Étoiles d’Or 2009
2009 Étoiles d’Or
2009 French Film Critics’ Étoiles d’Or winners: Feb. 9, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)

In Laurent Cantet’s Palme d’Or winner The Class, teacher-author François Bégaudeau (who also wrote the book on which the film is based) stars as a teacher coping with students in a tough Parisian suburb mostly inhabited by African and Arab immigrants. Chosen as the best French film of the year by the French film critics, The Class has also won a Spirit Award for best foreign-language film and is up for an Academy Award in that same category.
Best Film / Etoile d’Or du Film français 2008
* Entre les murs / The Class by Laurent Cantet
Le premier jour du reste de ta vie by Remi Bezançon
A Christmas Tale by Arnaud Desplechin
Best Director / Etoile d’Or du Réalisateur français
Jean-François Richet for Mesrine
* Arnaud Desplechin for A Christmas Tale
Laurent Cantet for The Class
Best First Film / Etoile d’Or du Premier Film français (tie)
* Versailles by Pierre Schoeller
Il y a longtemps que je t’aime / I’ve Loved You So Long by Philippe Claudel
* L’apprenti by Samuel Collardey
Best Documentary / Etoile d’Or du Documentaire français
* Les plages d’Agnès by Agnès Varda
La vie moderne by Raymond Depardon
Elle s’appelle sabine by Sandrine Bonnaire
Best Actress / Etoile d’Or du Premier Rôle Féminin
français
Kristin Scott Thomas for I’ve Loved You So Long by Philippe Claudel
Felicité Wouassi for Aide-toi le ciel t’aidera by François Dupeyron
* Yolande Moreau for Séraphine by Martin Provost
Best Actor / Etoile d’Or du Premier Rôle Masculin français
* Vincent Cassel for Mesrine by Jean François Richet
Guillaume Depardieu for Versailles by Pierre Schoeller
Mathieu Amalric for A Christmas Tale by Arnaud Desplechin
Best Female Newcomer / Etoile d’Or de la Révélation Féminine française
Louise Bourgoin for La fille de Monaco by Anne Fontaine
* Nora Arnezeder for Faubourg 36 by Christophe Barratier
Léa Seydoux for La Belle Personne by Christophe Honoré
Best Male Newcomer / Etoile d’Or de la Révélation Masculine française
* Tomer Sisley for Largo Winch by Jérome Salle
Nicolas Giraud for Comme une étoile dans la nuit by René Féret
Pio Marmaï for Le premier jour du reste de ta vie by Remi Bezançon
Best Screenplay / Etoile d’Or du Scénario français
* Le premier jour du reste de ta vie by Remi Bezançon
The Class by Laurent Cantet
A Christmas Tale by Arnaud Desplechin
Best Original Score / Etoile d’Or du Compositeur de Musique Originale de film français
Sinclair for Le premier jour du reste de ta vie by Remi Bezançon
Alex Beaupain for La Belle Personne by Christophe Honoré
* Reinhardt Wagner for Faubourg 36 by Christophe Barratier
Best Producer / Etoile d’Or du Producteur de films français
Thomas Langmann for la société La petite reine
* Carole Scotta and Caroline Benjo for la société Haut et court
Mathieu Kassovitz for MNP entreprises
Best Distributor / Etoile d’Or du Distributeur de films français
Carole Scotta and Caroline Benjo for Haut et court
Michel Saint-Jean for Diaphana
* François Ivernel for Pathé Distribution
Étoiles d’Or: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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