86-621: The César Award is the national film award of France . It is delivered in the Nuit des César ceremony and was first awarded in 1976. The nominations are selected by the members of twelve categories of filmmaking professionals and supported by the French Ministry of Culture . The nationally televised award ceremony is held in Paris each year in February. The exact location has changed over
172-849: A billion admissions in the US alone), Hindi (?: no accurate data but estimated at 3 billion for the whole India/Indian languages) and Chinese (275 million in China plus a few million abroad), but above films shot in Korean (115 million admissions in South Korea plus a few millions abroad) and Japanese (102 million admissions in Japan plus a few million abroad, a record since 1973 et its 104 million admissions). French-language movies ranked 2nd in export (outside of French-speaking countries) after films in English. 2012
258-542: A broadcast license requiring it to support the production of movies. Some taxes are levied on movies and TV channels for use as subsidies for movie production. The French national and regional governments also involve themselves in film production. For example, the award-winning documentary In the Land of the Deaf ( Le Pays des sourds ), created by Nicolas Philibert in 1992, was co-produced by multinational partners, reducing
344-466: A casino owner. Writing for The Village Voice , Melissa Anderson compared her performance to that of Isabelle Adjani 's in the 1970s and '80s, and declared her a worthy successor to Deneuve in French cinema. For her roles in both films, Hanael received a Best Actress nomination at the 20th Lumières Awards . In 2016, Haenel made her German language debut in the film The Bloom of Yesterday playing
430-591: A child actress, making her film debut with Les Diables (2002) at the age of 12, and quickly rose to prominence in the French entertainment industry as a teenager. She received her first César Award nomination for her performance in Water Lilies (2007), which also marked the beginning of her long professional and personal relationship with director Céline Sciamma . In 2014, Haenel received her first César Award for her supporting role in Suzanne , and in 2015 won
516-457: A direct influence on the future New Hollywood directors, slowly faded by the end of the 1960s. During this period, French commercial film also made a name for itself. Immensely popular French comedies with Louis de Funès topped the French box office. The war comedy La Grande Vadrouille (1966), from Gérard Oury with Bourvil , de Funès and Terry-Thomas , was the most successful film in French theaters for more than 30 years. Another example
602-579: A double sponsorship in the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma. Nominees or winners of the previous editions are exempt from these formalities. To aid voters, the Académie identifies each year films released in France and provides a guide to the works and eligible professionals. A DVD set of French or primarily French productions produced during the year is sent in December with the catalog of films to
688-477: A letter published on French magazine Télérama , citing "complacency" over those accused of being sexual predators, including Gérard Depardieu , Roman Polanski and Dominique Boutonnat [ fr ] . Haenel is known for her far-left , Trotskyist , feminist , LGBT+ (though she has been relatively low-key about this identity), and anti-racist political positions, as well as her involvement in social justice causes. She believes that discrimination
774-561: A master's degree. She also pursued studies in physics and marine biology. Haenel made her film debut in 2002 at the age of 12, playing an autistic girl in the Christophe Ruggia film Les Diables . She had been chosen for the lead role after accompanying her brother to the audition. After Les Diables , Haenel took a five-year break from acting. In 2007, she was persuaded by casting director Christel Baras (who had cast her in her film debut) to resume her film career, taking up
860-741: A masterpiece. Mathieu Kassovitz 's 1995 film Hate ( La Haine ) received critical praise and made Vincent Cassel a star, and in 1997, Juliette Binoche won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The English Patient . The success of Michel Ocelot 's Kirikou and the Sorceress in 1998 rejuvenated the production of original feature-length animated films by such filmmakers as Jean-François Laguionie and Sylvain Chomet . In 2000, Philippe Binant realized
946-525: A mixed reception of actors, Baldaccini unveiled the current 8 by 8 cm compression, weighing 3.6 kg and cast in the Bocquel foundry in Normandy. The cost of a César has not been officially revealed, but is estimated at around 1,500 euros. Voting for César Awards is conducted through two ballots by mail: the first to establish nominations per category (three to five, depending on the discipline), and
