The 12th

César Awards The César Award is the national film award of France. It is delivered in the ' ceremony and was first awarded in 1976. The nominations are selected by the members of twelve categories of filmmaking professionals and supported by the French Min ...

ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1986 and took place on 7 March 1987 at the Palais des Congrès in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

. The ceremony was chaired by Sean Connery and hosted by

Michel Drucker Michel Drucker, CQ (born 12 September 1942 in Vire) is a popular French journalist and TV host. He has been on screen for so long on various shows and different networks, both public and private, that he once said that some people joked that h ...

and

Pierre Tchernia Pierre Tcherniakowski (29 January 1928 – 8 October 2016), better known as Pierre Tchernia, was a French cinema and television producer, screenwriter, presenter, animator and actor. In France he was known as ''"Magic" Tchernia'' and ''Monsieur Ci ...

. '' Thérèse'' won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

The winners are highlighted in bold: *

Best Film This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...

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'' Thérèse'', directed by

Alain Cavalier Alain Cavalier (; born 14 September 1931) is a French film director. Biography Cavalier was born in Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher and studied film at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques. He won several awards, including the César Award ...

'' 37°2 le matin'', directed by

Jean-Jacques Beineix Jean-Jacques Beineix (; 8 October 1946 – 13 January 2022) was a French film director best known for the films ''Diva'' and ''Betty Blue''. His work is regarded as a prime example of the ''cinéma du look'' film movement in France. Early life ...

'' Jean de Florette'', directed by

Claude Berri Claude Berri (; 1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor. Early life Born Claude Beri Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish immigrant parents. His mother, Beila (née Bercu), w ...

'' Mélo'', directed by

Alain Resnais Alain Resnais (; 3 June 19221 March 2014) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included ...

'' Tenue de soirée'', directed by

Bertrand Blier Bertrand Blier (; born 14 March 1939) is a French film director and writer. His 1978 film '' Get Out Your Handkerchiefs'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards. He is the son of famous French actor Bern ...

Best Foreign Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...

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'' Der Name der Rose'', directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
'' After Hours'', directed by

Martin Scorsese Martin Charles Scorsese ( , ; born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Scorsese emerged as one of the major figures of the New Hollywood era. He is the recipient of many major accolades, inclu ...

'' Hannah and Her Sisters'', directed by

Woody Allen Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...

'' The Mission'', directed by

Roland Joffé Roland Joffé (born 17 November 1945) is a British director and producer of film and television, known for the Academy Award-winning films ''The Killing Fields'' and '' The Mission''. He began his career in television, his early credits inclu ...

Out of Africa ''Out of Africa'' is a memoir by the Danish author Karen Blixen. The book, first published in 1937, recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya, then called British East Africa. The book is a lyrical meditation on ...

'', directed by Sydney Pollack * Best First Work:
'' La Femme de ma vie'', directed by

Régis Wargnier Régis Wargnier (; born 18 April 1948) is a French film director, film producer, screenwriter and film score composer. His 1992 film ''Indochine (film), Indochine'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards. ...

'' Black Mic Mac'', directed by

Thomas Gilou Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

'' Je hais les acteurs'', directed by

Gérard Krawczyk Gérard Krawczyk (17 May 1953, Paris) is a French film director. He is of Polish descent (his grandparents were from Częstochowa). Filmography Director * ''Homicide by Night'' (1984) * ''Je hais les acteurs'' (a.k.a. ''I hate actors'') (1986 ...

Noir et blanc ''Noir et Blanc'' is a 1986 French film written and directed by Claire Devers. Cast *Francis Frappat, Antoine *Jacques Martial, Dominique *Catherine Belkhodja, la femme de ménage *Joséphine Fresson, Edith *Benoît Régent, l'hôtelier *Marc B ...

'', directed by

Claire Devers Claire Devers (born 20 August 1955, in Paris) is a French film director and screenwriter. She was nominated for the 1987 César Award for Best Debut for directing ''Noir et Blanc'' (1986). Filmography *''Noir et Blanc ''Noir et Blanc'' is a ...

