2020 Cesar award nominations announced! (:

[FreemanGriffin]

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Best Film
LA BELLE EPOQUE
BY THE GRACE OF GOD
LES MISERABLES
AN OFFICER AND A SPY
OH MERCY!
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
THE SPECIALS

Best Director
NICOLAS BEDOS, La Belle epoque
ARNAUD DESPLECHIN, Oh Mercy!
LADJ LY, Les Miserables
FRANCOIS OZON, By The Grace Of God
ROMAN POLANSKI, An Officer and a Spy
CELINE SCIAMMA, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
ERIC TOLEDANO and OLIVIER NAKACHE, The Specials

Best First Film
ATLANTICS
LE CHANT DU LOUP
LES MISERABLES
NOM DE LA TERRE
PAPICHA

Best Actress
ANAIS DEMOUSTIER, Alice and the Mayor
EVA GREEN, Proxima
ADELE HAENEL, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
CHIARA MASTRIANNI, Chambre 212
NOEMIE MERLANT, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
DORIA TILLIER, La Belle epoque
KARIN VIARD, The Perfect Nanny

Best Actor
DANEIL AUTEUIL, La Belle epoque
DAMIEN BONNARD, Les Miserables
VINCENT CASSEL, The Specials
JEAN DUJARDIN, An Officer and a Spy
REDA KATEB, The Specials
MELVIL POUPAUD, By The Grace Of God
ROSCHDY ZEM, Oh Mercy!

Best Supporting Actress
FANNY ARDANT, La Belle epoque
JOSIANE BALASKO, By The Grace Of God
LAURE CALAMY, Only the Animals
SARA FORESTIER, Oh Mercy!
HELENE VINCENT, The Specials

Best Supporting Actor
SWANN ARLAUD, By The Grace Of God
GREGORY GADEBOIS, An Officer and a Spy
LOUIS GARREL, An Officer and a Spy
BENJAMIN LAVERNHE, Love At Second Sight
DENIS MENOCHET, By The Grace Of God

(to be continued)

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[FreemanGriffin]

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Most Promising Actress
LUANA BAJRIANI, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
MAME BINETA SANE, Atlantics
CELESTE BRNQUENTUELL, The Dazzled
LYNA KHOUDRI, Papicha
NINA MEURISSE, Camille

Most Promising Actor
ANTHONY BAJON, In The Name of The Land
BENJAMIN LESSIEUR, The Specials
ALEXIS MANENTI, Les Miserables
LIAM PIERRON, School Life
DJIBRIL ZONGA, Les Miserables

Original Screenplay
LA BELLE EPOQUE
BY THE GRACE OF GOD
LES MISERABLES
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
THE SPECIALS

Adapted Screenplay
ADULTS IN THE ROOM
I LOST MY BODY
AN OFFICER AND A SPY
OH MERCY!
SEULES LES BETES

Cinematography
LA BELLE EPOQUE
LES MISERABLES
AN OFFICER AND A SPY
OH MERCY!
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE

Editing
LA BELLE EPOQUE
BY THE GRACE OF GOD
LES MISERABLES
AN OFFICER AND A SPY
THE SPECIALS

Costumes
LA BELLE EPOQUE
LE CHANT DU LOUP
EDMOND
AN OFFICER AND A SPY
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE

Production Design
LA BELLE EPOQUE
EDMOND
AN OFFICER AND A SPY
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
THE WOLF’S CALL

Sound
LA BELLE EPOQUE
LE CHANT DU LOUP
LES MISERABLES
AN OFFICER AND A SPY
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE

Original Score
ATLANTICS
I LOST MY BODY
LES MISERABLES
AN OFFICER AND A SPY
OH MERCY!

Documentary
THE CORDIRELLA OF DREAMS
LOURDES
M
68, MON PERE ET LES CHOUS
WONDER BOY

Animated Film
THE BEAR’S FAMOUS INVASION OF SICILY
I LOST MY BODY
THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL

Foreign Film
JOKER
LOLA VERS LA MER
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
PAIN & GLORY
PARASITE
THE TRAITOR
YOUNG AHMED

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[Guest 2018 Joined: Nov 4th, 2010 Topics: 118 Posts: 1914 View Predictions]

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The French love them their accused rapists….jeez.

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[FreemanGriffin Joined: Feb 19th, 2012 Topics: 478 Posts: 7437 View Predictions]

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I wonder if Adele Haenel and Noemie Merlant will cancel each other out?

An Officer and a Spy (J’Accuse!) has the most nominations, with 12. Polanski has already won 4 Cesars for Best Director. Now that they have the split where the same film cannot win both BP and Best Director and we have Les Miserables and Portrait of a Lady on Fire also in the categories it’s going to be interesting to see which films win!

