César Award for Best Writing
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This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Writing (French
: César du meilleur scénario).
In 1984
and 1985
, and then again from 2006, there were two best writing Césars: one for best original writing, and one for best adaptation.
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
: César du meilleur scénario).
1975–1979
- 1975: Bertrand TavernierBertrand TavernierBertrand Tavernier is a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.-Life and career:Tavernier was born in Lyon, the son of Geneviève and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, several years president of the French PEN club. Tavernier wanted to become a filmmaker since the age of thirteen...
, Jean AurencheJean AurencheJean Aurenche was a French screenwriter. During his career, he wrote 80 films for directors such as René Clément, Bertrand Tavernier, Marcel Carné, Jean Delannoy, Sidney Lumet or Claude Autant Lara...
: Que la fête commenceQue la fête commenceQue la fête commence... is a 1975 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and starring Philippe Noiret... - 1976: Bertrand TavernierBertrand TavernierBertrand Tavernier is a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.-Life and career:Tavernier was born in Lyon, the son of Geneviève and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, several years president of the French PEN club. Tavernier wanted to become a filmmaker since the age of thirteen...
, Jean AurencheJean AurencheJean Aurenche was a French screenwriter. During his career, he wrote 80 films for directors such as René Clément, Bertrand Tavernier, Marcel Carné, Jean Delannoy, Sidney Lumet or Claude Autant Lara...
: Le juge et l'assassin - 1977: David Mercer: ProvidenceProvidence (1977 film)Providence is a French/Swiss 1977 film directed by Alain Resnais and starring Dirk Bogarde, David Warner, Ellen Burstyn, Elaine Stritch, and John Gielgud. The film won the 1978 César Award for Best Film.-Plot summary:...
- 1978: Michel DevilleMichel DevilleMichel Deville is a French film director and screenwriter.Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors...
, Gilles PerraultGilles PerraultGilles Perrault is a left-wing French writer and journalist.He attended the Collège Stanislas de Paris and then studied at the Institut d'études politiques, eventually becoming a lawyer, a profession he worked in for five years....
: Le dossier 51Le dossier 51Dossier 51 is a novel by Gilles Perrault. In 1978 it was made into a French film, directed by Michel Deville. Deville and Perrault won a César Award for Best Writing for their adaptation... - 1979: Bertrand BlierBertrand BlierBertrand Blier is a French screenwriter and film director.Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. He is the son of Bernard Blier....
: Buffet froidBuffet froidBuffet froid is a 1979 French film written and directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Carole Bouquet, Bernard Blier and Jean Carmet. The film is a crime thriller but displays a high degree of black humour as contemporary urban life is depicted as alienating and having a dehumanizing...
1980–1989
- 1980: François TruffautFrançois TruffautFrançois Roland Truffaut was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five...
, Suzanne SchiffmanSuzanne SchiffmanSuzanne Schiffman was a screenwriter and director for numerous motion pictures. She often worked with François Truffaut. The 'script girl' Joelle, played by Nathalie Baye in Truffaut's Day for Night was based on Schiffman...
: The Last MetroThe Last MetroThe Last Metro is a 1980 film made by Les Films du Carrosse, written and directed by the French filmmaker François Truffaut, and starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu.... - 1981: Claude MillerClaude MillerClaude Miller is a French film director, producer and screenwriter.-Career:Claude Miller was born to a Jewish family. A student at Paris' IDHEC film school from 1962 through 1963, Miller had his first practical cinematic experience while he was in uniform, serving with the Service Cinéma de l'Armée...
, Jean Herman, Michel AudiardMichel AudiardPierre Michel Audiard was a French dialogue writer, screenwriter and film director. He is the father of French film director Jacques Audiard.- 1940 - 1950 :*1949 :** Mission à Tanger of André Hunebelle...
: Garde à vueGarde à vueGarde à vue is a 1981 French film directed by Claude Miller and starring Romy Schneider, Michel Serrault, Lino Ventura and Guy Marchand. It was based on the British novel Brainwash, by John Wainwright.... - 1982: Jean-Claude CarrièreJean-Claude CarrièreJean-Claude Carrière is a screenwriter and actor. Alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, he was a frequent collaborator with Luis Buñuel...
, Daniel Vigne: The Return of Martin GuerreThe Return of Martin GuerreThe Return of Martin Guerre is a 1982 French film directed by Daniel Vigne and based on historical events in France during the 16th century. .-Synopsis:...
(original); Jean AurencheJean AurencheJean Aurenche was a French screenwriter. During his career, he wrote 80 films for directors such as René Clément, Bertrand Tavernier, Marcel Carné, Jean Delannoy, Sidney Lumet or Claude Autant Lara...
, Michel Grisolia, Pierre Granier-DeferrePierre Granier-DeferrePierre Granier-Deferre was a French film director. His 1971 film Le Chat won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival....
: L'étoile du nordL'étoile du nord (film)L'etoile du nord is a 1982 French film based on a novel by Georges Simenon, starring Simone Signoret, Philippe Noiret, Fanny Cottençon and Julie Jézéquel...
(adaptation) - 1983: Patrice ChéreauPatrice ChéreauPatrice Chéreau is a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor, and producer.-Biography:Patrice Chéreau was born in Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, and went to school in Paris. At a young age he became well-known to Parisian critics as director, actor, and stage manager of his high-school theatre...
, Hervé GuibertHervé GuibertHervé Guibert was a homosexual French writer and photographer. The author of numerous novels and autobiographical studies, he played a considerable role in changing French public attitudes to AIDS...
: L'Homme blesséL'Homme blesséThe Wounded Man is a 1983 French film directed by Patrice Chéreau, and written by him and Hervé Guibert. It stars Jean-Hugues Anglade and Vittorio Mezzogiorno. The film won the César Award for Best Writing...
(original); Sébastien JaprisotSébastien JaprisotSébastien Japrisot was a French author, screenwriter and film director, born in Marseille. His pseudonym was an anagram of Jean-Baptiste Rossi, his real name...
: One Deadly Summer (L'été meurtrier) (adaptation) - 1984: Bertrand BlierBertrand BlierBertrand Blier is a French screenwriter and film director.Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. He is the son of Bernard Blier....
