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Thursday January 29, 2015
The 2015 Césars: Kristen Stewart and the Dueling Saint Laurents
Dueling Saint Laurents: Both Gaspard Ulliel (l) in “Saint Laurent” and Pierre Niney (r) in “Yves Saint Laurent” were nominated best actor, but only Ulliel's film was nominated best film. Between them, they split four supporting nominations.
The nominees for the 40th annual Césars were announced the other day, and the big news on this side was that Kristen Stewart became the first American actress to receive a César nomination since Julia Migenes did so in “Carmen” in 1984. Me, I found it interesting that “Saint Laurent,” a biopic of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent from 1967 to 1976, received the most nominations, 10, followed closely by “Yves Saint Laurent,” a biopic of the fashion designer from 1958 onward, which received seven. The two movies don't seem to be related, either, in the way of, say, “Mesrine” a few years back. Just how much Yves can one country take? A lot, apparently.
“Les Combattants” sounds interesting to me (nine noms), while I'm there for anything Olivier Assayas directs. Seriously, if any of these films showed up at SIFF, I would be there. A Césars Night at SIFF would be fun.
The Césars will be broadcast on February 20, two days before the Oscars.
Best Film Les Combattants, dir: Thomas Cailley Eastern Boys, dir: Robin Campillo La Famille Bélier, dir: Eric Lartigau Saint Laurent, dir: Bertrand Bonello Hippocrate, dir: Thomas Lilti Sils Maria, dir: Olivier Assayas Timbuktu, dir: Abderrahmane Sissako |
Best Director Céline Sciamma, Bande De Filles Thomas Cailley, Les Combattants Robin Campillo, Eastern Boys Thomas Lilti, Hippocrate Bertrand Bonello, Saint Laurent Olivier Assayas, Sils Maria Abderrahmane Sissako, Timbuktu |
Best Actor Pierre Niney, Yves Saint Laurent Romain Duris, Une Nouvelle Amie Gaspard Ulliel, Saint Laurent Guillaume Canet, La Prochaine Fois Je Viserai Le Coeur Niels Arestrup, Diplomatie François Damiens, La Famille Bélier Vincent Lacoste, Hippocrate |
Best Actress Juliette Binoche, Sils Maria Catherine Deneuve, Dans La Cour Marion Cotillard, Deux Jours, Une Nuit Emilie Dequenne, Pas Son Genre Adèle Haenel, Les Combattants Sandrine Kiberlain, Elle L’Adore Karin Viard, La Famille Bélier |
Best Supporting Actor Eric Elmosnino, La Famille Bélier Jérémie Renier, Saint Laurent Guillaume Gallienne, Yves Saint LAurent Louis Garrel, Saint Laurent Reda Kateb, Hippocrate |
Best Supporting Actress Marianne Denicourt, Hippocrate Claude Gensac, Lulu Femme Nue Izïa Higelin, Samba Charlotte Le Bon, Yves Saint Laurent Kristen Stewart, Sils Maria |