Cesar Award Winners
A Nobel prize nomination for Literature is vastly different than what Bush was "up for." (And he really wasn't in major contention -- more on that later) To be fair Oscar Guy, Italiano is right - the Literature prize comes form a group of (mostly liberal) intellectuals and any nomination here is a high honor.
What happened with Dubya was that Norwegian lawmaker Jan Simonsen of the RIGHT WING Party of Progress, nominated him along with Tony Blair (and had nominated Blair several years in a row) for "removing Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein" and lessening "the chance of a war using weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East" and "laying the foundation for the development of democracy." All of which we now know to be completely false. Meanwhile a group of other Norwegian experts (including the director of the Peace Research Institute) gave Bush and Blair no chance of winning, mainly because most members of the awards committee, were deeply (and correctly) opposed to the war in Iraq.
Edited By Nik on 1204568215
What happened with Dubya was that Norwegian lawmaker Jan Simonsen of the RIGHT WING Party of Progress, nominated him along with Tony Blair (and had nominated Blair several years in a row) for "removing Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein" and lessening "the chance of a war using weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East" and "laying the foundation for the development of democracy." All of which we now know to be completely false. Meanwhile a group of other Norwegian experts (including the director of the Peace Research Institute) gave Bush and Blair no chance of winning, mainly because most members of the awards committee, were deeply (and correctly) opposed to the war in Iraq.
Edited By Nik on 1204568215
I got the list from the Variety website, and it didn't include the Honorary winners; don't know why.ITALIANO wrote:I just wondered why the list posted below included even Documentary Feature (!) and strangely NOT the honorary Cesars.
"...it is the weak who are cruel, and...gentleness is only to be expected from the strong." - Leo Reston
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
Hustler wrote:ITALIANO wrote:Jeanne Moreau and Roberto Benigni were given honorary Cesars.
What the hell? Were they drunk? I´m talking about Benigni.
He's considered to be a great artist on this side of the Atlantic, Hustler. (He was even submitted to the Swedish Academy for the Nobel Prize recently). And we are not stupid, believe me. Definitely not.
I just wondered why the list posted below included even Documentary Feature (!) and strangely NOT the honorary Cesars.
Benigni may be persona non grata here, but the world isn't limited to this board, and it's good to remember it sometimes.
Edited By ITALIANO on 1204551259
Oh, let's not start that. Roberto Benigni isn't a blight on the face of cinema and Hilary Swank isn't the Agent of Satan. I'm tired of this.
"...it is the weak who are cruel, and...gentleness is only to be expected from the strong." - Leo Reston
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
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FILM
Abdellatif Kechiche, "The Secret of the Grain"
ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en rose"
ACTOR
Mathieu Amalric, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
DIRECTOR
Abdellatif Kechiche, "The Secret of the Grain"
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Abdellatif Kechiche, "The Secret of the Grain"
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, "Persepolis"
FIRST FILM
Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, "Persepolis"
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Julie Depardieu, "A Secret"
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sami Bouajila, "The Witnesses"
BEST FEMALE NEWCOMER
Hafsia Herzi, "The Secret of the Grain"
BEST MALE NEWCOMER
Laurent Stocker, "Hunting and Gathering"
SOUND
Laurent Zellig, Pascal Villard and Jean-Paul Hurier, "La Vie en rose"
MUSICAL SCORE
Alex Beaupain, "Les chansons d'amour"
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tetsuo Nagata, "La Vie en rose"
ART DIRECTION
Olivier Raoux, "La Vie en rose"
COSTUME DESIGN
Marit Allen, "La Vie en rose"
EDITING
Juliette Welfing, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
SHORT
"Le Mozart des pickpockets," Philippe Pollet-Villard
FOREIGN FILM
"The Lives of Others," Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Germany)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Terror's Advocat," Barbet Schroeder
Abdellatif Kechiche, "The Secret of the Grain"
ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en rose"
ACTOR
Mathieu Amalric, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
DIRECTOR
Abdellatif Kechiche, "The Secret of the Grain"
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Abdellatif Kechiche, "The Secret of the Grain"
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, "Persepolis"
FIRST FILM
Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, "Persepolis"
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Julie Depardieu, "A Secret"
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sami Bouajila, "The Witnesses"
BEST FEMALE NEWCOMER
Hafsia Herzi, "The Secret of the Grain"
BEST MALE NEWCOMER
Laurent Stocker, "Hunting and Gathering"
SOUND
Laurent Zellig, Pascal Villard and Jean-Paul Hurier, "La Vie en rose"
MUSICAL SCORE
Alex Beaupain, "Les chansons d'amour"
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tetsuo Nagata, "La Vie en rose"
ART DIRECTION
Olivier Raoux, "La Vie en rose"
COSTUME DESIGN
Marit Allen, "La Vie en rose"
EDITING
Juliette Welfing, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
SHORT
"Le Mozart des pickpockets," Philippe Pollet-Villard
FOREIGN FILM
"The Lives of Others," Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Germany)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Terror's Advocat," Barbet Schroeder
"...it is the weak who are cruel, and...gentleness is only to be expected from the strong." - Leo Reston
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster