Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (Nelly and Mr. Arnaud) is a 1995 French movie directed by Claude Sautet

Claude Sautet

Claude Sautet was a French author and film director.-Biography:Born in Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France, Claude Sautet first studied painting and sculpture before attending a film university in Paris where he began his career and later became a television producer...

 and starring Michel Serrault

Michel Serrault

Michel Serrault was a celebrated French actor who appeared in over 150 films.-Biography :...

, Emmanuelle Béart

Emmanuelle Béart

Emmanuelle Béart is a French film actress, who has appeared in over 50 film and television productions since 1972. Béart won a César Award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Manon des Sources . She has been nominated a further seven times for Most Promising Actress and Best Actress.- Early...

 and Jean-Hugues Anglade

Jean-Hugues Anglade

Jean-Hugues Anglade is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, best known for his roles as Eric in Killing Zoe, Zorg in Betty Blue and Marco, the boyfriend of Nikita, in Nikita....

. It won the César Award for Best Director

César Award for Best Director

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 and Best Actor

César Award for Best Actor

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 from Michel Serrault

Michel Serrault

Michel Serrault was a celebrated French actor who appeared in over 150 films.-Biography :...

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Plot summary

Nelly (Béart) is married to Jerôme (Berling), a man who has stopped working or searching for work. Nelly has a part-time job at a printing shop but she has fallen six months behind on the rent for the apartment in which she lives with her husband.

Talking with Jacquelline at a coffee shop, she meets Pierre Arnaud, a wealthy, retired businessman. After determining Nelly is encumbered with debt, Arnaud spontaneously decides to give Nelly 30,000 francs as a gift. Nelly reluctantly accepts, pays off her overdue rent and moves out of the apartment.

Nelly agrees to type up Arnaud's memoirs, but Arnaud insists this will not be to repay the money he already gave her, he will pay her for this work. Nelly thus learns more about Arnaud's life: he was a judge in a French colony, and later a businessman. Nelly has an affair with Arnaud's editor. Arnaud feels a little jealous.

Awards and nominations

• BAFTA Awards (UK)
  • Nominated: Best Film not in the English Language

• César Awards (France)
  • Won: Best Actor – Leading Role
    César Award for Best Actor
    This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
    
     (Michel Serrault)
  • Won: Best Director
    César Award for Best Director
    This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Director .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
    
     (Claude Sautet)
  • Nominated: Best Actor – Supporting Role (Jean-Hugues Anglade)
  • Nominated: Best Actor – Supporting Role (Michael Lonsdale)
  • Nominated: Best Actress – Leading Role (Emmanuelle Béart)
  • Nominated: Best Actress – Supporting Role (Claire Nadeau)
  • Nominated: Best Editing (Jacqueline Thiédot)
  • Nominated: Best Film
  • Nominated: Best Music (Philippe Sarde
  • Nominated: Best Sound (Pierre Lenoir and Jean-Paul Loublier)
  • Nominated: Best Writing (Jacques Fieschi and Claude Sautet)

• David di Donatello Awards (Italy)
  • Won: Best Foreign Film

• Valladolid Film Festival
  • Nominated: Golden Spike
    Golden spike
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    (Claude Sautet)