César Awards 2008

2008 César Awards
French Academy of Film Arts and Sciences’ 2008 César du Cinéma nominations: January 25, 2008
2008 César du Cinéma winners: the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, on February 22, 2008
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

BEST FILM / MEILLEUR FILM
* La graine et le mulet / The Secret of the Grain
directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
produced by Claude Berri
La Môme / La Vie en Rose
directed by Olivier Dahan
produced by Alain Goldman
Persepolis
directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
produced by Marc-Antoine Robert and Xavier Rigault
Le Scaphandre et le papillon / The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
directed by Julian Schnabel
produced by Jérôme Seydoux
Un secret / A Secret
directed by Claude Miller
produced by Yves Marmion

BEST FIRST FILM / MEILLEUR PREMIER FILM
Ceux qui restent / Those Who [...]

by Andre Soares | February 22, 2008   
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Berlin 2007: Marianne Faithfull, THE WITNESSES

Peeping jane Marianne Faithfull tries to see if there’s a best actress Silver Bear awaiting her on the other side of the glory hole.

In The Guardian, Geoffrey Macnab interviews Marianne Faithfull, whose Irina Palm, the story of a woman who becomes a sex worker in order to get money for her sick grandson, was screened at the Berlinale:
"Irina Palm is far less voyeuristic than such a synopsis might suggest. Faithfull plays Maggie beautifully, with an understatement that belies her rock’n’roll past. She is at pains to point out that there is nothing remotely glamorous or funny about working in the sex industry. ‘I’ve had friends who worked in the sex trade, really good friends. And they are now dead. [...]

by Andre Soares | February 15, 2007   
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