Albert Dupontel’s black comedy was the big winner of France’s Cesars, with 7 trophies, including the best director.
Albert Dupontel’s black comedy Bye bye idiots was the big winner of the 2021 César Awards, the biggest cinema award in France, held on Friday night.
Bye bye idiots won 7 Césars, including best film and best director. Dupontel also won the award for best original screenplay for his screenplay. The film also won the best supporting actor César for Nicolas Marié, best production design for Carlos Conti, and best cinematography for Alexis Kavyrchine. Bye bye idiots he also won the César des lycéens, a popular prize, voted by French high school students. The film follows a seriously ill woman who tries to find her long-lost son with the help of a blind archivist and a man in the midst of exhaustion.
Franco-Tunisian star Sami Bouajil won the award for best actor César for his performance in Mehdi Barsaoui’s A son like a man whose son was shot dead by terrorists.
French Oscar candidate, Two of us, who made it to the Oscar list for best international feature this year, picked up Caesar for best first film by debut director Filippo Meneghetti. But the film’s two protagonists, Martine Chevallier and Barbara Sukowa, both nominated in the category of best actress by women who have been secretly lovers for decades, lost to Laure Calamy for her performance in the comic novel by Caroline Vignal My ass, my lover and me.
The dramatic Danish comedy by Thomas Vinterberg Another round, Oscar favorite for this year’s best international feature, won the César for best foreign film.
The 46th César Prize, France’s biggest cinema prize, started on Friday night with French actress Marina Fois (Polisse) and actor Roschdy Zem (The cold daylight) organizing the event before a small masked audience in Paris.
The first prize of the night, for best female rookie, went to Fathia Youssouf for her debut at the debut of Maïmouna Doucouré Cuties, the Netflix movie that became a famous cause after being targeted by online trolls. Youssouf, 14, received his trophy from French cinema legend Isabelle Huppert.
Jean-Pascal Zadi received the honor of best male novice for Tout Simplement Noir, a satire on race relations in France, of which he stars, and which Zadi directed along with John Wax.
Emilie Dequenne won the best supporting actress Caesar for his role in Emmanuel Mouret Love affairs (the things we say, the things we do), who was Caesar’s champion when he reached this year’s award, with 13 nominations. The film, which has a collective cast and is composed of a series of romantic tales, was part of the official selection of Cannes 2020.
Stéphanie Demoustier won the most adapted script for The girl with a bracelet, his adaptation of the Argentine film The accused.
Madeline Fontaine chose the best costume for the comedy How to be a good wife from director Martin Provost.
Josep, directed by the French cartoonist Aurel, won in the category of best cartoon. The 2D feature tells the largely unknown story of Spanish illustrator Josep Bartolí.
French electronic music artist Rone got the best score for his work in Night tour by director Frédéric Farrucci.
The best documentary Caesar attended Teenagers from the principal Sébastien Lifshitz, who follows the relationship between two girls, best friends since childhood, over several years. The film also won in the category of best editing, for Tina Baz, and best sound design, for Yolande Decarsin, Jeanne Deplancq, Fanny Martin and Olivier Goinard.
The miserable, Ladj Ly’s look at life on Parisian banlieues, won the César for best film at last year’s event, beating all competitors, including Roman Polanski An officer and a spy. But the French Film Academy ignored a street full of protesters and a furious army of online critics to give Polanski the prize for best director that year.
A scandal of another kind, relating to the award’s operating model and corporate leadership, led to an industry-wide upheaval last year that resulted in the resignation of longtime César Academy chairman, Alain Terzian, along with the rest of the board. of 21 members of the governors.
This year’s ceremony is the first Caesar since the renovation. One of the greatest achievements of the new administration was achieving gender parity on the board of directors of the Association for the Promotion of Cinema (APC), the organization that oversees the Cesar Academy.
Complete list of Cesar 2021 winners in the main categories:
BEST MOVIE
Bye bye idiots, dir: Albert Dupontel
BEST DIRECTOR
Albert Dupontel, Bye bye idiots
BEST ACTRESS
Laure Calamy, My ass, my lover and me
BEST ACTOR
Sami Bouajila, A son
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Another round, dir: Thomas Vinterberg
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emilie Dequenne, Love affairs (the things we say, the things we do)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Nicolas Mairé, Bye bye idiots
BEST NEW FEMALE
Fathia Youssouf, Cuties
BEST NEWLY GROUND FLOOR
Jean-Pascal Zadi, Tout Simplement Noir
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Albert Dupontel, Bye bye idiots
BEST ADAPTED SCREEN
Stéphanie Demoustier, The girl with a bracelet
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Alexis Kavyrchine, Bye bye idiots
BEST EDITION
Tina Baz, Teenagers
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Madeline Fontaine, How to be a good wife
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Yolande Decarsin, Jeanne Deplancq, Fanny Martin and Olivier Goinard for Teenagers
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Carlos Conti, Bye bye idiots
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Josep, dir: Aurel
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Teenagers, dir: Sébastien Lifshitz
BEST FIRST MOVIE
Two of us, dir: Filippo Meneghetti
BEST SCORE
Rone, Night tour