: Notre histoire (original); Bertrand TavernierBertrand TavernierBertrand Tavernier is a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.-Life and career:Tavernier was born in Lyon, the son of Geneviève and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, several years president of the French PEN club. Tavernier wanted to become a filmmaker since the age of thirteen...
, Colo Tavernier: A Sunday in the CountryA Sunday in the CountryA Sunday in the Country is a 1984 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier.-Cast:* Louis Ducreux - Monsieur Ladmiral* Michel Aumont - Gonzague* Sabine Azéma - Irène* Geneviève Mnich - Marie-Thérèse* Monique Chaumette - Mercédès...
(adaptation) - 1985: Coline SerreauColine SerreauColine Serreau is a French actress, film director and writer.-Early life and education:She was born in Paris, France.In Paris, Serreau studied literature, music and theatre as well as the circus.-Career:...
: Three Men and a Cradle - 1986: Camille de CasabiancaCamille de CasabiancaCamille de Casabianca is a French filmmaker/writer. Casabianca's selected films include Peking Central, a comedy set in Mainland China, Madame Petlet's True Story, a French comedy, and Vive Nous!, a romantic comedy about social class and judo. Casabianca's published work includes Le Lapin Enchanté...
, Alain CavalierAlain CavalierAlain Cavalier is a French film director. He was born in Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher and studied film at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques. He won several awards, including the César Award for Best Film and César Award for Best Director for his film Thérèse in 1987...
: Thérèse - 1987: Louis MalleLouis MalleLouis Malle was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. His films include Ascenseur pour l'échafaud , Atlantic City , and Au revoir, les enfants .- Early years in France :Malle was born into a wealthy industrialist family in Thumeries,...
: Au revoir, les enfantsAu revoir, les enfantsAu revoir les enfants is a 1987 film written, produced and directed by Louis Malle. The screenplay was published by Gallimard in the same year... - 1988: Étienne ChatiliezÉtienne ChatiliezÉtienne Chatiliez is a French film director. He was born in Roubaix, France.After starting out directing many advertising clips, he is now a well-known director of feature-length films with some success.- Filmography :...
, Florence Quentin: Life is a long quiet riverLife is a long quiet riverLife Is a Long Quiet River is a French comedy by Étienne Chatiliez of 1988.- Plot :In a maternity clinic two children from families with completely different social backgrounds are switched at birth. One goes on to live in an upper middle class family while the other to a poor family...
(La vie est un longe fleuve tranquille) - 1989: Bertrand BlierBertrand BlierBertrand Blier is a French screenwriter and film director.Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. He is the son of Bernard Blier....
: Trop belle pour toiTrop belle pour toiToo Beautiful for You is a 1989 French comedy film-drama film written and directed by Bertrand Blier. It tells the story of Bernard , a well established BMW car dealer in the South of France, is cheating on his beautiful wife with his ordinary looking temporary secretary .-Cast :* Gérard...
(Too Beautiful for You)
1990–1999
- 1990: Christian VincentChristian Vincent (director)Christian Vincent is a French film director and screenwriter. He won the César Award for Best Debut and Best Writing for La Discrète.- Filmography :*Il ne faut jurer de rien *Classique...
, Jean-Pierre Ronssin: La DiscrèteLa DiscrèteLa Discrète is a 1990 French film directed by Christian Vincent.-Cast and roles:* Fabrice Luchini - Antoine* Judith Henry - Catherine* Maurice Garrel - Jean* Marie Bunel - Solange* François Toumarkine - Manu* Brice Beaugier - Solange's friend... - 1991: Jean-Pierre JeunetJean-Pierre Jeunet-Life and career:Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Loire, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios. He befriended Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became his longtime collaborator and...
, Marc CaroMarc CaroMarc Caro, born April 2, 1956, is a French filmmaker and cartoonist, best known for his co-directing projects with Jean-Pierre Jeunet. The two of them met at a film festival in 1974, and directed three short and two feature length films together....
, Gilles Adrien: DelicatessenDelicatessen (film)Delicatessen is a 1991 French black comedy film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, starring Dominique Pinon and Karin Viard. It is set in an apartment building in a post-apocalyptic France of an ambiguous time period. The story focuses on the tenants of the building and their desperate... - 1992: Coline SerreauColine SerreauColine Serreau is a French actress, film director and writer.-Early life and education:She was born in Paris, France.In Paris, Serreau studied literature, music and theatre as well as the circus.-Career:...
: La Crise - 1993: Agnès JaouiAgnès JaouiAgnès Jaoui is a French screenwriter, film director, actress and singer of Tunisian Jewish descent. She frequently works in collaboration with her husband Jean-Pierre Bacri.-Actress:* Le Faucon...
, Jean-Pierre BacriJean-Pierre BacriJean-Pierre Bacri is a French actor and screenwriter who frequently works in collaboration with Agnès Jaoui.-Life:One of his earliest film appearances was Subway...
: Smoking/No SmokingSmoking/No SmokingSmoking/No Smoking is a 1993 French movie. It was directed by Alain Resnais and written by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri, from the play Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn... - 1994: Olivier Massart, Gilles Taurand, André TéchinéAndré TéchinéAndré Téchiné , is a French screenwriter and film director. He has had a long and distinguished career that places him among the best post-New Wave French film directors....
: Les roseaux sauvagesLes roseaux sauvagesWild Reeds is a 1994 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, about the sensitive passage in the adulthood and in awakening of sexuality by four youths at the end of the Algerian War.-Plot:...
(Wild Reeds) - 1995: Telsche Boorman, Josiane BalaskoJosiane BalaskoJosiane Balasko is a French actress, writer and director.She was born Josiane Balašković in Paris. One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is as a lesbian in 1995's Gazon maudit...
: Gazon maudit (French Twist) - 1996: Agnès JaouiAgnès JaouiAgnès Jaoui is a French screenwriter, film director, actress and singer of Tunisian Jewish descent. She frequently works in collaboration with her husband Jean-Pierre Bacri.-Actress:* Le Faucon...
, Jean-Pierre BacriJean-Pierre BacriJean-Pierre Bacri is a French actor and screenwriter who frequently works in collaboration with Agnès Jaoui.-Life:One of his earliest film appearances was Subway...
, Cédric KlapischCédric KlapischCédric Klapisch , is a French film director.Klapisch was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. He is from a Jewish family; his maternal grandparents were deported to Auschwitz. He studied cinema at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle as well as at the University of Paris VIII...