I hope Oh Mercy! is a return to form for Desplechin; his last few films have left a lot to be desired from me.

Very interesting list! Hoping that many of these films will be shown at my local French film festival in July!

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[Aunt Peg Joined: Dec 27th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 705 View Predictions]

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I’ve only seen Portrait of a Lady, Les Miserables, By the Grace of God, I Lost My Body, The Swallows of Kabul & Atlantics.

Two of my favourites got zero nominations: Who You Think I Am & The Summer House but that doesn’t really surprise me.

Hope to see a number of the other nominated films in March.

Wonder how long before the Polanski film is picked up for distribution in an English speaking territory. Apparnetly the upcoming French DVD/Blu Ray release will not have English subtitles.

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[RealLyre852 Joined: Aug 31st, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 244 View Predictions]

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nice to see I lost My Body get in screenplay, I heard good things about Eva Green in Proxima so I’m excited for it whenever it releases on home video. hopefully Portrait of a Lady on Fire sweeps but I doubt it wins much other than actress & screenplay. Just don’t give Polanski another directing award :/

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[FreemanGriffin Joined: Feb 19th, 2012 Topics: 478 Posts: 7437 View Predictions]

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Aunt Peg wrote:

I’ve only seen Portrait of a Lady, Les Miserables, By the Grace of God, I Lost My Body, The Swallows of Kabul & Atlantics.

Two of my favourites got zero nominations: Who You Think I Am & The Summer House but that doesn’t really surprise me.

Hope to see a number of the other nominated films in March.

Wonder how long before the Polanski film is picked up for distribution in an English speaking territory. Apparnetly the upcoming French DVD/Blu Ray release will not have English subtitles.

I have read that An Officer and A Spy has been picked up for distribution for this spring. I hope so – I really want to see it!

Finally getting to see Portrait Of A Lady On Fire this weekend! It has taken forever to be released here!

Thank you for reminding me that they didn’t nominate Juliette Binoche for Who You Think I Am ): I haven’t seen it but it sounds to be wonderful from what I have read about it!

I think I will lobby hard for more of these films to be shown at the French film festival in July.

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I made a few minor mistakes and have corrected them. The awards will be given out on Feb. 28th in Paris!

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[CateNicole Joined: Jun 20th, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 1743 View Predictions]

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Really hope Haenel and Merlant don’t split.

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Loving the love for Luàna Bajrami! Very underestimated in Portrait in my opinion.

FYC:

Best Screenplay: Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Best Actress: Sidney Flanigan

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FreemanGriffin wrote:

I wonder if Adele Haenel and Noemie Merlant will cancel each other out? An Officer and a Spy (J’Accuse!) has the most nominations, with 12. Polanski has already won 4 Cesars for Best Director. Now that they have the split where the same film cannot win both BP and Best Director and we have Les Miserables and Portrait of a Lady on Fire also in the categories it’s going to be interesting to see which films win! I hope Oh Mercy! is a return to form for Desplechin; his last few films have left a lot to be desired from me. Very interesting list! Hoping that many of these films will be shown at my local French film festival in July!

Merlant won Lumiere, where Haenal didn’t be nominated. Normally its winner doesn’t win Cesar. So Merlant has a great chance to win.

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[John Nguyen Joined: Aug 2nd, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 280 View Predictions]

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If Adèle and naomie split then at least give it to Eva green. It’s a crime this is green first ever Cesar nomination

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PeytonKawai wrote:

Merlant won Lumiere, where Haenal didn’t be nominated. Normally its winner doesn’t win Cesar. So Merlant has a great chance to win.

Last year there was a split – Lumieres went with Elodie Bouchez for In Safe Hands and Cesar went with Lea Drucker for Custody. Bouchez’s co-star Sandrine Kiberlain was nominated for the Cesars but not the Lumieres – similarly to Noemie and Adele this year. IDK who would win instead of Merlant. Haenel has already won two Cesars (Supporting Actress for Suzanne and Actress for Love At First Fight).

I have watched all of the trailers and loved them all! (:

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[Cocastique Joined: Jan 19th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 62 View Predictions]

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Haenel is so respected and so beloved by both the Césars and the public. She won Best Newcomer and Best Actress back to back. She’s considered the new Catherine Deneuve.

I really don’t think they’ll split the vote. The voters will go for Haenel if they have to choose. But they might want to give Merlant the win since she’s been nominated two times in the Best Newcomer category.

I think it’s between the two of them. The competition isn’t very strong.

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