Yolande Moreau as Seraphine
"Mesrine" with 10 nominations only received three Césars in the end: for best film, best actor and best sound. "Séraphine", however, wiped the board clean with 7 Césars against 8 nominations. The other big winners were "I’ve loved you so long" with two awards and "Le premier jour du reste de ta vie" with 3 Césars incl. best male and best female new comers and best editing. "The Class" which had been nominated for an Oscar for best foreign film only picked up one César for best adaptation.
My beautiful Laundrette
This festival celebrates the best in new lesbian and gay cinema from around the world. So, what about France's collection of films of this genre?
From 25th March to 8th April.
The Barbican Film’s Directorspective for April, and continuing into May, focuses on the writer, critic and director François Truffaut; one of the key figures of French cinema in the second half of the 20th Century and the instigator of the innovative Nouvelle Vague(New Wave) movement .