: Un air de familleUn air de familleUn air de famille is a 1996 French film. It was directed by Cédric Klapisch, and written by him, Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri... - 1997: Agnès JaouiAgnès JaouiAgnès Jaoui is a French screenwriter, film director, actress and singer of Tunisian Jewish descent. She frequently works in collaboration with her husband Jean-Pierre Bacri.-Actress:* Le Faucon...
, Jean-Pierre BacriJean-Pierre BacriJean-Pierre Bacri is a French actor and screenwriter who frequently works in collaboration with Agnès Jaoui.-Life:One of his earliest film appearances was Subway...
: On connaît la chansonOn connaît la chansonOn connaît la chanson is a 1997 French film. It was directed by Alain Resnais, and written by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri. Jaoui and Bacri also starred in the film with Sabine Azéma, Lambert Wilson, André Dussollier and Pierre Arditi.- Plot :Odile , a business executive, is married to weak,... - 1998: Francis VeberFrancis VeberFrancis Paul Veber is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and theater playwright. Many of his French comedies feature recurring types of characters, named François Pignon and François Perrin...
: Le dîner de consLe Dîner de cons-External links:* , Francis Veber Play at... - 1999: Tonie Marshall: Venus Beauty InstituteVenus Beauty InstituteVenus Beauty Institute is a 1999 French movie, telling the story of three employees of a beauty parlor in search of love and happiness.The film is directed by Tonie Marshall...
2000–2004
| Year | Winners and nominees | Original title | Writer(s) |
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| 2000 | The Taste of Others The Taste of Others The Taste of Others , is a 2000 French film. It was directed by Agnès Jaoui, and written by her and Jean-Pierre Bacri. It stars Jean-Pierre Bacri, Anne Alvaro, Alain Chabat, Agnès Jaoui, Gérard Lanvin and Christiane Millet.... |
Le goût des autres | Jean-Pierre Bacri Jean-Pierre Bacri Jean-Pierre Bacri is a French actor and screenwriter who frequently works in collaboration with Agnès Jaoui.-Life:One of his earliest film appearances was Subway... and Agnès Jaoui Agnès Jaoui Agnès Jaoui is a French screenwriter, film director, actress and singer of Tunisian Jewish descent. She frequently works in collaboration with her husband Jean-Pierre Bacri.-Actress:* Le Faucon... |
| Harry, He's Here to Help | Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien | Gilles Marchand and Dominik Moll Dominik Moll Dominik Moll is a German born French film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien and Lemming. He was born in Bühl, West Germany.... |
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| Human Resources Human resources Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations... |
Ressources humaines | Laurent Cantet Laurent Cantet Laurent Cantet is a French director, born on June 15, 1961 at Melle . His parents were schoolteachers in Ardilleux.On 25 May 2008, he received the Palme d'Or at the Festival de Cannes 2008, for the movie Entre les murs.- As director :... and Gilles Marchand |
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| A Question of Taste A Question of Taste Une affaire de goût is a 2000 French film directed by Bernard Rapp. Rapp and Gilles Taurand wrote the screenplay which was based on the book "Affaires de goût" by Philippe Balland... |
Une affaire de goût | Bernard Rapp Bernard Rapp Bernard Rapp was a French film director and television news presenter.Rapp was born in Paris. After graduating from university, he worked as a freelance journalist. In 1976, he joined Antenne 2 as their international correspondent, working later as their London correspondent from 1981 to 1983... and Gilles Taurand |
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| Saint-Cyr | Patricia Mazuy Patricia Mazuy Patricia Mazuy is a French film director and screenwriter. Her film Peaux de vaches was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival... and Yves Thomas |
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| 2001 | Read My Lips Sur mes lèvres Sur mes lèvres is a 2001 French film by Jacques Audiard, co-written with Tonino Benacquista. The film stars Vincent Cassel as Paul, an ex-con on parole, and Emmanuelle Devos as Carla, a nearly deaf secretary whose colleagues treat her disrespectfully, causing her to suffer... |
Sur mes lèvres | Jacques Audiard Jacques Audiard Jacques Audiard is a French film director, the son of Michel Audiard, also a notable screenwriter and film director.He won twice both the César Award for Best Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language, in 2005 for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and in 2010 for A Prophet... and Tonio Benacquista |
| Amélie Amélie Amélie is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre... (nominated for the Academy Award) |
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain | Jean-Pierre Jeunet Jean-Pierre Jeunet -Life and career:Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Loire, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios. He befriended Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became his longtime collaborator and... and Guillaume Laurant |
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| Chaos Chaos (2001 film) Chaos is a 2001 French film written and directed by Coline Serreau.Currently, a remake of this movie in English, to star Aishwarya Rai and Meryl Streep, is planned.- Plot :... |
Coline Serreau Coline Serreau Coline Serreau is a French actress, film director and writer.-Early life and education:She was born in Paris, France.In Paris, Serreau studied literature, music and theatre as well as the circus.-Career:... |
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| No Man's Land No Man's Land (2001 film) No Man's Land is a 2001 tragic war drama that is set in the midst of the Bosnian war. The film is a parable and marked the debut of Bosnian writer and director Danis Tanović... |
Danis Tanovic Danis Tanovic Danis Tanović is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter.Tanović is best known for having directed and written the script for the 2001 Bosnian movie No Man's Land which won an Academy Award. He was a member of the jury at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.-Biography:Danis Tanović was born in the... |
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| The Officers' Ward The Officers' Ward (film) The Officers' Ward , is a 2001 French film, directed by François Dupeyron and starring Eric Caravaca as the central character. It based on the novel by Marc Dugain... |
La chambre des officiers | François Dupeyron François Dupeyron François Dupeyron is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1977. His film La chambre des officiers was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:... |
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| 2002 | Amen. Amen. (film) Amen. is a 2002 German, Romanian and French film directed by Costa-Gavras.- Plot :The film Amen. examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein , a Waffen-SS officer employed in the SS Hygiene Institute, designing programs for the purification of... |
Costa-Gavras Costa-Gavras Costa-Gavras, is a Greek filmmaker, who lives and works in France, best known for films with overt political themes, most famously the fast-paced thriller, Z... |
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| 8 Women | 8 femmes | François Ozon François Ozon François Ozon is a French film director and screenwriter and whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality.... and Marina de Van Marina de Van Marina de Van is a French film director, screenwriter and actress. Her film, Don't Look Back, was screened out of competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* See the Sea... |
