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10 unusual facts about César Award


Abdel Raouf Dafri

Abdel Raouf Dafri (born 13 August 1964 in Marseille and raised near Lille) is a César Award winning French film and television scriptwriter.

Adèle Haenel

She was nominated for a César Award in the Most Promising Actress (Meilleur jeune espoir féminin) category for her performance in the 2007 film, Water Lilies.

Asterix and the Actress

At the end of the story Latraviata is the first actress ever to receive an award for Outstanding Performance, which is believed to be how the César Award was born.

The award Latraviata receives parodies a César Award given by the French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema (hence a golden Caesar).

Audrey Dana

In 2008, she was nominated for this role to the César for Most Promising Actress (meilleur espoir féminin) and won the Prix Romy Schneider.

Corinne Jorry

She was nominated four times for the César Award for Costume Design, which she won for her work in the film All the World's Mornings (1991).

Déborah François

In this film François mimes the part of Mélanie, which won her special acclaim from the critics and for which she was awarded a César Award in 2007.

Fanny Cottençon

In 1983 she won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her effort in the movie L'étoile du nord.

Linh Dan Pham

Pham received a César nomination for most promising actress for that performance.

In 2005, Pham made a return to acting with her role in the BAFTA and César winning French film The Beat That My Heart Skipped, opposite Romain Duris for which she was nominated again for the most promising actress César award (and won).


A Single Girl

This was the breakthrough role for the 19-year-old Virginie Ledoyen, best known in America for the Danny Boyle film The Beach, and earned her a César Award nomination.

Betty Blue

The film received both a BAFTA and Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986, as well as winning a César Award for Best Poster.

Charlélie Couture

In 1983, he wrote his first complete film soundtrack, for the movie Tchao Pantin ("So Long, Stooge"), for which he was nominated for a César Award.

David Rayfiel

In 1976, he received an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay for Three Days of the Condor with Lorenzo Semple, Jr. He received a César Award in 1981 for Death Watch.

Music Box Films

Other Music Box releases have included the Academy Award-nominated film Monsieur Lazhar (nominated for Best Foreign Language Film), Séraphine (winner of seven César Awards in France), Mozart's Sister, North Face, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and The Names of Love.

Pula Film Festival

The awards presented at the festival (called Golden Arenas) are the main national film awards in the country and they serve as the Croatian equivalent of the American Academy Awards, British BAFTA Awards, Spain's Goya Awards, France's César Award, etc.