* Best Actor:

Daniel Auteuil Daniel Auteuil (; born 24 January 1950) is a French actor and director who has appeared in a wide range of film genres, including period dramas, romantic comedies, and crime thrillers. In 1996 he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Fest ...

, for '' Jean de Florette''

Jean-Hugues Anglade Jean-Hugues Anglade (born 29 July 1955) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, known for his roles as Eric in ''Killing Zoe'', Zorg in ''Betty Blue'' and Marco, the boyfriend of Nikita in '' Nikita''. Personal life Anglade was born ...

, for '' 37°2 le matin''

Christophe Malavoy Christophe Malavoy (born 21 March 1952 in Reutlingen, West Germany), is a French actor. Selected filmography References External links

* 1952 births Living people 20th-century French male actors French male film actors Most Promising ...

, for '' La Femme de ma vie''

André Dussollier André Dussollier (born 17 February 1946) is a French actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as fi ...

, for '' Mélo''
Michel Blanc, for '' Tenue de soirée'' *

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...

Sabine Azéma Sabine Azéma (born 20 September 1949) is a French stage and film actress and director. Born in Paris, she graduated from the Paris Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. Career Her film career began in 1975. Azéma appeared in '' A Sunday in the ...

, for '' Mélo''
Béatrice Dalle, for '' 37°2 le matin''

Jane Birkin Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an English-French singer and actress. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. She also had a prolific career ...

, for '' La Femme de ma vie''

Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche (; born 9 March 1964) is a French actress and dancer. She has appeared in more than sixty feature films and has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Silver Bear, ...

, for ''

Mauvais sang ''Mauvais Sang'' (, ''Bad Blood''), also known as ''The Night Is Young'', is Leos Carax's second film. Released in 1986, the film played at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival before being nominated for three César Awards and winning the ...

Miou-Miou Sylvette Herry (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Miou-Miou (), is a French actress. A ten-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Actress for the 1979 film ''Memoirs of a French Whore''. Her other films incl ...

, for '' Tenue de soirée'' * Best Supporting Actor:

Pierre Arditi Pierre Arditi (born 1 December 1944) is a French actor. He is the brother of French actress Catherine Arditi. Life and career Born in Paris, his father was the painter Georges Arditi, from Marseille of Jewish descent, and his mother Yvonne ...

, for '' Mélo''

Gérard Darmon Gérard Darmon (born 29 February 1948) is a French- Moroccan actor and singer. Personal life He was the second husband of actress Mathilda May (mother of his two youngest children). He has three children: Virginie (born 1968) and, by May, daug ...

, for '' 37°2 le matin''

Jean-Louis Trintignant Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (; 11 December 1930 – 17 June 2022) was a French actor. He made his theatrical debut in 1951, and went on to be regarded as one of the best French dramatic actors of the post-war era. He starred in many classic fi ...

, for '' La Femme de ma vie''

Jean Carmet Jean Carmet (25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor. Life and career Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internatio ...

, for '' Les Fugitifs''

Claude Piéplu Claude Léon Auguste Piéplu (9 May 1923, Paris–24 May 2006, Paris) was a French theater, film and television actor. He was known for his hoarse and frayed voice. Selected filmography *''D'homme à hommes'' (1948) - (uncredited) *'' Le R ...

, for '' Le Paltoquet'' * Best Supporting Actress:

Emmanuelle Béart Emmanuelle Béart (born 14 August 1963)
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, for '' Manon des sources''

Clémentine Célarié Clémentine Célarié (born 12 October 1957) is a French actress, writer, director and singer.

, for '' 37°2 le matin''

Marie Dubois Marie Dubois (born Claudine Lucie Pauline Huzé; 12 January 1937 – 15 October 2014) was a Parisian-born French actress. Career She studied at l'École de la rue Blanche (ENSATT) and made her film debut in 1959, first gaining notice the next ...

