The lack of women nominees was a talking point on Friday at the Cesar Awards, France’s answer to the Oscars, despite the top prize going to a film focusing on femicide.
Best Film went to “The Night of the 12th”, a thriller based on the true story of a young woman’s murder.
The only woman filmmaker whose movie was in the running for best film was Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, sister of France’s former first lady and singer Carla Bruni. “I am missing them,” added Merlant, who gained international attention in 2019’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”.Alice Diop won best debut for “Saint Omer” and told the audience: “We are not just passing through, and we are not just a fad.
The issue of women nominees was all the more awkward given that the Cesar Academy went through a root-and-branch renewal in 2020 after Roman Polanski, who has been convicted of raping a child in the 1970s, topped the list of nominees and won best director, triggering angry protests.
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