not have Biscayart in Actor or Valois in Supporting?

Thrilled to see Haenel in Supporting Actress though. Very deserved. I hope it sweeps.

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[FreemanGriffinParticipant Joined: Feb 19th, 2012 Topics: 437 Posts: 5865 View Predictions]

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Another film that I was disappointed to see with no nominations was Chez Nous (This Is Our Land), which was terrific, and I esp. thought Catherine Jacob would be nominated for playing a right-wing politician, and Andre Dussollier for playing a right-wing father figure who recruits the heroine to run for office. The film was released in early 2017 and was forgotten. It was attacked viciously by right-wing zealots at the time. It’s a wonderful film, well worth watching if you can find it. Emilie Dequenne was wonderful in the lead role too.

The super strong support for 120 Beats per Minute surprises; costumes and production design! See You Up There is set in 1919, so one would naturally assume it would be nominated. A film set in the 1990’s is surprising but deserved! (:

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