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| The Pianist The Pianist (2002 film) The Pianist is a 2002 biographical war film directed by Roman Polanski, starring Adrien Brody. It is an adaptation of the autobiography of the same name by Jewish-Polish musician Władysław Szpilman... |
Ronald Harwood Ronald Harwood Sir Ronald Harwood CBE is an author, playwright and screenwriter. He is most noted for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for The Dresser and The Pianist, for which he won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay... |
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| The Spanish Apartment | L'auberge espagnole | Cédric Klapisch Cédric Klapisch Cédric Klapisch , is a French film director.Klapisch was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. He is from a Jewish family; his maternal grandparents were deported to Auschwitz. He studied cinema at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle as well as at the University of Paris VIII... |
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| Summer Things | Embrassez qui vous voudrez | Michel Blanc Michel Blanc Michel Blanc is a French actor and director who is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs... |
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| 2003 | The Barbarian Invasions (nominated for the Academy Award) |
Les invasions barbares | Denys Arcand Denys Arcand Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions... |
| Bon voyage Bon Voyage (2003 film) Bon Voyage is a French film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, released 16 April 2003. The film was a critical success due in part to its tight interweaving of various genres, including spy, romance, World War II, and comedy. The film features the first reteaming of stars Isabelle Adjani and Gérard... |
Patrick Modiano Patrick Modiano Patrick Modiano is a French novelist born 30 July 1945 in Boulogne-Billancourt of a father of Jewish Italian origins and a Belgian mother, Louisa Colpijn . He is a winner of the Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1972, the Prix Goncourt in 1978 for his novel Rue des boutiques obscures... and Jean-Paul Rappeneau Jean-Paul Rappeneau Jean-Paul Rappeneau is a French film director, screenwriter, and actor.He started out in film as an assistant and screenwriter collaborating with Louis Malle on Zazie dans le metro in 1960 and Vie privee in 1961... |
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| Fear and Trembling Fear and Trembling (film) Fear and Trembling is a French film based on the novel of the same name by Amélie Nothomb.- Synopsis :... |
Stupeur et tremblements | Alain Corneau Alain Corneau Alain Corneau was a French film director and writer.Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work with the actor Yves Montand, with whom he would collaborate three times later in his... |
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| One: On the Run Cavale Cavale is a Lucas Belvaux Film with his own script and starred by him.This is the first instalment of a series Trilogy, which constitutes a thriller followed by Two: Un couple épatant, a comedy and Three: Après la vie, a melodrama.Belvaux referred in the DVD commentary that main idea behind... Two: An Amazing Couple Un couple épatant Un couple épatant is a Lucas Belvaux Film with his own script.This is the second installment of a series Trilogy, which constitutes a comedy preceded by One: On the run, a thriller and followed by Three: After life, a melodrama.Belvaux referred in the DVD commentary that main idea behind... Three: After Life Après la vie Après la vie is a Lucas Belvaux Film with his own script.This is the final installment of a series Trilogy, which constitutes a melodrama preceded by One: On the run, a thriller and Two: An amazing couple, a comedy.... |
Cavale Un couple épatant Après la vie |
Lucas Belvaux Lucas Belvaux Lucas Belvaux is a Belgian actor and film director. His directing credits include the Trilogie, consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre. The three films are Cavale, a thriller; Un couple épatant, a comedy; and Après la vie,... |
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| Since Otar Left Since Otar Left Since Otar Left is a 2003 film by director Julie Bertuccelli, based around three Georgian women living in modern-day Tbilisi... |
Depuis qu'Otar est parti... | Julie Bertucelli, Roger Bohbot and Bernard Renucci | |
| 2004 | Games of Love and Chance Games of Love and Chance Games of Love and Chance is a 2003 French drama film directed by Abdel Kechiche and starring Sara Forestier. It won the César Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Writing and Most Promising Actress.... |
L'esquive | Abdel Kechiche Abdel Kechiche Abdellatif Kechiche is an actor, movie director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut in 2000 with La Faute à Voltaire , aka Poetical Refugee, which he also wrote. He also directed L'Esquive, which won a César Award for Best Film and Best Director... and Ghalia Lacroix |
| Department 36 36 Quai des Orfèvres (film) 36 Quai des Orfèvres is a 2004 French film directed by Olivier Marchal and starring Daniel Auteuil and Gérard Depardieu. The film takes place in Paris, where two cops are competing for the vacant seat of Chief of Police while involved in a search for a gang of violent thieves... |
36 Quai des Orfèvres | Franck Mancuso, Olivier Marchal Olivier Marchal Olivier Marchal is a French actor, director, screenwriter, and a former policeman. In 2005, he was nominated for three César Awards , for his film 36 Quai des Orfèvres.... and Julien Rappeneau |
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| Kings and Queen Kings and Queen Rois et reine is a 2004 French film directed by Arnaud Desplechin. It won the Louis Delluc Prize, the Prix Méliès and the César Award for Best Actor... |
Rois et reine | Roger Bohbot and Arnaud Desplechin Arnaud Desplechin Arnaud Desplechin is a French film director.-Biography:Arnaud Desplechin is the son of Robert and Mado Desplechin, and grew up in the Nord department... |
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| Look at Me Look at Me (film) Look at Me is a 2004 drama film directed by Agnès Jaoui. The movie won "Best Screenplay" award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. The movie features a clip from the 1948 film Blood on the Moon.-Plot:... |
Comme une image | Jean-Pierre Bacri Jean-Pierre Bacri Jean-Pierre Bacri is a French actor and screenwriter who frequently works in collaboration with Agnès Jaoui.-Life:One of his earliest film appearances was Subway... and Agnès Jaoui Agnès Jaoui Agnès Jaoui is a French screenwriter, film director, actress and singer of Tunisian Jewish descent. She frequently works in collaboration with her husband Jean-Pierre Bacri.-Actress:* Le Faucon... |
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| A Very Long Engagement A Very Long Engagement A Very Long Engagement is a 2004 French romantic war film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed on the battle of the Somme, during World War I... |
Un long dimanche de fiançailles | Jean-Pierre Jeunet Jean-Pierre Jeunet -Life and career:Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Loire, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios. He befriended Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became his longtime collaborator and... and Guillaume Laurant |
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In 1984
César Awards 1984
The 1984 César Awards were hosted by Gene Kelly. The winners were:*Best Film:La Bal, directed by Ettore ScolaÀ nos amours, directed by Maurice PialatCoup de foudre, directed by Diane KurysTchao pantin, directed by Claude BerriL'Été meurtrier, directed by Jean Becker*Best Foreign Film:Fanny and...
and 1985
César Awards 1985
The 1985 César Awards were hosted by Simone Signoret. The winners were:*Best Film:Les Ripoux, directed by Claude ZidiL'amour à mort, directed by Alain ResnaisCarmen, directed by Francesco RosiLes Nuits de la pleine lune, directed by Éric RohmerUn dimanche à la campagne, directed by Bertrand...
