2019 Césars Awards Nominations

The best French actress of her generation. ❤️

Yup

"Three Billboards, The Panels of Vengeance" is quite something of a title

Where's BH?!

Two notes on the Directors -

First nom for Pierre Salvadori who directed Les Apprentis in '95 which is very high on my all time fav list.

Seventh nom for Audiard - I believe he's tied with Bertrand Tavernier now as most Cesar-nominated director alive. He could get his third win, putting him firmly second regarding most Wins ever in the category after Polanski (who has 4, nobody has 3 yet). Aud has been nom'd for all of his films except his first, though he won Best First Film for it anyway. Kinda remarkable, imagine an American director getting Oscar nom'd seven films in a row??

AND THE WINNERS ARE :


Best Film

“Memoir of War,” Emmanuel Finkiel
“The Trouble With You,” Pierre Salvadori
“The Sisters Brothers,” Jacques Audiard
“Sink or Swim,” Gilles Lellouche
“Guy,” Alex Lutz
“Custody,” Xavier Legrand
“In Safe Hands,” Jeanne Herry

Best Director

Emmanuel Finkiel, “Memoir of War”
Pierre Salvadori, “The Trouble With You”
Jacques Audiard, “The Sisters Brothers”
Gilles Lellouche, “Sink or Swim”
Alex Lutz, “Guy”
Xavier Legrand, “Custody”
Jeanne Harry, “In Safe Hands”

Best Foreign Film

“Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri,” Martin McDonaugh
“Capernaum,” Nadine Labaki
“Cold War,” Pawel Pawlikowski
“Girl,” Lukas Dhont
“Hannah,” Andrea Pallaoro
“Our Struggles,” Guillaume Senez
“Shoplifters,” Hirokazu Kore-Eda

Best Actress

Elodie Bouchez, “In Safe Hands”
Cecile de France, “Mademoiselle de Joncquieres”
Lea Drucker, “Custody”
Virginie Efira, “An Impossible Love”
Adele Haenel, “The Trouble With You”
Sandrine Kiberlain, “In Safe Hands”
Melanie Thierry, “Memoir of War”

Best Actor

Edouard Baer, “Mademoiselle de Joncquieres”
Romain Duris, “Our Struggles”
Vincent Lacoste, “Amanda”
Gilles Lellouche, “In Safe Hands”
Alex Lutz, “Guy”
Pio Marmai, “The Trouble With You”
Denis Menochet, “Custody”

Best Supporting Actress

Isabelle Adjani, “The World Is Yours”
Leila Bekhti, “Sink or Swim”
Virginie Efira, Sink or Swim
Audrey Tautou, “The Trouble With You”
Karin Viard, “Little Tickles”

Best Supporting Actor

Jean-Hugues Anglade, “Sink or Swim”
Damien Bonnard, “The Trouble With You”
Clovis Cornillac, “Little Tickles”
Philippe Katerine, “Sink or Swim”
Denis Podalydes, “Sorry Angel”

Best Female Newcomer

Ophelie Bau, “Mektoub My Love”
Galatea Bellugi, “The Apparition”
Jehnny Beth, “An Impossible Love”
Lily-Rose Depp, “A Faithful Man”
Kenza Fortas, “Sheherazade”

Best Male Newcomer

Anthony Bajon, “The Prayer”
Thomas Gioria, “Custody”
William Lebghil, “The Freshmen”
Karim Leklou, “The World Is Yours”
Dylan Robert, “Sheherazade”

Best First Film

“L’Amour Flou,” Romaine Bohringer
“Little Tickles,” Andrea Bescond, Eric Metayer
“Custody,” Xavier Legrand
“Savage,” Camille Vidal-Naquet
“Sheherazade,” Jean-Bernard Marlin

Best Original Screenplay

“The Trouble With You,” by Pierre Salvadori, Beoit Graffin, Benjamin Charbit
“Sink or Swim,” by Gilles Lellouche, Ahmed Hamidi, Julien Lambroschini
“Guy,” by Alex Lutz, Anais Deban, Thibault Segouin
“Custody,” by Xavier Legrand
“In Safe Hands,” Jeanne Herry