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#17327647589061032-519: A new special award, the César du public, is given to the French film with the most box office receipts during the previous year and the beginning of the current year. This award responds to the need to reward French comedy films, which remain the most popular genre in France. During the 45th ceremony in 2020, Adèle Haenel , a French actress playing the main character in Portrait of a Lady on Fire , left
1118-429: A series of distorted areas, obscure visions, metamorphoses and synthetic objects. Indeed, in the film, the human may be viewed as a fetish object (for example, the doll hanging by a thread), with reference to Kafkaesque and Freudian theories on automata and the fear of man faced with something as complex as him. The ascent of the stairs would be the liberation of the ideas of death, culture, and sex that makes us reach
1204-533: A widowed detective based on the French Riviera . David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter noted her performance as evoking the "classic screwball heroine", a departure from her usually more serious roles, and complimented her on the "grace and buoyancy" she brought to the character. She was again nominated for the César Award for Best Actress . In 2019, Haenel appeared in three films which played at
1290-422: A young Natalie Portman ), and in 1997 The Fifth Element , which became a cult favorite and launched the career of Milla Jovovich . Jean-Pierre Jeunet made Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children ( La Cité des enfants perdus ), both of which featured a distinctly fantastical style. In 1992, Claude Sautet co-wrote (with Jacques Fieschi) and directed Un Coeur en Hiver , considered by many to be
1376-597: Is Gérard Oury and Édouard Molinaro . The 1979 film La Cage aux Folles ran for well over a year at the Paris Theatre , an arthouse cinema in New York City, and was a commercial success at theaters throughout the country, in both urban and rural areas. It won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film , and for years it remained the most successful foreign film to be released in
1462-436: Is intertwined within the framework of bourgeois and patriarchal systems , leading to gender violence , gender discrimination , and racism , especially in the academic and artistic fields she has distanced herself from. Hanel advocates for promoting an alternative model in theater creation and is dedicated to opposing gender violence and sexual assault against women and young girls. Additionally, she connects these issues to
1548-647: Is largely due to the commercial strength of domestic productions. In 2013, France was the second largest exporter of films in the world after the United States, and a 2014 study showed that French cinema was the most appreciated by global audiences after that of the US. France has had a very strong film industry, due in part to protections afforded by the French Government . The French government has implemented various measures aimed at supporting local film production and movie theaters. Canal+ has
1634-601: Is the first science fiction film A Trip to the Moon ( Le Voyage dans la Lune ) in 1902. In 1902, the Lumières abandoned everything but the production of film stock, leaving Méliès as the weakest player of the remaining three. (He would retire in 1914.) From 1904 to 1911, the Pathé Frères company led the world in film production and distribution. At Gaumont, pioneer Alice Guy-Blaché (M. Gaumont's former secretary)
1720-732: The COVID-19 pandemic , the play made its world premiere at the Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne in Switzerland in May 2021. In May 2022, during an interview for German magazine FAQ , Haenel told that she was stepping away from film acting as "I tried to change something from within. [...] I don't want to be part of that anymore”. She cited the industry as "[defending] a capitalist, patriarchal, racist, sexist world of structural inequality. This means that this industry works hand in hand with
1806-545: The Cannes Film Festival : Quentin Dupieux 's Deerskin , Aude Léa Rapin's Heroes Don't Die , and Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire . In Portrait of a Lady on Fire , Haenel portrayed Héloïse, a young aristocrat in 18th-century Brittany who is to be married off to a nobleman from Milan. The New Yorker ' s Richard Brody took note of her chemistry with co-star Noémie Merlant and complimented
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#17327647589061892-530: The Cité du cinéma , a major studio north of the city, and Disney Studio, a theme park devoted to the cinema. Notable French film distribution and/or production companies include: Ad%C3%A8le Haenel Adèle Haenel ( French: [adɛl enɛl] ; born 11 February 1989 ) is a French actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including two César Awards from seven nominations and one Lumières Award from two nominations. Haenel began her career as
