The French Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled the nominations for this year’s Cesars. Gangster movie Public Enemy Number One topped the nominations with nods in 10 categories. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony which takes place in Paris on February 27.
Here are the Cesar nominees:
MOTION PICTURE
The Class
I’ve Loved You so Long
Public Enemy Number One
Paris
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
Seraphine
A Christmas Tale
DIRECTOR
Remi Bezancon, The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
Laurent Cantet, The Class
Arnaud Desplechin, A Christmas Tale
Martin Provost, Seraphine
Jean-Francois Richet, Public Enemy Number One
ACTOR
Vincent Cassel, Public Enemy Number One
Francois-Xavier Demaison, Coluche, l’histoire d’un mec
Guillaume Depardieu, Versailles
Albert Dupontel, Deux jours a tuer
Jacques Gamblin, The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
ACTRESS
Catherine Frot, Le crime est notre affaire
Yolande Moreau, Seraphine
Kristin Scott Thomas, I’ve Loved You so Long
Tilda Swinton, Julia
Sylvie Testud, Sagan
FIRST FILM
Home, Ursula Meier
I’ve Loved You so Long, Philippe Claudel
Mascarades, Lyes Salem
Versailles, Pierre Schoeller
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Marc Abdelnour, Martin Provost, Seraphine
Remi Bezancon, The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
Dany Boon, Franck Magnier, Alexandre Charlot, Welcome to the Sticks
Philippe Claudel, I’ve Loved You So Long
Arnaud Desplechin, Emmanuel Bourdieu, A Christmas Tale
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Eric Assous, Francois d’Epenoux, Jean Becker, Deux jours a tuer
Clemence de Bieville, Francois Caviglioli, Nathalie Lafaurie, Le Crime est notre affaire
Laurent Cantet, Francois Begaudeau, Robin Campillo, The Class
Abdel Raouf Dafri, Jean-Francois Richet, Public Enemy Number One
Christophe Honore, Gilles Taurand, La Belle personne
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Laurent Brunet, Seraphine
Robert Gantz, Public Enemy Number One
Eric Gautier, A Christmas Tale
Agnes Godard, Home
Tom Stern, Paris 36
FOREIGN FILM
Eldorado
Gomorra
Into the Wild
Lorna’s Silence
There Will Be Blood
Two Lovers
Waltz with Bashir
DOCUMENTARY
Elle s’appelle Sabine
Hollywood, I’ll Sleep Over Tonight
The Beaches of Agnes
Tabarly
La Vie moderne