33rd César Awards

33rd César Awards
Date	22 February 2008
Site	Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
Host	Antoine de Caunes
Highlights
Best Film	The Secret of the Grain
Best Actor	Mathieu Amalric
Best Actress	Marion Cotillard
Television coverage
Network	Canal+

The 33rd César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best films of 2007 in France and took place on 22 February 2008 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Jean Rochefort and hosted by Antoine de Caunes. The Secret of the Grain won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

The nominees were announced on 25 January 2008. The winners are in bold.

Best Actor – Leading Role

• Mathieu Amalric – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
  • Michel Blanc – The Witnesses (Les témoins)
  • Jean-Pierre Darroussin – Conversations with My Gardener (Dialogue avec mon jardinier)
  • Vincent Lindon – Those Who Remain (Ceux qui restent)
  • Jean-Pierre Marielle – Let's Dance (Faut que ça danse!)

Best Actor – Supporting Role

• Sami Bouajila – The Witnesses (Les témoins)
  • Pascal Greggory – La Vie en Rose (La môme)
  • Michael Lonsdale – Heartbeat Detector (La question humaine)
  • Fabrice Luchini – Molière
  • Laurent Stocker – Hunting and Gathering (Ensemble, c'est tout)

Best Actress – Leading Role

• Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose (La môme)
  • Isabelle Carré – Anna M.
  • Cécile de France – A Secret (Un secret)
  • Marina Foïs – Darling
  • Catherine Frot – Odette Toulemonde

Best Actress – Supporting Role

• Julie Depardieu – A Secret (Un secret)
  • Noémie Lvovsky – Actrices
  • Bulle Ogier – Let's Dance (Faut que ça danse!)
  • Ludivine Sagnier – A Secret (Un secret)
  • Sylvie Testud – La Vie en Rose (La môme)

Best Cinematography

• La Vie en Rose (La môme) – Tetsuo Nagata
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) – Janusz Kamiński
  • Intimate Enemies (L'Ennemi Intime) – Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci
  • The Second Wind (Le deuxième souffle) – Yves Angelo
  • A Secret (Un secret) – Gérard de Battista

Best Costume Design

• La Vie en Rose (La môme) – Marit Allen
  • Jacquou le Croquant – Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz
  • Molière – Pierre-Jean Larroque
  • The Second Wind (Le deuxième souffle) – Corinne Jorry
  • A Secret (Un secret) – Jacqueline Bouchard

Best Director

• Abdel Kechiche – The Secret of the Grain (La graine et le mulet)
  • Olivier Dahan – La Vie en Rose (La môme)
  • Claude Miller – A Secret (Un secret)
  • Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
  • André Téchiné – The Witnesses (Les témoins)

Best Film

• The Secret of the Grain (La graine et le mulet) – Abdel Kechiche
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) – Julian Schnabel
  • Persepolis – Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
  • A Secret (Un secret) – Claude Miller
  • La Vie en Rose (La môme) – Olivier Dahan

Best First Film

• Persepolis – Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
  • All Is Forgiven (Tout est pardonné) – Mia Hansen-Løve
  • Just About Love? (Et toi t'es sur qui?) – Lola Doillon
  • Those Who Remain (Ceux qui restent) – Anne le Ny
  • Water Lilies (Naissance des pieuvres) – Céline Sciamma

Best Foreign Film

• The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) • Germany
  • 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile) – Cristian Mungiu • Romania
  • Eastern Promises – David Cronenberg • Canada
  • The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite) – Fatih Akin • Germany
  • We Own the Night – James Gray • USA

Best Music Written for a Film

• Love Songs (Les chansons d'amour) – Alex Beaupain
  • Persepolis – Olivier Bernet
  • Intimate Enemies (L'Ennemi Intime) – Alexandre Desplat
  • A Secret (Un secret) – Zbigniew Preisner
  • Let's Dance (Faut que ça danse!) – Archie Shepp

Best Production Design

• La Vie en Rose (La môme) – Olivier Raoux
  • Jacquou le croquant – Christian Marti
  • Molière – Françoise Dupertuis
  • The Second Wind (Le deuxième souffle) – Thierry Flamand
  • A Secret (Un secret) – Jean-Pierre Kohut Svelko

Best Short Film

• Le Mozart des Pickpockets
  • La promenade
  • Premier voyage
  • Deweneti
  • Rachel

Best Writing – Adaptation

• Persepolis – Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
  • Darling – Christine Carrière
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) – Ronald Harwood
  • Hunting and Gathering (Ensemble, c'est tout) – Claude Berri
  • A Secret (Un secret) – Nathalie Carter and Claude Miller

Best Writing – Original

• The Secret of the Grain (La graine et le mulet) – Abdel Kechiche
  • 2 Days in Paris – Julie Delpy
  • Molière – Laurent Tirard and Grégoire Vigneron
  • Those Who Remain (Ceux qui restent) – Anne le Ny
  • La Vie en Rose (La môme) – Olivier Dahan

Most Promising Actor

• Laurent Stocker – Hunting and Gathering (Ensemble, c'est tout)
  • Johan Libéreau – The Witnesses (Les témoins)
  • Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet – Love Songs (Les chansons d'amour)
  • Nicolas Cazalé – The Grocer's Son (Le fils de l'épicier)
  • Jocelyn Quivrin – 99 francs

Most Promising Actress

• Hafsia Herzi – The Secret of the Grain (La graine et le mulet)
  • Louise Blachère – Water Lilies (Naissance des pieuvres)
  • Audrey Dana – Roman de gare
  • Adèle Haenel – Water Lilies (Naissance des pieuvres)
  • Clotilde Hesme – Love Songs (Les chansons d'amour)

Best Sound

• Laurent Zeilig, Pascal Villard, Jean-Paul Hurier and Marc Doisne for La Vie en Rose (La môme)
• Guillaume Le Braz, Valérie Deloof, Agnès Ravez and Thierry Delor for Love Songs (Les chansons d'amour)
• Jean-Paul Mugel, Francis Wargniez and Dominique Gaborieau for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
• Thierry Lebon, Eric Chevallier and Samy Bardet for Persepolis
• Antoine Deflandre, Germain Boulay and Eric Tisserand for Intimate Enemies (L'Ennemi Intime)

Best Editing

• Juliette Welfling for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
• Yves Beloniak and Richard Marizy for La Vie en Rose (La môme)
• Stéphane Roche for Persepolis
• Véronique Lange for A Secret (Un secret)
• Camille Toubkis and Ghalya Lacroix for The Secret of the Grain (La graine et le mulet)

Best Documentary

• Terror's Advocate
• Les Lip, l'imagination au pouvoir
• Le premier cri
• Les animaux amoureux
• Retour en Normandie

Honorary César

• Roberto Benigni, Italian actor, screenwriter and director
• Jeanne Moreau, French actress, screenwriter and director
• Romy Schneider (posthumous), actress

See also

• 80th Academy Awards
• 61st British Academy Film Awards
• 20th European Film Awards
• 13th Lumières Awards

External links

• Official website
• 33rd César Awards at IMDb
• 33rd César Awards at AlloCiné