1978-711: The César Award for Best Actress for Love at First Fight . She continued to garner recognition for her performances in BPM (Beats per Minute) (2017), The Trouble with You (2018) and Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019). Haenel was born on 11 February 1989 in Paris . Her mother is a teacher and her father is a translator. She grew up in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis in what she described as "a very left-wing, artistic neighborhood". She has Austrian heritage through her father and speaks fluent German. Haenel started acting at
2064-584: The César Award for Best Supporting Actress . In 2014, Haenel starred in the Thomas Cailley romantic comedy Love at First Fight as Madeleine, a graduate-school dropout and survivalist . She won the César Award for Best Actress for her performance. In the same year, Haenel co-starred with Catherine Deneuve in André Téchiné 's crime drama In the Name of My Daughter , playing the daughter of
2150-758: The Grand prix du cinéma français [ fr ] , established by film pioneer Louis Lumière , was given to one film a year. In the 1950s, the Victoire du cinéma français [ fr ] was awarded each June. Lacking popular enthusiasm compared to the Étoile de cristal, this award was discontinued after 1964. At the inaugural César Awards, 13 awards were distributed. Today, there are 22 (in nine subcategories). Categories added in recent years include Most Promising Actor / Actress ( Meilleur espoir ), Best Documentary ( Meilleur documentaire ) and Best Animated Film ( Meilleur film d'animation ), while awards honoring
2236-548: The New Wave era. In 1937, Jean Renoir , the son of painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir , directed La Grande Illusion ( The Grand Illusion ). In 1939, Renoir directed La Règle du Jeu ( The Rules of the Game ). Several critics have cited this film as one of the greatest of all-time , particularly for its innovative camerawork, cinematography and sound editing. Marcel Carné 's Les Enfants du Paradis ( Children of Paradise )
2322-508: The film industry and its film productions, whether made within the nation of France or by French film production companies abroad. It is the oldest and largest precursor of national cinemas in Europe, with primary influence also on the creation of national cinemas in Asia. France has had a very strong film industry due in part to protections afforded by the French Government . In 2013, France
2408-579: The 1944 novella of the same name by Colette . Many contemporaries of Godard and Truffaut followed suit, or achieved international critical acclaim with styles of their own, such as the minimalist films of Robert Bresson and Jean-Pierre Melville , the Hitchcockian-like thrillers of Henri-Georges Clouzot , and other New Wave films by Agnès Varda and Alain Resnais . The movement, while an inspiration to other national cinemas and unmistakably
2494-549: The Cannes Festival, for direction ( Tony Gatlif , Exils , 2004), screenplay ( Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri , Look at Me , 2004), female acting ( Isabelle Huppert , The Piano Teacher , 2001; Charlotte Gainsbourg , Antichrist , 2009) and male acting ( Jamel Debbouze , Samy Naceri , Roschdy Zem , Sami Bouajila and Bernard Blancan , Days of Glory , 2006). The 2008 rural comedy Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis drew an audience of more than 20 million,
2580-525: The Eightees they are added by a new generation including Sophie Marceau , Emmanuelle Béart , Jean-Hugues Anglade , Sabine Azema , Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil . In 1968, the May riots shook France. François Truffaut had already organised demonstrations in February against Henri Langlois 's removal as head of the Cinémathèque française and dedicated his film Stolen Kisses , which
2666-516: The French descendant of German Holocaust survivors. In the 2017 Robin Campillo film BPM (Beats per Minute) , Haenel portrayed Sophie, a headstrong HIV/AIDS activist of the Paris chapter of ACT UP . She received a nomination for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. Haenel starred in the 2018 Pierre Salvadori crime comedy The Trouble with You , playing
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2752-514: The Nouvelle Vague except for a few essays, Truffaut and Chabrol remain the leading directors whose artistic aspects remain commercially successful. Other directors of the 1970s in this effect are Bertrand Tavernier , Claude Sautet , Eric Rohmer , Claude Lelouch , Georges Lautner , Jean-Paul Rappeneau , Michel Deville Yves Boisset , Maurice Pialat , Bertrand Blier , Coline Serreau and André Téchiné in purely entertainment films, it
