51st César Awards – ‘The Ties That Bind Us’ Wins Best Film, Richard Linklater Nabs Best Director

Carine Tardieu’s The Ties That Bind Us (L’Attachement) won Best Film at the 51st César Awards, along with Best Supporting Actress for Vimala Pons and Best Adaptation.

Adapted from Alice Ferney’s novel L’Intimité, the drama stars Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as a fiercely independent woman with no interest in motherhood who forms an unexpected bond with a young father played by Pio Marmaï, and his two children following the death of his wife.

Richard Linklater won the award for Best Director for Nouvelle Vague, along with Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Costume Design.

Other performance awards, including Best Actress, went to Léa Drucker for Case 137 (Dossier 137), Laurent Lafitte won Best Actor for The Richest Woman In The World (La Femme la plus riche du monde), and Best Supporting Actor went to Pierre Lottin for The Stranger (L’Étranger)

Top film awards went to Arco by Ugo Bienvenu for Best Animated Film, Best Documentary went to Whispers in the Woods (Le Chant des forêts) by Vincent Munier, Best Debut Film went to Nino by Pauline Loquès, and Best Foreign Film went to A Battle After Another by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Also at the ceremony, Jim Carrey was presented with an Honorary César.

Winners of 51st César Awards

Best Film
The Ties That Bind Us (L’Attachement) by Carine Tardieu

Best Director
Richard Linklater for Nouvelle Vague

Best Actress
Léa Drucker for Case 137 (Dossier 137)

Best Actor
Laurent Lafitte for The Richest Woman In The World (La Femme la plus riche du monde)

Best Supporting Actress
Vimala Pons for The Ties That Bind Us (L’Attachement)

Best Supporting Actor
Pierre Lottin for The Stranger (L’Étranger)

Female Breakthrough
Nadia Melliti for The Little Sister (La Petite Dernière)

Male Breakthrough
Théodore Pellerin (Nino)

Best Animated Film
Arco by Ugo Bienvenu

Best Documentary
Whispers in the Woods (Le Chant des forêts) by Vincent Munier

Best Debut Film
Nino by Pauline Loquès

Best Original Screenplay
Franck Dubosc and Sarah Kaminsky for A Bear in Jura

Best Adaptation
Carine Tardieu, Raphaële Moussafir, and Agnès Feuvre for The Ties That Bind Us (L’Attachement)

Best Original Music
Arnaud Toulon for Arco

Best Sound
Romain Cadilhac, Marc Namblard, Olivier Touche, and Olivier Goinard for Whispers in the Woods (Le Chant des forêts)

Best Cinematography
David Chambille for Nouvelle Vague

Best Editing
Catherine Schwartz for Nouvelle Vague

Best Costume Design
Pascaline Chavanne for Nouvelle Vague

Best Production Design
Catherine Cosme for The Great Arch

Best Visual Effects
Lise Fischer for The Great Arch

Best Short Animated Film
Girl of Water by Sandra Desmazières

Best Short Documentary
At the Ladies’ Bath by Margaux Fournier

Best Short Fiction
Actor’s Death by Ambroise Rateau

Best Foreign Film
A Battle After Another by Paul Thomas Anderson

Honorary César
Jim Carrey