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France’s Césars At 50: Academy Heads Patrick Sobelman & Ariane Toscan Du Plantier Talk Landmark Ceremony & Future Of French Awards
French Césars At 50: Academy Heads Patrick Sobelman & Ariane Toscan Du Plantier Talk Landmark Ceremony & Future Of French Awards
France ’s César Awards mark their 50th ceremony at the Olympia Theatre in Paris this evening with swashbuckler The Count of Monte Cristo, star-crossed romance Beating Hearts and Mexico-set, Spanish language musical Oscar hopeful Emilia Pérez leading the nominations. Deneuve will kick off the evening and handover the Best Film award with another 13 cinema figures – spanning Jean-Pascal Zadi, Emmanuelle Béart, Alice Belaïdi, Cécile de France, Hafsia Herzi, Bouli Lanners, William Lebghil, Vincent Macaigne, Pio Marmaï, Vimala Pons, Raphaël Quenard, Ludivine Sagnier and Justine Triet – sharing presenting duties. Long-running disquiet over the direction of travel of the academy flared-up after women’s rights activists protested against the fact that Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy garnered the most nominations in the first round of voting, even though he faces statuary rape charges back in the U.S.
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