Emmanuel Mouret’s Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait aka Love Affair(s), about a pregnant woman and her boyfriend’s cousin, led the nominations for 2021 César Awards, announced on Wednesday morning with 13 mentions. It was followed closely by François Ozon’s gay teen romance Eté 85 (Summer of 85) and Albert Dupontel’s Adieu Les Cons (Bye Bye Morons), about a seriously ill woman tries to find her long-lost child, which each earned 12.
France’s Oscar shortlisted Two of Us from Filippo Meneghetti earned four nominations: Best Actress nods for both of its leads, Martine Chevallier and Barbara Sukowa, as well as Best Original Screenplay and Best Debut Feature.
Nominees in the Foreign Film category were Sam Mendes’ 1917, Todd Haynes’ Dark Waters, Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round (Oscar shortlisted on Tuesday for Denmark), Jan Komasa’s La Communion and Jonas Trueba’s Eva In August.
The 2021 César Awards are currently scheduled to take place on March 12 at Paris’ Olympia theater but no details about what type of ceremony – in-person, virtual or a hybrid – were yet available.
Here is the full list of nominations.
BEST FILM
Adieu Les Cons, dir: Albert Dupontel
Adolescentes, dir: Sébastien Lifshitz
Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes, dir: Caroline Vignal
Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait, dir: Emmanuel Mouret
Eté 85, dir: François Ozon
BEST DIRECTOR
Albert Dupontel, Adieu Les Cons
Maîwenn, DNA
Sébastien Lifshitz, Adolescentes
Emmanuel Mouret, Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait
François Ozon, Summer Of 85
BEST ACTRESS
Laure Calamy, Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes
Martine Chevallier, Two Of Us
Virginie Efira, Adieu Les Cons
Camélia Jordana, Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait
Barbara Sukowa, Two Of Us
BEST ACTOR
Sami Bouajila, Un Fils
Jonathan Cohen, Enorme
Albert Dupontel, Adieu Les Cons
Niels Schneider, Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait
Lambert Wilson, De Gaulle
BEST FOREIGN FILM
1917, dir: Sam Mendes
La Communion, dir: Jan Komasa
Dark Waters, dir: Todd Haynes
Another Round, dir: Thomas Vinterberg
Eva En Août, dir: Jonas Trueba
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Fanny Ardant, DNA
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Summer Of 85
Emilie Dequenne, Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait
Noémie Lvovsky, La Bonne Epouse
Yolande Moreau, La Bonne Epouse
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Edouard Baer, La Bonne Epouse
Louis Garrel, DNA
Benjamin Lavernhe, Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes
Vincent Macaigne, Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait
Nicolas Mairé, Adieu Les Cons
BEST FEMALE NEWCOMER
Mélissa Guers, La Fille Au Bracelet
India Hair, Poissonsexe
Julia Piaton, Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait
Camille Rutherford, Felicità
Fathia Youssouf, Cuties
BEST MALE NEWCOMER
Guang Huo, La Nuit Venue
Félix Lefebvre, Summer Of 85
Benjamin Voisin, Summer Of 85
Alexandre Wetter, Miss
Jean-Pascal Zadi, Tout Simplement Noir
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Albert Dupontel, Adieu Les Cons
Caroline Vignal, Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes
Emmanuel Mouret, Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait
Filippo Meneghetti & Malysone Bovorashy, Two Of Us
Benoît Delépine & Gustave Kerven, Effacer L’Historique
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Olivier Assayas, Cu Ban Network
Hannelore Cayre & Jean-Paul Salomé, La Daronne
François Ozon, Summer Of 85
Stéphanie Demoustier, La Fille Au Bracelet
Eric Barbier, Petit Pays
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Alexis Kavyrchine, Adieu Les Cons
Antoine Parouty & Paul Guilhaume, Adolescentes
Simon Beaufils, Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes
Laurent Desmet, Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait
Hichame Alaouié, Summer Of 85
BEST EDITING
Christophe Pinel, Adieu Les Cons
Tina Baz, Adolescentes
Annette Dutertre, Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes
Marital Salomon, Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait
Laure Gardette, Summer Of 85
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Mimi Lempicka, Adieu Les Cons
Madeline Fontaine, La Bonne Epouse
Hélène Davoudian, Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait
Anaïs Romand & Sergio Ballo, De Gaulle
Pascaline Chavanne, Summer Of 85
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Carlos Conti, Adieu Les Cons
Thierry François, La Bonne Epouse
David Faivre, Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait
Nicolas De Boiscuillé, De Gaulle
Benoît Barouh, Summer Of 85
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Calamity, Une Enfance De Martha Jane Cannary, dir: Rémi Chayé
Josep, dir: Aurel
Petit Vampire, dir: Joann Sfar
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Adolescentes, dir: Sébastien Lifshitz
La Cravate, dir: Etienne Chaillou & Mathias Théry
Cyrille Agriculteur, 30 Ans, 20 Vaches, Du Lait, Du Beurre, Des Dettes, dir: Rodolphe Marconi
Histoire D’Un Regard, dir: Mariana Otero
Un Pays Qui Se Tient Sage, dir: David Du Fresne
BEST FIRST FILM
Two Of Us, dir: Filippo Meneghetti
Garçon Chiffon, dir: Nicolas Maury
Cuties, dir: Maïmouna Doucouré
Tout Simplement Noir, dir: Jean-Pascal Zadi
Un Divan A Tunis, dir: Manele Labidi
BEST SCORE
Christophe Julien, Adieu Les Cons
Stephen Warbeck, DNA
Mateï Bratescot, Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes
Jean-Benoït Dunckel, Summer Of 85
Rone, La Nuit Venue
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