This Friday, February 28, the Academy will reveal the big winners of this 2020 edition. Between the favorites and the outsiders, we take stock of the films nominated for the Césars.
The votes are closed, the games are cast. In a few hours, we will know the complete winners of the César 2020. This Friday, February 28, 2020, the great family of French cinema is meeting to reward directors, producers, actors and technicians who have made the seventh hexagonal art shine in 2019. And some title contenders are already favorites. This is the case of Les Miserables, which has 11 nominations. The feature film was also awarded the Daniel Toscan-du-Plantier prize, awarded by the Academy to reward the most daring producers, and was acclaimed by the exhibitors, who represent part of the voters. Observers who played the game of predictions imagine Ladj Ly’s feature film winning the César for best film, while Céline Sciamma could be awarded the title of Best Director for Portrait of a young girl on fire (nominated at 10 times)
On the interpretation side, several moviegoers are counting on Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant for Best Actress (still for Portrait of the young girl on fire), Roschdy Zem, Daniel Auteuil or Jean Dujardin for Best Actor. The supporting roles could see the coronation of Hélène Vincent (Exceptional) or Josiane Balasko (Thanks to God) on the women’s side, Benjamin Lavernhe (My Unknown) or Grégory Gadebois (I accuse) for the men. Among the other films nominated several times, we find La Belle Époque (11 nominations), Grace à Dieu and Hors normes (8 nominations each), which could also collect several prizes. But what about I accuse? Named 12 times, Roman Polanski’s latest film has sparked controversy, with the director being accused by many women of rape and sexual assault. If the film was the favorite when the nominations were announced, the controversy could cool some voters. But with the Caesars, nothing is ever decided in advance. We will therefore have to wait for the official announcement of the winners to find out if these predictions are true.
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