Best Adapted Screenplay

“Little Tickles,” by Andrea Bescond, Eric Metayer
“Memoir of War,” by Emmanuel Finkiel
“The Sisters Brothers,” by Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain
“Mademoiselle de Joncquieres,” by Emmanuel Mouret
“An Impossible Love,” by Catherine Corsini, Laurette Polmanss

Best Cinematography

Alexis Kavyrchine, “Memoir of War”
Benoit Debie, “The Sisters Brothers”
Laurent Tangy, “Sink or Swim”
Nathalie Durand, “Custody”
Laurent Desmet, “Mademoiselle de Joncquieres”

Best Costume

“Memoir of War,” Anaïs Romano, Sergio Ballo
“The Emperor of Paris,” Pierre-Yves Gayraud
“The Sisters Brothers,” Miléna Canonero
“Mademoiselle de Joncquières,” Jean-Pierre Larroque”
Un peuple et son roi (Anaïs Romand)

Best Decor

“Memoir of War,” Pascal Le Guellec”
“The Emperor of War,” Emile Ghigo
“The Sisters Brothers,” Michel Barthélémy
Mademoiselle de Joncquières, David Faivre
Un peuple et son roi, Thierry François

Best Editing

“Little Tickles,” Valérie Deseine
“En liberté!” Isabelle Devinck
“The Sisters Brothers,” Juliette Welfung
“Sink or Swim,” Simon Jacquet
“Custody,” Yorgos Lamprinos

Best Animated Film

“Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion,” Alexandre Astier and Louis Clichy
“Dilili in Paris,” Michel Ocelot
“Pachamama,” Juan Antin

Best Documentary Film
So Help Me God − Jean Libon i Yves Hinant

Le grand bal − Laetitia Carton
The State Against Mandela and the Others − Gilles Porte i Nicolas Champeaux
Each and Every Moment − Nicolas Philibert
America − Claus Drexel

Best Sound
The Sisters Brothers − Cyril Holtz

Custody − Julien Roig, Julien Sicart i Vincent Verdoux
Sink or Swim − Gwennolé Le Borgne
Guy − Antoine Baudouin, Yves-Marie Omnes
Memoir of War − Antoine Mercier, David Vranken, Aline Gavroy

Best Original Music
Guy − Romain Greffe, Vincent Blanchard

The Sisters Brothers − Alexandre Desplat
In Safe Hands − Pascal Sangla
An Impossible Love − Grégoire Hetzel
Amanda − Anton Sanko
The Trouble with You − Camille Bazbaz


Best Animated Short Film
Vilaine fille − Ayce Kartal

Au coeur des ombres − Alice Eça Guimarães
La mort, père et fils − Denis Walgenwtiz
Raymonde ou l'évasion verticale − Sarah Van Den Boom


Best Short Film
Les Petites Mains − Rémi Allier

Les Indes Galantes − Clément Cogitore
Laissez-Moi Danser − Valérie Leroy
Kapitalistis − Pablo Muñoz Gómez
Braguino − Clément Cogitore

"I will always remember my experiences in France as a young artist. They marked me forever and I am very touched by this immense honor."

KST presented him the award!

Custody was okay, it's well made and compact but to a fault I think. The great opening scene I thought was setting up something more clever, like a discussion of perspective and varying truth inside of this parental break, but each role is quickly fixed (then kind of repeated, one note) so it diminishes that interesting, tense, questionable dimension of character truth, it forgets about the legal side - which should've been the continued framing device, practicing the sanitized, objective survey of the courts against the increasing domestic danger. It follows thru on its grim, logical, but very predictable path. So fairly good like 7/10, but I don't think anything special.

On the other hand, I think The Sisters Brothers while also well made Audiard takes it further, packed with detail, humor, shades, and strong performances, I found it poetic in moments, and ultimately poignant. To me far better than Custody, and very visibly better directed.