, for ''

Descente aux enfers ''Descent into Hell'' (french: Descente aux enfers) is a 1986 French psychological thriller film directed by Francis Girod from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jean-Loup Dabadie, based on the 1955 novel ''The Wounded and the Slain'' by David Good ...

Danielle Darrieux Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux (; 1 May 1917 – 17 October 2017) was a French actress of stage, television and film, as well as a singer and dancer. Beginning in 1931, she appeared in more than 110 films. She was one of France's g ...

, for ''

Le Lieu du crime ''Scene of the Crime'' (french: Le Lieu du crime) is a 1986 French crime drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Wadeck Stanczak and Victor Lanoux. The film tells the story of a crumbling family in r ...

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Jeanne Moreau, for '' Le Paltoquet'' * Most Promising Actor:
Isaach De Bankolé, for '' Black Mic Mac''

Rémi Martin The Remi were an ancient Belgic tribe. Remi may also refer to: People * Georges Prosper Remi (1907–1983), a Belgian comic book writer and artist, best known for his comic ''The Adventures of Tintin'', better known as "Hergé" * Jose Vega Sant ...

, for '' Conseil de famille''

Jean-Philippe Écoffey Jean-Philippe Écoffey (born 8 July 1959) is a Swiss actor. He has appeared in more than sixty films since 1985. Selected filmography References External links * 1959 births Living people Swiss male film actors {{Switzerland- ...

, for '' Gardien de la nuit''
Cris Campion, for '' Pirates'' * Most Promising Actress:
Catherine Mouchet, for '' Thérèse''

Dominique Blanc Dominique Blanc (born 25 April 1956) is a French actress. She is known for her roles in the films '' May Fools'' (1990), '' Indochine'' (1992), '' La Reine Margot'' (1994), ''Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train'' (1998), and '' The Other One'' ...

, for '' La Femme de ma vie''
Julie Delpy, for ''

Marianne Basler Marianne Basler (born 9 March 1964) is a French actress. She appeared in more than eighty films since 1980. Selected filmography References External links * 1964 births Living people French film actresses {{France-film-act ...

, for ''

Rosa la rose, fille publique ''Rosa la rose, fille publique'' is a French film by Paul Vecchiali, released in 1985. Synopsis Rosa is a 20 year old prostitute, the beauty of Les Halles. She is healthy and radiant and does not refuse any fantasy. Men jostle for a pass with ...

'' *

Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...

, for '' Thérèse''

, for '' 37°2 le matin''

, for '' Jean de Florette''

, for '' Mélo''

, for '' Tenue de soirée'' * Best Writing:

, Camille de Casabianca, for '' Thérèse''
Francis Veber, for '' Les Fugitifs''

Gérard Brach Gérard Brach (23 July 1927 – 9 September 2006) was a French screenwriter best known for his collaborations with the film directors Roman Polanski and Jean-Jacques Annaud. He directed two movies: ''La Maison'' and ''The Boat on the Grass''. ...

, for '' Jean de Florette''

, for '' Tenue de soirée'' * Best Cinematography:

Philippe Rousselot Philippe Rousselot, (born 4 September 1945) is a French cinematographer and film director best known for his wide range of work in both European and mainstream American cinema, ranging in genres from drama, to fantasy, to blockbusters. He ha ...

, for '' Thérèse''

Bruno Nuytten Bruno Nuytten (born 28 August 1945) is a French cinematographer turned director. ''Camille Claudel'' which was Nuytten's first directorial and screenwriting effort, won the César Award for Best film in 1989. The film starred and was co-produced ...

, for '' Jean de Florette''

Jean-Yves Escoffier Jean-Yves Escoffier (12 July 1950 – 1 April 2003) was a French cinematographer. For his work on films by Leos Carax, Escoffier received the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer and was nominated for the César Award for Best Cinemat ...

, for ''

Charles Van Damme Charles Van Damme (born May 1946) is a Belgian cinematographer and film director. He has worked on 40 films since 1973. His film ''The Violin Player'' was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' One Sings, the Ot ...

, for '' Mélo'' * Best Costume Design:

Anthony Powell Anthony Dymoke Powell ( ; 21 December 1905 – 28 March 2000) was an English novelist best known for his 12-volume work ''A Dance to the Music of Time'', published between 1951 and 1975. It is on the list of longest novels in English. Powell' ...

, for '' Pirates''

Catherine Leterrier Catherine Leterrier (born 26 October 1942) is a French costume designer. Leterrier is the wife of François Leterrier, mother of Louis Leterrier, daughter of André Fabius, she is the sister of Laurent Fabius Laurent Fabius (; born 20 Au ...

, for '' Mélo''
Yvette Bonnay, for '' Thérèse'' * Best Sound:
Bernard Leroux, Claude Villand, Michel Desrois, William Flageollet, for '' 'Round Midnight''

Pierre Gamet Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

, Laurent Quaglio, Dominique Hennequin, for '' Jean de Florette''
Dominique Hennequin, Bernard Bats, for '' Tenue de soirée''
Alain Lachassagne, Dominique Dalmasso, for '' Thérèse'' * Best Editing:
Isabelle Dedieu, for '' Thérèse''
Armand Psenny, for '' Round Midnight''
Monique Prim, for '' 37°2 le matin''
Claudine Merlin, for '' Tenue de soirée'' *

Best Music Best or The Best may refer to: People * Best (surname), people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer Companies and organizations * Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain * Best Lock Corporatio ...

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Herbie Hancock, for '' 'Round Midnight''

Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (Arabic: غبريال يارد; born 7 October 1949) is a Lebanese-French composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Yared scored the French films ''Betty Blue'' and ''Camille Claud ...

, for '' 37°2 le matin''

Jean-Claude Petit Jean-Claude Petit (born 14 November 1943) is a French composer and arranger, born in Vaires-sur-Marne. After accompanying jazzmen in his childhood, Petit went to the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied harmony and counterpoint. He did the st ...

, for '' Jean de Florette''
Serge Gainsbourg, for '' Tenue de soirée'' * Best Production Design:
Pierre Guffroy, for '' Pirates''
Alexandre Trauner, for '' 'Round Midnight''

Jacques Saulnier Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...

, for '' Mélo''
Bernard Evein, for '' Thérèse'' *Best Fiction Short:
'' La Goula'', directed by Roger Guillot
'' Alger la blanche'', directed by

Cyril Collard Cyril Collard (; 19 December 1957, Paris − 5 March 1993, Paris) was a French author, filmmaker, composer, musician and actor. He is known for his unapologetic portrayals of bisexuality and HIV in art, particularly his autobiographical novel and ...

'' Les Arcandiers'', directed by Manuel Sanchez
'' Bel ragazzo'', directed by

Georges Bensoussan Georges Bensoussan (born 17 February 1952) is a French historian. Bensoussan was born in Morocco. He is the editor of the '' Revue d'histoire de la Shoah'' ("Shoah History Review"). He won the Memory of the Shoah Prize from the Jacob Buchman Found ...

'' Belle de jour'', directed by Henri Gruvman
'' Bocetta revient de guerre'', directed by Jean-Pierre Sinapi
'' Le Bridge'', directed by Gilles Dagneau *

Honorary César The César Award is France's national film award. Recipients are selected by the members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. The following are the recipients of the Honorary César award since 1976. Recipients 1970s 1980s 199 ...

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Etablissement cinématographique des Armées

Yves Allégret Yves Allégret (13 October 1905 – 31 January 1987) was a French film director, often working in the film noir genre. He was born in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine and died in Paris. He was an assistant to film directors such as his broth ...

- Posthumously

Jean Gabin Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976) was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films including ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937), '' La grande illusion'' (1937), ''Le Quai des brumes'' ...

- Posthumously
Jean-Luc Godard

References

External links

Official website
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12th César Awards
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1987 film awards Cesar

Winners and nominees

See also

References

External links