2838-528: The Pathé-Palace (both 1911), cinema became an economic challenger to theater by 1914. After World War I, the French film industry suffered because of a lack of capital, and film production decreased as it did in most other European countries. This allowed the United States film industry to enter the European cinema market, because American films could be sold more cheaply than European productions, since
2924-460: The United States. Jean-Jacques Beineix 's Diva (1981) sparked the beginning of the 1980s wave of French cinema. Movies which followed in its wake included Betty Blue ( 37°2 le matin , 1986) by Beineix, The Big Blue ( Le Grand bleu , 1988) by Luc Besson , and The Lovers on the Bridge ( Les Amants du Pont-Neuf , 1991) by Léos Carax . Made with a slick commercial style and emphasizing
3010-632: The Wolf became the sixth-highest-grossing French-language film of all time in the United States and went on to gross more than $ 70 million worldwide. In 2008, Marion Cotillard won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of legendary French singer Édith Piaf in La Vie en Rose , the first French-language performance to be so honored. The film won two Oscars and four BAFTAs and became
3096-436: The actresses for being "relentlessly graceful, endowed with physical aplomb, contemplative insight, and strong emotion". A. O. Scott of The New York Times considered Haenel's performance worthy of an Oscar nomination for Best Actress , and Bilge Ebiri of Vulture described the climax of the film (which features Haenel) as "one of the finest pieces of acting and one of the most moving images I've seen in eons." Haenel
3182-471: The age of 5 and was involved in local theatre. As a child, Haenel would mimic cartoon characters, particularly the characters of Tex Avery . Haenel studied economics and social sciences at the Lycée Montaigne . She had planned to attend HEC Paris and took a preparatory course, but ultimately failed the entrance exam. Haenel continued her studies in economics and sociology, eventually receiving
3268-466: The alienation of their main characters, these films are representative of the style known as Cinema du look . Camille Claudel , directed by newcomer Bruno Nuytten and starring Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Depardieu , was a major commercial success in 1988, earning Adjani, who was also the film's co-producer, a César Award for best actress. The historical drama film Jean de Florette (1986) and its sequel Manon des Sources (1986) were among
3354-536: The best film poster and best producer have been dropped, as they are now given at a sister ceremony, the Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier [ fr ] . In September 2021, the governing association of the César Awards voted to create two new awards that were introduced in the 47th ceremony: Best Visual Effects and Best Documentary Short Film . Beginning with the 43rd César ceremony in 2018,
3440-473: The biggest share, largely due to the commercial strength of domestic productions. The most influential film directors in the history of French cinema are Jean Renoir , Marcel Carné , François Truffaut , Jean-Luc Godard , and Agnès Varda . France has also been a leading destination for filmmakers and actors from around the world. Many film festivals are held in France, including the internationally famous Cannes Film Festival . Les frères Lumière released
3526-411: The characters. Patrick Bokanowski would thus have total control over the "matter" of the image and its optical composition. This is especially noticeable throughout the film, with images taken through distorted objectives or a plastic work on the sets and costumes, for example in the scene of the designer. Patrick Bokanowski creates his own universe and obeys his own aesthetic logic. It takes us through
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3612-946: The cinema, providing a platform for the birth of modern film theory . Several of the Cahiers critics, including Jean-Luc Godard , François Truffaut , Claude Chabrol , Jacques Rivette and Éric Rohmer , went on to make films themselves, creating what was to become known as the French New Wave . Some of the first films of this new movement were Godard's Breathless ( À bout de souffle , 1960), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo , Rivette's Paris Belongs to Us ( Paris nous appartient , 1958 – distributed in 1961), starring Jean-Claude Brialy and Truffaut's The 400 Blows ( Les Quatre Cent Coups , 1959) starring Jean-Pierre Léaud . Later works are Contempt (1963) by Godard starring Brigitte Bardot and Michel Piccoli and Stolen Kisses starring Léaud and Claude Jade . Because Truffaut followed
3698-429: The country. The highest-grossing film was Taken 3 (€261.7 million) and the largest territory in admissions was China (14.7 million). In that year, France produced more films than any other European country, producing a record-breaking 300 feature-length films. France is one of the few countries where non-American productions have the biggest share; American films only represented 44.9% of total admissions in 2014. This
