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PERSEPOLIS WINS 2 FRENCH OSCARS !

Darius KADIVAR
by Darius KADIVAR
23-Feb-2008
 

Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Parronaud's Persepolis Enters French Film History with two Awards at French Oscars Les Césars Du Cinéma before Final Oscar Run !

See Satrapi and Parronaud accept First Best Film Award [1]

One for Best first Film and a Second for Best Screenplay adaptation. Interestingly but only by Coincidence another French Director of Iranian birth Barbet Schroeder [2] ( born in Tehran 1941) and legendary figure of Les Cahiers Du Cinema and French New Wave Cinema ( also working in Hollywood) also won Best Documentary César for his film L'Avocat de La Terreur [3] about the controversial Lawyer Jacques Verges [4]. Marillon Cotillard's performance for La Vie En Rose aka La Mome won several awards including Best Actress. VIVE LE CINEMA ! & Persepolis ! ;0) See Complete List of Winners Below and Visit Website of Academy [5] : Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, on February 22, 2008. President of the ceremony: Jean Rochefort. Host: Antoine de Caunes.

BEST FILM / MEILLEUR FILM

La graine et le mulet / The Secret of the Grain
directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
produced by Claude Berri

BEST FIRST FILM / MEILLEUR PREMIER FILM

Persepolis
directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
produced by Marc-Antoine Robert and Xavier Rigault

BEST FOREIGN FILM / MEILLEUR FILM ÉTRANGER

Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others / La vie des autres directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

BEST DOCUMENTARY / MEILLEUR FILM DOCUMENTAIRE

L’avocat de la terreur / Terror’s Advocate directed by Barbet Schroeder
BEST DIRECTOR / MEILLEUR RÉALISATEUR
Abdellatif Kechiche for The Secret of the Grain

BEST ACTOR / MEILLEUR ACTEUR

Mathieu Amalric in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
BEST ACTRESS / MEILLEURE ACTRICE

Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR / MEILLEUR ACTEUR DANS UN SECOND RÔLE

Sami Bouajila in The Witnesses
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS / MEILLEURE ACTRICE DANS UN SECOND RÔLE

Julie Depardieu in A Secret
BEST MALE NEWCOMER / MEILLEUR ESPOIR MASCULIN

Laurent Stocker in Ensemble, c’est tout

BEST FEMALE NEWCOMER / MEILLEUR ESPOIR FÉMININ

Hafsia Herzi in The Secret of the Grain

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO ORIGINAL

Abdellatif Kechiche for The Secret of the Grain
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEILLEURE ADAPTATION

Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud for Persepolis

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY / MEILLEURE PHOTO

Tetsuo Nagata for La Vie en Rose

BEST EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE

Juliette Welfling for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE / MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ÉCRITE POUR UN FILM

Alex Beaupain for Les chansons d’amour
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN / MEILLEUR DÉCORS

Olivier Raoux for La Vie en Rose

BEST COSTUME DESIGN / MEILLEURS COSTUMES

Marit Allen for La Vie en Rose

BEST SOUND / MEILLEUR SON

Laurent Zeilig, Pascal Villard, Jean-Paul Hurier for La Vie en Rose

BEST SHORT FILM / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE

Le Mozart des pickpockets directed by Philippe Pollet-Villar
HONORARY CÉSAR / CÉSAR D’HONNEUR: Jeanne Moreau, Roberto Benigni

CÉSAR HOMMAGE: Romy Schneider

 

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Links:
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xky25wwkXP0
[2] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0775447/
[3] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1032854/
[4] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1605230/
[5] http://www.lescesarducinema.com/#news


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