, and then again from 2006, there were two best writing Césars: one for best original writing, and one for best adaptation.
2005–
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| 2005 | Live and Become | Va, vis et deviens | Alain-Michel Blanc and Radu Mihaileanu Radu Mihaileanu Radu Mihăileanu is a Jewish Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter. He left Romania in 1980 and graduated the IDHEC cinematographic institute in Paris. In addition to his work in the cinema he published a book of poems in 1987 titled Une vague en mal de mer... |
| The Child | L'enfant | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | |
| Hidden Caché (film) Caché is a 2005 Austrian-French film written and directed by Michael Haneke. It stars Daniel Auteuil as Georges and Juliette Binoche as his wife Anne.-Plot:... |
Caché | Michael Haneke Michael Haneke Michael Haneke is a German born Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often document problems and failures in modern society. Haneke has worked in television‚ theatre and cinema. He is also known for raising social issues in his work... |
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| Merry Christmas Merry Christmas (film) Joyeux Noël is a 2005 film about the World War I Christmas truce of December 1914, depicted through the eyes of French, Scottish and German soldiers. It was written and directed by Christian Carion. It was screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.The film was nominated for Best... |
Joyeux Noël | Christian Carion Christian Carion Christian Carion is a French film director, dialogue writer and screenwriter.-As director and writer:*2009 : L'affaire Farewell*2005 : Joyeux Noël, starring Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann and Guillaume Canet... |
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| The Young Lieutenant | Le petit lieutenant | Xavier Beauvois Xavier Beauvois Xavier Beauvois is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. His film Don't Forget You're Going to Die was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize.... , Guillaume Bréaud and Jean-Eric Troubat |
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| 2006 | Days of Glory | Indigènes | Rachid Bouchareb Rachid Bouchareb Rachid Bouchareb is a French film director of Algerian descent.From 1977 to 1983, he worked as an assistant director for France’s state television production company, Société française de production . Subsequetly, he worked for broadcasters TF1 and Antenne 2... and Olivier Lorelle |
| Jean-Philippe Jean-Philippe (film) Jean-Philippe is a French film, directed by Laurent Tuel and starring Fabrice Luchini and Johnny Hallyday. The film was released on the 5th of April 2006.- Synopsis :... |
Laurent Tuel Laurent Tuel Laurent Tuel is a French film actor, director and writer. In 2007 he was nominated for César Awards for his Jean-Philippe film.... and Christophe Turpin |
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| Orchestra Seats Fauteuils d'orchestre Fauteuils d'orchestre is a French film released in 2006 directed by Danièle Thompson, which she co-scripted with her son, Christopher Thompson.-Release:... (a.k.a. Avenue Montaigne) |
Fauteuils d'orchestre | Christopher and Danièle Thompson Danièle Thompson Danièle Thompson is a French film director and screenwriter. She is the daughter of film director Gérard Oury and actress Jacqueline Roma.... |
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| When I Was a Singer (a.k.a. The Singer) | Quand j'étais chanteur | Xavier Giannoli Xavier Giannoli Xavier Giannoli is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed nine films since 1993.-Filmography:* Le condamné * Terre sainte * J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites... |
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| You Are So Beautiful | Je vous trouve très beau | Isabelle Mergault | |
| 2007 | The Secret of the Grain The Secret of the Grain The Secret of the Grain is a 2007 Franco-Tunisian drama film directed by Abdel Kechiche. The film stars Habib Boufares as an ageing immigrant from the Maghreb whose ambition to establish a successful restaurant as an inheritance for his large and disparate family meets sceptical opposition from... |
La graine et la mulet | Abdel Kechiche Abdel Kechiche Abdellatif Kechiche is an actor, movie director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut in 2000 with La Faute à Voltaire , aka Poetical Refugee, which he also wrote. He also directed L'Esquive, which won a César Award for Best Film and Best Director... |
| 2 Days in Paris 2 Days in Paris 2 Days in Paris is a 2007 French-German romantic drama film written, produced, and directed by Julie Delpy, who also edited the film and composed the soundtrack.-Plot:... |
Julie Delpy Julie Delpy Julie Delpy is a French-American actress, director, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. She studied filmmaking at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and has directed, written, and acted in more than 30 films, including Europa Europa , The Voyager , Three Colors: White , Before Sunrise... |
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| Molière | Laurent Tirard Laurent Tirard Laurent Tirard is a French film director and screenwriter.-Background:Laurent Tirard grew up admiring American films, such as those by Steven Spielberg. He studied film making at New York University, worked as a script reader for Warner Bros... and Grégoire Vigneron |
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| Those Who Remain | Ceux qui restent | Anne le Ny | |
| La Vie en Rose La Vie en rose (film) La Vie En Rose is a 2007 French biographical film about the life of French chanteuse Édith Piaf co-written, and directed by Olivier Dahan. Marion Cotillard stars as Piaf. The title La Vie en Rose comes from Piaf's signature song... |
La môme | Olivier Dahan Olivier Dahan Olivier Dahan is a French film director and screenwriter. His third directed film, La Vie En Rose, was the first French cinema film ever to win two Academy Awards, including its first acting Oscar in the French language.-Biography:... |
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| 2008 | Séraphine Séraphine (film) Séraphine is a 2008 French-Belgian film directed by Martin Provost and written by Marc Abdelnour and Provost. It stars Yolande Moreau as the French painter Séraphine Louis and Ulrich Tukur as Wilhelm Uhde. It won the 2009 César Award for Best Film.-Plot:... |
Marc Abdelnour and Martin Provost Martin Provost Martin Provost is a French film director, writer and actor. He wrote and directed such films as Séraphine and Le ventre de Juliette.-Filmography:Director:*Cocon *Tortilla y cinema *Le ventre de Juliette... |
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| A Christmas Tale A Christmas Tale A Christmas Tale is a 2008 French comedy-drama film by Arnaud Desplechin, starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Consigny, Melvil Poupaud, Emmanuelle Devos and Chiara Mastroianni. It tells the story of a family with strained relationships which gathers at the... |
Un conte de Noël | Emmanuel Bourdieu and Arnaud Desplechin Arnaud Desplechin Arnaud Desplechin is a French film director.-Biography:Arnaud Desplechin is the son of Robert and Mado Desplechin, and grew up in the Nord department... |