3784-474: The election. Subsequently, Haenel attended several meetings of the party. In May 2022, she declared herself a supporter of anti-capitalism : initially focusing on feminist issues, she realized that these systems are interconnected, as "liberation cannot be achieved within the framework of capitalism ." In 2014, Haenel came out as a lesbian during her César award acceptance speech and acknowledged her relationship with director Céline Sciamma , whom she met on
3870-692: The electors. After the nominations are revealed, at the end of January, special screenings of the nominated films are shown at the Le Balzac cinema in Paris, near the Champs-Élysées . Each year, a special lunch ( Déjeuner des nommés aux César du cinéma [ fr ] ) for nominees is held at the famous Fouquet's restaurant on the Champs-Élysées, a few weeks before the ceremony. Four awards won Three awards won Cinema of France The cinema of France comprises
3956-499: The emblematic figure of the angel. Jean-Paul Rappeneau's Cyrano de Bergerac was a major box-office success in 1990, earning several César Awards , including best actor for Gérard Depardieu , as well as an Academy Award nomination for best foreign picture. Luc Besson made La Femme Nikita in 1990, a movie that inspired remakes in both United States and in Hong Kong. In 1994, he also made Léon (starring Jean Reno and
4042-547: The entire range of French filmmaking today, Tim Palmer calls contemporary cinema in France a kind of eco-system, in which commercial cinema co-exists with artistic radicalism, first-time directors (who make up about 40% of all France's directors each year) mingle with veterans, and there even occasionally emerges a fascinating pop-art hybridity, in which the features of intellectual and mass cinemas are interrelated (as in filmmakers like Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Olivier Assayas, Maïwenn, Sophie Fillières, Serge Bozon, and others). One of
4128-647: The financial risks inherent in the project and ensuring enhanced distribution opportunities. On 2 February 2000 in Paris , Philippe Binant realized the first digital cinema projection in Europe , with the DLP Cinema technology developed by Texas Instruments . In 2011 Paris had the highest density of cinemas in the world, measured by the number of movie theaters per inhabitant, In most downtown Paris movie theaters, foreign or arthouse films movies are shown alongside mainstream movies. Paris also boasts
4214-536: The first digital cinema projection in Europe , with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments , in Paris. In 2001, after a brief stint in Hollywood, Jean-Pierre Jeunet returned to France with Amélie ( Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain ) starring Audrey Tautou . It became the highest-grossing French-language film ever released in the United States. The following year, Brotherhood of
4300-737: The first French film to do so. Its $ 193 million gross in France puts it just behind Titanic as the most successful film of all time in French theaters. In the 2000s, several French directors made international productions, often in the action genre. These include Gérard Pirès ( Riders , 2002), Pitof ( Catwoman , 2004), Jean-François Richet ( Assault on Precinct 13 , 2005), Florent Emilio Siri ( Hostage , 2005), Christophe Gans ( Silent Hill , 2006), Mathieu Kassovitz ( Babylon A.D. , 2008), Louis Leterrier ( The Transporter , 2002; Transporter 2 , 2005; Olivier Megaton directed Transporter 3 , 2008), Alexandre Aja ( Mirrors , 2008), and Pierre Morel ( Taken , 2009). Surveying
4386-533: The first projection with the Cinematograph , in Paris on 28 December 1895, with first public showing in the Eden Theatre, La Ciotat . The French film industry in the late 19th century and early 20th century was the world's most important. Auguste and Louis Lumière invented the cinématographe and their L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat in Paris in 1895 is considered by many historians as
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#17327647589064472-402: The foreign films). After ten weeks nearly 17.5 million people had seen the film in France, Intouchables was the second most-seen French movie of all time in France, and the third including foreign movies. In 2012, with 226 million admissions (US$ 1,900 million) in the world for French films (582 films released in 84 countries), including 82 million admissions in France (US$ 700 million), 2012 was
4558-806: The founders of poetic realism in French cinema. They also dominated French impressionist cinema , along with Abel Gance , Germaine Dulac and Jean Epstein . In 1931, Marcel Pagnol filmed the first of his great trilogy Marius , Fanny , and César . He followed this with other films including The Baker's Wife . Other notable films of the 1930s included René Clair 's Under the Roofs of Paris (1930), Jean Vigo's L'Atalante (1934), Jacques Feyder's Carnival in Flanders (1935), and Julien Duvivier 's La belle equipe (1936). In 1935, renowned playwright and actor Sacha Guitry directed his first film and went on to make more than 30 films that were precursors to
4644-510: The fourth best year since 1985. With 144 million admissions outside France (US$ 1,200 million), 2012 was the best year since at least 1994 (since Unifrance collects data), and the French cinema reached a market share of 2.95% of worldwide admissions and of 4.86% of worldwide sales. Three films particularly contributed to this record year: Taken 2 , The Intouchables and The Artist . In 2012, films shot in French ranked 4th in admissions (145 million) behind films shot in English (more than
4730-636: The fundamental concerns of Marxist radical feminism and actively participates in discussions on police violence , anti-colonialism , environmentalism , and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict . During the 2022 French presidential election , Haenel publicly supported the Trotskyist party " Permanent Revolution [ fr ] " and participated in the campaign of the party's candidate, Anas Kazib [ fr ] . However, Kazib failed to obtain enough nominations to qualify for
4816-427: The global economic order, in which all lives are not equal". Haenel's last project was to be The Empire , written and directed by Bruno Dumont , but she explained that she left the film as "it was a dark, sexist and racist world that was defended. The script was full of jokes about cancel culture and sexual violence. I tried to discuss it with Dumont, because I thought a dialogue was possible. I wanted to believe for
4902-484: The global market, and in 2023, 15th by the same metric with a 0.44% share. Overall, France sits fourth on the tracker's all-time box office chart behind the US, UK, and China. In 2015, France produced more films than any other European country, producing a record-breaking 300 feature-length films (since broken multiple times by the UK and France itself ). France is one of the few countries where non-American productions have
4988-479: The guild for French directors. Though Haenel had explicitly chosen not to go to the police with her accusations, citing the justice system as "usually condemning so few sexual offenders" and "only one rape out of a hundred" and stating that "the justice ignores us, we ignore the justice", the publicity garnered by her interviews about the abuse led the Paris prosecutor's office to announce they were investigating Ruggia. Haenel later changed her mind about working with
5074-478: The hero of his screen debut, Antoine Doinel , for twenty years, the last post-New-Wave-film is Love on the Run in which his heroes Antoine (Léaud) and Christine (Jade) get divorced. After World War II, the French actress Leslie Caron and the French actor Louis Jourdan enjoyed success in the United States with several musical romantic comedies , notably An American in Paris (1951) and Gigi (1958), based on
5160-499: The highest grossing French films in history and brought Daniel Auteuil international recognition. According to Raphaël Bassan , in his article « The Angel : Un météore dans le ciel de l'animation,» La Revue du cinéma , n° 393, avril 1984. (in French) , Patrick Bokanowski 's The Angel , shown in 1982 at the Cannes Film Festival , can be considered the beginnings of contemporary animation. The masks erase all human personality in
5246-486: The most noticed and best reviewed films of 2010 was the drama Of Gods and Men ( Des hommes et des dieux ), about the assassination of seven monks in Tibhirine, Algeria . 2011 saw the release of The Artist , a silent film shot in black and white by Michel Hazanavicius that reflected on the end of Hollywood's silent era . French cinema continued its upward trend of earning awards at the Cannes Festival, including
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#17327647589065332-580: The official birth of cinematography. French films during this period catered to a growing middle class and were mostly shown in cafés and traveling fairs. The early days of the industry, from 1896 to 1902, saw the dominance of four firms: Pathé Frères , the Gaumont Film Company , the Georges Méliès company, and the Lumières . Méliès invented many of the techniques of cinematic grammar, and among his fantastic, surreal short subjects
5418-493: The outset, intended to reward the achievements and the most remarkable film artwork, to have a French equivalent to the American Oscars. The first César Awards – also known as the "Night of Caesar" – were held on 3 April 1976 under the chairmanship of Jean Gabin who watched the ceremony from the front row seated in a wheelchair a few months before his death. The name of the award comes from the sculptor César, designer of
5504-465: The part of a synchronised swimmer in Céline Sciamma 's debut feature Water Lilies . Manohla Dargis of The New York Times highlighted Haenel's performance in an otherwise mixed review of the film, recognizing her as having "the makings of a real star". For her role in the film, Haenel was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2008. In 2012, she was nominated in
