Isabelle Adjani: Best Actress César Winner
Hollywood star Harrison Ford received the 2010 Honorary César, presented to him by his Working Girl co-star Sigourney Weaver (above), one of the stars of James Cameron's box-office phenomenon Avatar. Ford was greeted by a long standing ovation.
After several minutes trying to stem the applause, Ford said that "France reinvented cinema through the New Wave. And the American cinema rediscovered its vigor thanks to the New Wave. And I've had the good luck of working with those filmmakers who were inspired by the French New Wave."
Steven Spielberg? George Lucas? Andrew Davis? Robert Zemeckis? Mike Nichols in Working Girl? The Phillip Noyce of Clear and Present Danger? Perhaps Ford was referring to Francis Ford Coppola and The Conversation.
Additionally, the César ceremony featured an homage to the recently deceased Nouvelle Vague pioneer Eric Rohmer, during which clips from his films were shown while actor Fabrice Luchini, one of Rohmer's favorites, read a laudatory text.
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Photos: Renault / César Awards (Weaver); B.Guay / AFP (Weaver / Ford)