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| The First Day of the Rest of Your Life The First Day of the Rest of Your Life Le premier jour du reste de ta vie is a 2008 French film written and directed by Rémi Bezançon... |
Le premier jour du reste de ta vie | Rémi Bezançon | |
| I've Loved You So Long I've Loved You So Long I've Loved You So Long is a 2008 French-language drama film written and directed by Philippe Claudel. It tells the story of a woman struggling to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.-Plot:... |
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime | Philippe Claudel Philippe Claudel Philippe Claudel , is a French writer and film director.Claudel was born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, Meurthe-et-Moselle. In addition to his writing, Claudel is a Professor of Literature at the University of Nancy.... |
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| Welcome to the Sticks Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis is a 2008 French comedy film starring Kad Merad, Dany Boon and Zoé Félix.The film has broken nearly every box office record in France: it debuted as the top film with US$31.67 million at 793 sites. As of 28 February 2010, the film had been seen by 20.5 million people in... |
Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis | Dany Boon Dany Boon Dany Boon is a French comedian who has acted both on the stage and the screen. He takes his stage name from the television show Daniel Boone.-Life and career:... , Alexandre Charlot and Franck Magnier |
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| 2009 | A Prophet A Prophet A Prophet is a 2009 French prison film directed by Jacques Audiard. Audiard claims that the film aims at "creating icons, images for people who don't have images in movies, like the Arabs in France," though he also had stated that the film "has nothing to do with his vision of society," and is a... |
Un prophète | Jacques Audiard Jacques Audiard Jacques Audiard is a French film director, the son of Michel Audiard, also a notable screenwriter and film director.He won twice both the César Award for Best Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language, in 2005 for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and in 2010 for A Prophet... , Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit |
| In the Beginning In the Beginning (2009 film) In the Beginning is a 2009 French drama film directed by Xavier Giannoli. The film competed in the main competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.- Cast :* François Cluzet* Gérard Depardieu* Emmanuelle Devos* Brice Fournier - Louis* Roch Leibovici... |
À l'origine | Xavier Giannoli Xavier Giannoli Xavier Giannoli is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed nine films since 1993.-Filmography:* Le condamné * Terre sainte * J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites... |
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| Skirt Day | La Journée de la jupe | Jean-Paul Lilienfeld Jean-Paul Lilienfeld Jean-Paul Lilienfeld is a French actor, writer and director. His film, La journée de la jupe, was nominated for three César Awards in 2009, including Best Film and Best Original Screenplay for Lilienfeld.-Director filmography:... |
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| Welcome Welcome (2009 film) Welcome is a 2009 French film directed by Philippe Lioret. It stars Vincent Lindon and features Firat Ayverdi and Derya Ayverdi in their inaugural roles. The film was released on 11 March 2009 in France... |
Philippe Lioret Philippe Lioret Philippe Lioret is a French film director.- Filmography :*1993: Tombés du ciel*1997: Tenue correcte exigée*2001: Mademoiselle*2004: L'Équipier*2006: Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas*2009: Welcome... , Emmanuel Courcol and Olivier Adam Olivier Adam Olivier Adam is a French writer. His first novel Je vais bien, ne t’en fais pas was made into a movie. He also writes youth books, among them La messe anniversaire. Adam won the 2004 Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle for Passer l'hiver.-External links:... |
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| Le Concert Le Concert Le Concert is a 2009 French comedy film by Radu Mihăileanu starring Aleksei Guskov, Mélanie Laurent and Miou-Miou. It has won the Best Original Score and Best Sound awards at César Awards 2010.- Plot :... |
Radu Mihăileanu Radu Mihaileanu Radu Mihăileanu is a Jewish Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter. He left Romania in 1980 and graduated the IDHEC cinematographic institute in Paris. In addition to his work in the cinema he published a book of poems in 1987 titled Une vague en mal de mer... and Alain-Michel Blanc |
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| 2010 | The Names of Love The Names of Love The Names of Love is a 2010 French film, directed by Michel Leclerc, written by Leclerc and Bya Kismi, and produced by Antoine Rein, Fabrice Goldstein and Caroline Adrian.-Production background:... |
Le Nom des gens | Baya Kasmi and Michel Leclerc |
| On Tour On Tour (2010 film) On Tour is a 2010 French comedy film directed by Mathieu Amalric. It stars Amalric himself as a producer who brings an American Neo-Burlesque troupe to France, played by genuine performers Mimi Le Meaux, Kitten on the Keys, Dirty Martini, Julie Atlas Muz, Evie Lovelle and Roky Roulette... |
Tournée | Mathieu Amalric Mathieu Amalric Mathieu Amalric is a French actor and film director, perhaps best known internationally for his performance as the lead villain in Bond film Quantum Of Solace and for his role in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, for which he drew critical acclaim... , Philippe Di Folco, Marcelo Novias Teles and Raphaëlle Valbrune |
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| The Clink of Ice The Clink of Ice The Clink of Ice is a 2010 French black comedy film written and directed by Bertrand Blier. The plot centers around Charles , an alcoholic writer who is confronted by an incarnation of his own cancer... |
Le Bruit des glaçons | Bertrand Blier Bertrand Blier Bertrand Blier is a French screenwriter and film director.Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. He is the son of Bernard Blier.... |
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| Of Gods and Men Of Gods and Men (film) Of Gods and Men is a 2010 French drama film directed by Xavier Beauvois, starring Lambert Wilson and Michael Lonsdale. Its original French title is Des hommes et des dieux, which means "Of Men and of Gods" and refers to a verse from the Bible shown at the beginning of the film... |
Des hommes et des dieux | Étienne Comar and Xavier Beauvois Xavier Beauvois Xavier Beauvois is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. His film Don't Forget You're Going to Die was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize.... , |
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| Mammuth Mammuth Mammuth is a 2010 French drama film directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave de Kervern. It was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.-Plot:... |
Benoît Delépine Benoît Delépine Benoît Delépine is a French comedian and film director. He is known for his satirical activities on TV channel Canal+.... and Gustave Kervern Gustave de Kervern Gustave de Kervern is a French film actor, director and screenwriter. He is best known for his collaboration with Benoit Delepine.... |
