2024-02-23 07:59:26
While French cinema is faced with a wave of accusations of sexual violence, the 49th edition of the César takes place this Friday, February 23. Anatomy of a Fall is the big favorite of the ceremony, organized at the Olympia from 8:45 p.m.
Faced with a new wave of accusations of sexual violence, French cinema will meet this Friday, February 23 for the 49th edition of the César Awards. Many are waiting for words from Judith Godrèche, who has become a leading figure in the #Metoo movement in the seventh art world.
The question might overshadow the prize race between the film Anatomy of a Fall, the big favorite following its success at Cannes, and its competitors. Here’s what to expect from the ceremony.
• Judith Godrèche expected for a speech on sexual violence in cinema
From the behavior of Gérard Depardieu to the accusations of rape of a minor made by the actress Judith Godrèche once morest the filmmakers Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, followed by the testimonies of other actresses, French cinema is once once more faced with the question of sexual violence. With the idea that among the filmmakers, actors and other professionals of the sector who will take place at the Olympia, some have been able to turn a blind eye to this type of facts.
A priori, none of the named have been targeted by accusations. Actor Samuel Theis (Anatomy of a Fall) is under investigation following a technician filed a rape complaint once morest him while he was filming a movie last summer, but he is not part of the selection.
More broadly, the Academy now has a rule of “non-highlighting” people who would be implicated by the justice system “for acts of violence”: no invitation to events linked to the Caesars, no presentation of awards. statuette on stage, nor a speech in case a winner is concerned.
Everyone keeps in mind the cataclysmic 2020 edition, where Roman Polanski, accused of rape, received the award for best director for J’accuse, causing the departure of the ceremony. actress Adèle Haenel.
The issue of sexual and gender-based violence will be frontally addressed this year by Judith Godrèche, who will give a speech during the ceremony, according to information from the Parisian confirmed by BFMTV.
“Whether I go to the Césars or not, we don’t care,” explained the actress, two days before the ceremony, calling instead to “hear” the victims.
However, his arrival is not unanimous. “Should we talk regarding it that day?” asked BFM Business on Thursday the former boss of Gaumont, Nicolas Seydoux. “The César Academy has decided to talk regarding it, it is its choice, it would not have been mine. What Judith Godrèche is talking regarding is a matter for the Assize Court, it is not the case Caesars.”
• Justine Triet big favorite with Anatomy of a Fall
In terms of awards, Anatomy of a Fall, Palme d’Or at Cannes and nominated five times for the Oscars, should continue its extraordinary journey. It received 11 nominations, and the trophy for best film might be played out between this feature film by Justine Triet and The Animal Kingdom, a fantastic film by Thomas Cailley, which also combined critical and theatrical success (12 nominations).
The two filmmakers are also in the running for best director: at 45, Justine Triet will make César history if she becomes the second director to win this trophy, a quarter of a century following Tonie Marshall (Vénus Beauté (institut) in 2000 ).
A sign that things are changing, two other directors (out of five) are in the running: Catherine Breillat, 75, for Last Summer, a story of incest in a bourgeois environment with Léa Drucker (nominated for best actress), and Jeanne Herry with I will always see your faces, choral film on justice.
As for performers, German actress Sandra Hüller is in the running for Anatomy of a Fall, as is Hafsia Herzi, for The Rapture, sixteen years following being crowned best hope. Romain Duris (The Animal Kingdom), whose fifth César nomination in his thirty-year career, might finally win.
Revelation of the year, Raphaël Quenard is both in the running as best hope (for Dog from the junkyard) and as best actor (for the comedy Yannick).
• A series of presenters, like last year
A ritual meeting, the Caesar ceremony is still looking for the magic formula that would allow it to increase its television audiences.
Last year, the Césars recorded a surge, with 1.7 million viewers. The choice of a range of different actors who followed one another on stage helped break the monotony of the evening.
The experience is renewed, with sure values of humor and comedy (Dany Boon, Jean-Pascal Zadi, Paul Mirabel) as well as actors and actresses appreciated by the public (Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Bérénice Béjo.. .) who will share the exercise. The actress and director Agnès Jaoui and the American-British filmmaker Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) will be awarded honorary Césars.
The evening, which is often the occasion for political or social demands, will also be a baptism of fire for the new Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati. The evening should begin at 9 p.m. at the Olympia and will be broadcast unencrypted on Canal+.
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