5590-692: The period included Brigitte Bardot , Alain Delon , Romy Schneider , Catherine Deneuve , Jeanne Moreau , Simone Signoret , Yves Montand , Jean-Paul Belmondo and still Jean Gabin . Since the Sixties and the early Seventies they are completed and followed by Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret as character actors, Annie Girardot , Jean-Louis Trintignant , Jean-Pierre Léaud , Claude Jade , Isabelle Huppert , Anny Duperey , Gérard Depardieu , Patrick Dewaere , Jean-Pierre Cassel , Miou-Miou , Brigitte Fossey , Stéphane Audran and Isabelle Adjani . During
5676-458: The police and officially filed a complaint against Ruggia in late November 2019. In January 2020, the police officially charged Ruggia with sexual aggression against a minor by a person of authority and sexual harassment. On 28 February 2020, Haenel, Céline Sciamma , Noemie Merlant , and Aïssa Maïga walked out of the 45th César Awards ceremony after Roman Polanski , who was convicted of raping thirteen-year old Samantha Geimer in 1977 , won
5762-662: The prestigious Grand Prix for Of Gods and Men (2010) and the Jury Prize for Poliss (2011); the Best Director Award for Mathieu Amalric ( On Tour , 2010); the Best Actress Award for Juliette Binoche ( Certified Copy , 2010); and the Best Actor Award for Jean Dujardin ( The Artist , 2011). In 2011, the film Intouchables became the most watched film in France (including
5848-451: The room when Roman Polanski 's award for best director was announced in protest against the fact that notable sexual abusers in the film industry can receive awards when their victims are reduced to silence. Polanski was convicted of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old in California in 1978, and has additionally been accused of other incidents of rape. The César statues are compressed sculptures of metal objects, designed in 1975 by
5934-438: The same category for House of Tolerance (2011), a period film directed by Bertrand Bonello , in which she played a prostitute at an upscale Parisian brothel at the turn of the twentieth century. She also received the Lumières Award for Most Promising Actress along with her co-stars Céline Sallette and Alice Barnole. Haenel played one of the two sisters in Katell Quillévéré 's Suzanne (2013), for which she received
6020-409: The sculptor César Baldaccini , a friend of Georges Cravenne who gave them their name as a wink to the Oscars, the sound of the name being close to the film César by Pagnol. These forged pieces are made from polished natural bronze, unlike the Oscars which are plated in gold. The latter directly inspired the first AATC trophy in 1976, which was a reel of film encircling a silhouette. In 1977, before
6106-411: The second to decide the winner. Voters are professionals in the field, numbering about 4,000, divided into 12 colleges (actors, directors, writers, technicians, producers, distributors and international vendors, operators, agents artistic, technical industries, casting directors, press officers and members associates). The criteria for voting are: demonstrate a relatively consistent career in film and get
6192-513: The set of Water Lilies . The couple amicably split in 2018, before they began work on Portrait of a Lady on Fire . Haenel and Sciamma have remained close after the end of their relationship. Haenel identifies as a feminist . She is a prominent face of France's #MeToo movement, and was the first prominent actress to speak publicly about abuse within the French film industry. In a November 2019 Mediapart interview, Haenel accused director Christophe Ruggia of sexually harassing her from
6278-430: The studios already had recouped their costs in the home market. When film studios in Europe began to fail, many European countries began to set import barriers. France installed an import quota of 1:7, meaning for every seven foreign films imported to France, one French film was to be produced and shown in French cinemas. During the period between World War I and World War II, Jacques Feyder and Jean Vigo became two of
6364-489: The third-highest-grossing French-language film in the United States since 1980. Cotillard was the first female and second person to win both an Academy Award and César Award for the same performance. At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival , Entre les murs ( The Class ) won the Palme d'Or , the 6th French victory at the festival. The 2000s also saw an increase in the number of individual competitive awards won by French artists at
6450-483: The time she was 12 to 15 after casting her in his film Les Diables . Following the experience, she considered abandoning acting altogether. Haenel's account was backed up by many people who had worked on the film and noted Ruggia's inappropriate behaviour towards her, along with letters he had written her at the time proclaiming his love for her. As a result, Ruggia was expelled from the Société des réalisateurs de films,
