Ophew! Everything went pretty well. Charged with an impossible mission, like the opening credits, Antoine de Caunes, descended from the hangers of the Olympia like a superhero, restored a little order in a ceremony which had fallen into the no matter what.
For this 47and edition dedicated to Gaspard Ulliel, he breathed a little rhythm, endured a few more lengths and muddy speeches without departing from a mocking humor which is his trademark. Each winner had been instructed to keep it short. Everyone more or less respected him.
No skids
Obviously, 3:40 a.m. of thanks, thanks, thanks is a bit tedious and the master of ceremonies had warned us that she would be “between a Super Bowl halftime and karaoke with Houellebecq. It was Titanium or herbal tea”. We understood that between the super trendy of the between-ones and Good night kids, it was difficult to find the right tone when the bombs fell on Kiev and before the Caesars were called “Vladimirs”. Antoine de Caunes rightly recalled that we were there to celebrate cinema first. The president of the evening, Danièle Thompson, did the same. Message received. But in order not to be too old-fashioned, we let the youtuber “Marie s’infiltre” decline her rhymes in Q… and show hers at the end.
Diversity and parity were in order, but no one slipped or threw spades at the Minister of Culture, Roselyne Bachelot, so generous with the profession, quietly sitting in her seat and not behind the scenes like last year. .
Full box for lost illusions
On the prize list side, we noticed that the 4,600 voters of the Academy did not appreciate the style too fit and politically incorrect of BAC North and the anger of Gilles Lellouche, left empty-handed, preferring the vocalizations of Leos Carax’s rock opera, Annette, and the lyricism of lost illusions by Xavier Giannoli. Virginie Efira transformed into a hysterical nun in Benedetta had little chance of winning the Caesar for best actress from Valérie Lemercier, female orchestra of her dramatic comedy Aline. Awarded Best Supporting Actor in The divide, Aissatou Diallo Sagna dedicated her Caesar to her fellow caregivers. We wish him good luck in a ruthless universe. The Sparks had not come for nothing since they later won the César for best soundtrack
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As it should be, we paid a beautiful tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo, while a tearful and verbose Xavier Dolan read a convoluted letter to the mother of Gaspard Ulliel. José Garcia took a lap with the Mariachis, Vincent Lacoste preferred to laugh while holding his trophy, Adam Driver was doing extras and Cate Blanchett, imperial, was overwhelmed by the superlatives of Isabelle Huppert who had come to give her her honorary Caesar. At the end of the evening, lost illusions had won the bet (7 Caesars), the documentary on The snow panther triumphed, while The Father, an English film directed by Frenchman Florian Zeller, won the César for best foreign film. We were breathing.
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It should be noted that the chic trend of the Caesars is to be absent-present at this kind of ceremony. A way to be sorry. Like Albert Dupontel, last year, Leos Carax and Xavier Giannoli did not come. Too much pressure probably.
No doubt, this 47and Cesar ceremony, followed by only 1.3 million viewers, or 300,000 less than last year, without false controversies, had something smooth but relaxing. Doubtless, Jean Yanne would have had fun with this remake of Everyone is handsome, everyone is nice.