Valérie Lemercier Articles

César 2007 Winners: Part I In spite of its nine nods, Days of Glory was another sentimental favorite that failed to receive much love from French Academy members. The war drama won only one César — for best original screenplay (Rachid Bouchareb and Olivier Lorelle). Days of Glory, about North African soldiers who fought for France during World War II, is up for a best [...]

Marina Hands in Lady Chatterley by Pascale Ferran Perhaps there's hope for this evening's Oscar ceremony. On Saturday, I watched (most of) the French Academy of Film Arts and Sciences' 32nd César du cinéma ceremony held last night (late morning/early afternoon Los Angeles time) at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The event, hosted by actress Valérie Lemercier and dedicated to recently deceased French film [...]

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 [...]

Romain Duris in The Beat That My Heart Skipped (top); Guillaume Canet, Daniel Brühl, Alex Ferns in Merry Christmas (middle); Roni Hadar in Go, See and Become (bottom) This year's winners of the French equivalent to the Oscars, the Prix César, will be announced on Feb. 25 at a ceremony held at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Best actress nominee Valérie Lemercier (for Palais [...]