6536-454: The trophy awarded to the winners in each category. It is also an homage to the Raimu , the great French actor and performer of Marseille trilogy of Marcel Pagnol , in which Raimu played the character of César. The César Awards replaced the Étoile de cristal [ fr ] , which was awarded from 1955 to 1975. Other prizes had been awarded to French cinema in the past. From 1934 to 1986,
6622-412: The umpteenth time that it was not intentional. But it's intentional. [...] Just as they make fun of the victims, of people in a situation of weakness. The intention was to make a sci-fi film with an all-white cast – and therefore a racist narrative. I didn't want to support this." Haenel indicated that she was focused on theatre work. In May 2023, Haenel announced her retirement from the film industry in
6708-647: The years (in the Théâtre du Châtelet from 2002 to 2016). It is an initiative of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma , which was founded in 1975. The César Award is considered the highest film honor in France, the French film industry's equivalent to the Molière Award for theatre, and the Victoires de la Musique for music. In cinema, it is the French equivalent to the Academy Award . The award
6794-541: Was La Folie des grandeurs with Yves Montand . French cinema also was the birthplace for many subgenres of the crime film , most notably the modern caper film , starting with 1955's Rififi by American-born director Jules Dassin and followed by a large number of serious, noirish heist dramas as well as playful caper comedies throughout the sixties, and the "polar," a typical French blend of film noir and detective fiction . In addition, French movie stars began to claim fame abroad as well as at home. Popular actors of
6880-487: Was also the year French animation studio Mac Guff was acquired by an American studio, Universal Pictures , through its Illumination Entertainment subsidiary. Illumination Mac Guff became the animation studio for some of the top English-language animated movies of the 2010s, including The Lorax and the Despicable Me franchise. In 2015 French cinema sold 106 million tickets and grossed €600 million outside of
6966-474: Was being made, to Langlois. The Cannes Film Festival is cancelled – on the initiative of Truffaut, Godard and Louis Malle. Jean-Luc Godard no longer works in the commercial film business for years. Political films such as Costa-Gavras ' Z celebrate success. Chabrol continues his vivisection of the bourgeoisie ( The Unfaithful Wife ) and Truffaut explores the possibility of bourgeois marital happiness ( Bed and Board ). While Godard disappears from cinema after
7052-553: Was created by Georges Cravenne , who was also the creator of the Molière Award for theatre. The name of the award comes from the sculptor César Baldaccini (1921–1998) who designed it. The 49th César Awards ceremony took place on 23 February 2024. Anatomy of a Fall , directed by Justine Triet , won the award for Best Film. In 1974, Georges Cravenne founded the Academy of Arts and Techniques of Cinema that was, from
7138-522: Was filmed during World War II and released in 1945. The three-hour film was extremely difficult to make due to the Nazi occupation . Set in Paris in 1828, it was voted Best French Film of the Century in a poll of 600 French critics and professionals in the late 1990s. In the magazine Cahiers du cinéma , founded by André Bazin and two other writers in 1951, film critics raised the level of discussion of
7224-466: Was made head of production and oversaw about 400 films, from her first, La Fée aux Choux , in 1896, through 1906. She then continued her career in the United States, as did Maurice Tourneur and Léonce Perret after World War I . In 1907, Gaumont owned and operated the biggest movie studio in the world, and along with the boom in construction of "luxury cinemas" like the Gaumont-Palace and
7310-417: Was nominated for the César Award for Best Actress for her performance, her seventh César nomination. Since 2019, Haenel and co-star Ruth Vega Fernandez have prepared to perform director Gisèle Vienne's [ fr ] adaptation of Robert Walser 's L'Etang ( The Pond ) for theatres in France and Switzerland. After performances were repeatedly delayed or cancelled by restrictions necessitated by
7396-409: Was the second largest exporter of films in the world after the United States, and a 2014 study showed that French cinema was the most appreciated by global audiences after that of the US. According to industry tracker The Numbers , the fortunes of French film exports have since declined: in 2019, France had fallen to the position of 7th largest exporter by total box office revenue with a 2.01% share of
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