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| 2005 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped The Beat That My Heart Skipped The Beat That My Heart Skipped is a 2005 French film directed by Jacques Audiard and starring Romain Duris. It tells the story of Tom, a real estate thug torn between a criminal life and his desire to become a concert pianist. The film premiered on February 17, 2005 at the Berlin Film Festival... |
De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté | Jacques Audiard Jacques Audiard Jacques Audiard is a French film director, the son of Michel Audiard, also a notable screenwriter and film director.He won twice both the César Award for Best Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language, in 2005 for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and in 2010 for A Prophet... and Tonino Benacquista Tonino Benacquista Tonino Benacquista is an award-winning French crime fiction author, comics writer, and screenwriter.- Awards :*1992 Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for La Commedia des ratés... |
| The Axe Le Couperet Le Couperet is a Belgian-French-Spanish film. The English title of this film is The Axe.Directed by Costa Gavras and starring José Garcia, Karin Viard and Olivier Gourmet, Le Couperet is an adaptation of the novel The Ax by Donald E. Westlake. The film follows the "hero", Bruno D... |
Le couperet | Costa-Gavras Costa-Gavras Costa-Gavras, is a Greek filmmaker, who lives and works in France, best known for films with overt political themes, most famously the fast-paced thriller, Z... and Jean-Claude Grumberg Jean-Claude Grumberg Jean-Claude Grumberg is a French writer of children's books and a playwright.- Early life :Before becoming a playwright, Jean-Claude Grumberg held several jobs including working as a tailor, he takes to the middle part of his play L'Atelier. He discovered drama being an actor in the company... |
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| In His Hands | Entre ses mains | Anne Fontaine Anne Fontaine (filmmaker) Anne Fontaine is a filmmaker and screenwriter who used to be an actor. She lives and works in France.Born Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc, sister of actor Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, she went as a young child to live in Lisbon, where her father, Antoine Sibertin-Blanc, is a music professor and cathedral... and Julien Boivent |
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| Gabrielle Gabrielle (film) Gabrielle is a 2005 French film directed by Patrice Chéreau. It is a screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad's short story The Return.-Plot:... |
Patrice Chéreau Patrice Chéreau Patrice Chéreau is a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor, and producer.-Biography:Patrice Chéreau was born in Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, and went to school in Paris. At a young age he became well-known to Parisian critics as director, actor, and stage manager of his high-school theatre... and Anne-Louise Trividic for |
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| The Last Mitterrand | Le promeneur du Champ-de-Mars | Xavier Beauvois Xavier Beauvois Xavier Beauvois is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. His film Don't Forget You're Going to Die was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize.... , Guillaume Bréaud and Jean-Eric Troubat |
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| 2006 | Lady Chatterley Lady Chatterley (film) Lady Chatterley is a French film by Pascale Ferran. An adaptation of the novel John Thomas and Lady Jane by D. H. Lawrence, it was released in the UK on 24 August, 2007.... |
Roger Bohbot, Pascale Ferran and Pierre Trividic | |
| Don't Worry, I'm Fine | Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas | Philippe Liorand and Olivier Adam Olivier Adam Olivier Adam is a French writer. His first novel Je vais bien, ne t’en fais pas was made into a movie. He also writes youth books, among them La messe anniversaire. Adam won the 2004 Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle for Passer l'hiver.-External links:... |
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| OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies is a French film directed by Michel Hazanavicius. It is a parody of the spy film genre. The film follows the exploits of a French secret agent, OSS 117, in Cairo in 1955.-Plot:... |
OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d'espions | Jean-François Halin and Michel Hazanavicius for | |
| Private Fears in Public Places Private Fears in Public Places Private Fears in Public Places is a 2004 play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. The bleakest play written by Ayckbourn for many years, it intimately follows a few days in the lives of six characters, in four tightly-interwoven stories through 54 scenes.In 2006, it was made into a film Cœurs,... |
Cœurs | Jean-Michel Ribes Jean-Michel Ribes Jean-Michel Ribes is a French actor, playwright, screenwriter, theatre director and film maker. Since 2002 he has been the managing director of the Théâtre du Rond-Point.- Awards :* 2001: Plaisir du Théâtre Award... |
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| Tell No One Tell No One Tell No One is a 2006 French thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet and based on the novel of the same name by Harlan Coben. It was written by Guillame Canet and Philippe Lefèbvre and stars François Cluzet... |
Ne le dis à personne | Guillaume Canand and Philippe Lefèbvre for | |
| 2007 | Persepolis Persepolis (film) Persepolis is a 2007 French animated film based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. The film was written and directed by Satrapi with Vincent Paronnaud. The story follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. The story... |
Vincent Paronnaud Vincent Paronnaud Pascal Stadler , a.k.a. Winshluss, is a French comics artist and filmmaker. He is best known for cowriting and codirecting with Marjane Satrapi the highly acclaimed animated film Persepolis , for which they received numerous awards including the Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival as well... and Marjane Satrapi Marjane Satrapi Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born French contemporary graphic novelist, illustrator, animated film director, and children's book author... |
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| Darling | Christine Carrière | ||
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a 2007 biographical drama film based on Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir of the same name. The film depicts Bauby's life after suffering a massive stroke, on December 8, 1995, at the age of 42, which left him with a condition known as locked-in syndrome. The... (nominated for the Academy Award) |
Le scaphandre et le papillon | Ronald Harwood Ronald Harwood Sir Ronald Harwood CBE is an author, playwright and screenwriter. He is most noted for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for The Dresser and The Pianist, for which he won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay... |
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| Hunting and Gathering Hunting and Gathering (film) Hunting and Gathering is a 2007 French César Award-winning romantic film based on the writer Anna Gavalda's 2004 novel Ensemble, c'est tout. It was directed by Claude Berri, who also wrote the screenplay, and stars Audrey Tautou, Guillaume Canet, Laurent Stocker, Françoise Bertin and Alain... |
