César 2006 Winners

Romain Duris, Linh Dan Pham in The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Jacques Audiard’s curious but uninvolving psychological drama De battre, mon coeur s’est arrêté / The Beat That My Heart Skipped — a remake of James Toback’s Fingers (1978) — won eight César awards, including best film, best director, best adapted screenplay (Audiard with Tonino Benacquista), and best supporting actor (Niels Arestrup) at the 2006 César Awards ceremony.

Michel Bouquet, Jalil Lespert in Le Promeneur du champ de Mars (top); Nathalie Baye in Le Petit Lieutenant (bottom)

Two veterans took home the top acting prizes: Eighty-year-old Michel Bouquet – whose career spans more than fifty years — was chosen best actor for his star turn as former French president [...]

by Andre Soares | February 25, 2006   
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César 2006

2006 César Awards
2006 César du Cinéma winners: Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on February 25, 2006
2006 César Nominations
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Romain Duris in The Beat That My Heart Skipped
 

Meilleur film français / Best French Film
* De battre, mon coeur s’est arrêté / The Beat That My Heart Skipped (Jacques Audiard)
Joyeux Noël / Merry Christmas (Christian Carion)
Le Petit lieutenant (Xavier Beauvois)
L’Enfant / The Child (Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne)
Va, vis et deviens / Go, See and Become (Radu Mihaileanu)
Meilleur film étranger / Best Foreign Film
A History of Violence (David Cronenberg)
Mar adentro / The Sea Inside (Alejandro Amenabar)
Match Point (Woody Allen)
* Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood)
Walk on Water (Eytan Fox)
Meilleur [...]

by Andre Soares | February 25, 2006   
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