Cannes 2009: Best Actor Favorites

Best Actor
Tahar Rahim as a young man behind bars in A Prophet.
Ben Whishaw as John Keats in Bright Star.
André Dussollier as the elderly hero in Wild Grass.
François Cluzet as a con man in In the Beginning.
 
Photos: Courtesy Festival de Cannes
 

by Andre Soares | May 22, 2009   
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Cannes 2009: ADRIFT, DRAG ME TO HELL, IN THE BEGINNING

At Firstshowing.net, Alex Billington on À Deriva / Adrift (above, with Laura Neiva), screened in the Un Certain Regard sidebar:
"I think I stumbled across a big Cannes sleeper hit. From the beaches of Brazil comes Adrift, known as À Deriva in Portuguese, the third film from Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia. I’m going to say right up front — following in the footsteps of City of God director Fernando Meirelles, Dhalia is the next great Brazilian filmmaker on the verge of breaking out. Adrift is his calling card, a gorgeous family drama about a beautiful young girl and her parents. It’s not a masterpiece, but it is definitely one of the better films I’ve seen here that offers [...]

by Massimo David | May 22, 2009   
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César 2007

2007 César Awards
French Academy of Arts and Sciences’ 2007 César du Cinéma nominations: January 26, 2007
2007 César du Cinéma winners: Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, on February 24, 2007. Valérie Lemercier was the hostess.
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coulloc’h in Lady Chatterley
 

Best French Film / Meilleur film français
Indigènes / Days of Glory Rachid Bouchareb
Je vais bien, ne t’en fais pas / Don’t Worry, I’m Fine Philippe Lioret
* Lady Chatterley Pascale Ferran
Ne le dis à personne / Tell No One Guillaume Canet
Quand j’étais chanteur / The Singer Xavier Giannoli
Best Foreign Film / Meilleur film étranger
Babel Alejandro González Iñárritu
* Little Miss Sunshine Jonathan Dayton, Valérie Faris
Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee
The Queen Stephen Frears
Volver Pedro Almodóvar
Best First Film [...]

by Andre Soares | February 24, 2007   
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César 2007 Nominations

Lambert Wilson, Laura Morante in Private Fears in Public Places (top); Marina Hands in Lady Chatterley (middle); Samy Naceri in Days of Glory (bottom)

The best thing about the 2007 César nominations is the fact that Alain Resnais‘ beautiful, haunting, magical Coeurs / Private Fears in Public Places received a total of 8 nominations, including a best director nod for Resnais himself, and a best screenplay nod for Jean-Michel Ribes‘ adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn’s play.
The worst thing about the 2007 César nominations is the fact that Alain Resnais‘ beautiful, haunting, magical Coeurs / Private Fears in Public Places failed to receive a nomination in the best film category. Adding insult to injury, none of the film’s [...]

by Andre Soares | February 15, 2007   
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Étoiles d’Or 2007

2007 Étoiles d’Or
French Film Critics’ 2007 Étoile d’Or winners: Espace Pierre Cardin in Paris on January 22, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Marina Hands in Lady Chatterley (top); Sami Bouajila in Days of Glory (bottom)
 

Best French Film / Etoile d’Or du Meilleur film français (ex-aequo):
* Lady Chatterley by Pascale Ferran
* Indigènes / Days of Glory by Rachid Bouchareb
Coeurs / Private Fears in Public Places by Alain Resnais
Best First French Film / Etoile d’Or du Premier film français:
* Mauvaise foi by Roschdy Zem
Pardonnez-moi / Forgive Me by Maïwenn
Le Pressentiment by Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Best Documentary / Etoile d’Or du Documentaire français:
* Kigali, des images contre un massacre / Kigali, Images Against a Massacre by Jean-Christophe Klotz
Dans la peau de [...]

by Andre Soares | January 27, 2007   
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