Ensemble, c'est tout | Claude Berri Claude Berri Claude Berri , born Claude Berel Langmann, was one of the great all-rounders of French cinema: an actor, writer, producer, director and distributor. "Out of my failure as an actor was born my desire to direct. Then my relative failure as a director forced me to become a producer. In order to get my... |
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| A Secret A Secret Un secret is a 2007 French film directed and written by Claude Miller. The screenplay was based on the novel by Philippe Grimbert.-Synopsis:... |
Un secret | Nathalie Carter and Claude Miller Claude Miller Claude Miller is a French film director, producer and screenwriter.-Career:Claude Miller was born to a Jewish family. A student at Paris' IDHEC film school from 1962 through 1963, Miller had his first practical cinematic experience while he was in uniform, serving with the Service Cinéma de l'Armée... |
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| 2008 | The Class The Class (2008 film) The Class is a 2008 French drama film directed by Laurent Cantet. Its original French title is Entre les murs, which translates literally to "Between the walls". It is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by François Bégaudeau... |
Entre les murs | François Bégaudeau François Bégaudeau -Life and career:He was born in Luçon, Vendée and was first a member of the 1990s punk rock group Zabriskie Point. After receiving his degree in Literature, he taught high school in Dreux and in an inner city middle school in Paris. He published his first novel, Jouer juste in 2003... , Robin Campillo and Laurent Cantet Laurent Cantet Laurent Cantet is a French director, born on June 15, 1961 at Melle . His parents were schoolteachers in Ardilleux.On 25 May 2008, he received the Palme d'Or at the Festival de Cannes 2008, for the movie Entre les murs.- As director :... |
| The Beautiful Person The Beautiful Person The Beautiful Person is a 2008 French drama television film directed by Christophe Honoré.-Plot:The plot is related to the seventeenth-century French novel La Princesse de Clèves.... |
La belle personne | Christophe Honoré Christophe Honoré Christophe Honoré is a French writer and film director born in Carhaix, Finistère in 1970.After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in "Les Cahiers du Cinéma." He started writing soon-after. His 1996 book Tout contre Léo talks about HIV and is aimed at young adults; he made it into a movie... and Gilles Taurand |
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| Crime Is Our Business | Le crime est notre affaire | François Caviglioli and Pascal Thomas Pascal Thomas Pascal Thomas is a French screenwriter and film director.-Selected filmography:Director* La Dilettante * Mon petit doigt m'a dit... * L'heure zéro * Le crime est notre affaire -External links:... |
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| Love Me No More | Deux jours à tuer | Eric Assous, Jérôme Beaujour, Jean Becker and François d'Épenoux | |
| Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 Public Enemy Number One Mesrine is a two-part 2008 French film directed by Jean-François Richet and written by Abdel Raouf Dafri and Richet... |
L'instinct de mort and L'ennemi public n°1 | Abdel Raouf Dafri and Jean-François Richet Jean-François Richet Jean-Francois Richet is a French screenwriter, director, and producer, born on July 2, 1966 in Paris. He grew up in Meaux, a suburb east of Paris.-Selected filmography:* État des lieux - named at the César Awards 1996 in the Best Debut category.... |
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| 2009 | Mademoiselle Chambon | Stéphane Brizé and Florence Vignon | |
| Coco Before Chanel | Coco avant Chanel | Anne Fontaine Anne Fontaine (filmmaker) Anne Fontaine is a filmmaker and screenwriter who used to be an actor. She lives and works in France.Born Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc, sister of actor Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, she went as a young child to live in Lisbon, where her father, Antoine Sibertin-Blanc, is a music professor and cathedral... and Camille Fontaine |
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| The End of the Road | Le Dernier pour la route | Philippe Godeau Philippe Godeau Philippe Godeau is a French film producer, director and screenwriter.Godeau has produced many films including Largo Winch, Baise-moi, Les Sœurs fâchées, Lightweight and The Man of My Life. He has also produced the Jaco Van Dormael films Mr. Nobody and The Eighth Day... and Agnès De Sacy |
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| Le Petit Nicolas | Laurent Tirard Laurent Tirard Laurent Tirard is a French film director and screenwriter.-Background:Laurent Tirard grew up admiring American films, such as those by Steven Spielberg. He studied film making at New York University, worked as a script reader for Warner Bros... and Grégoire Vigneron |
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| Wild Grass | Les Herbes folles | Alex Reval and Laurent Herbiet | |
| 2010 | The Ghost Writer | Robert Harris Robert Harris (novelist) Robert Dennis Harris is an English novelist. He is a former journalist and BBC television reporter.-Early life:Born in Nottingham, Harris spent his childhood in a small rented house on a Nottingham council estate. His ambition to become a writer arose at an early age, from visits to the local... and Roman Polanski Roman Polanski Roman Polanski is a French-Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few "truly international filmmakers."... |
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| The Tree | L'Arbre | Julie Bertuccelli | |
| The Princess of Montpensier The Princess of Montpensier The Princess of Montpensier is a 2010 French period romance film directed by Bertrand Tavernier, inspired by a short story anonymously published by Madame de La Fayette. It stars Mélanie Thierry in the title role, alongside Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Lambert Wilson and Raphaël... |
La Princesse de Montpensier | Jean Cosmos, Francois-Olivier Rousseau and Bertrand Tavernier Bertrand Tavernier Bertrand Tavernier is a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.-Life and career:Tavernier was born in Lyon, the son of Geneviève and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, several years president of the French PEN club. Tavernier wanted to become a filmmaker since the age of thirteen... |
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| L'Homme qui voulait vivre sa vie L'Homme qui voulait vivre sa vie L'Homme qui voulait vivre sa vie , English title The Big Picture, is a 2010 French pychological thriller directed by Eric Lartigau, and starring Romain Duris... |
Éric Lartigau and Laurent de Bartillat | ||
| Potiche Potiche Potiche is a 2010 French-Belgian comedy film directed by François Ozon, based on the play of the same name by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy. It stars Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard, Judith Godrèche and Jérémie Renier... |
François Ozon François Ozon François Ozon is a French film director and screenwriter and whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality.... |
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