'Glory,' 'Chatterley,' 'Tell No One' top Cesar noms
PARIS -- Rachid Bouchareb's Days of Glory, Pascale Ferran's Lady Chatterley and Guillaume Canet's Tell No One dominate the nominations for this year's Cesar Awards, France's top film honors, with each film vying for nine awards, organizers said Friday.
Alain Resnais' Coeurs and Xavier Giannoli's When I Was a Singer trail with eight and seven nominations, respectively.
Days of Glory, a harrowing portrayal of North Africans who fought to liberate France during World War II, followed up its foreign-language Oscar nomination with nine Cesar noms including best film, director and original script.
Tell No One, Guillaume Canet's adaptation of Harlan Coben's thriller, also bagged nine nominations, including best film, director and actor (Francois Cluzet).
Lady Chatterley, a critics' favorite that picked up the Louis Delluc prize in December, rounded out the trio with nominations in the best film, director and actress (Marina Hands) categories.
Philippe Lioret's adolescent drama Don't Worry, I'm Fine, also will compete in the best film category, nabbing a total of five nominations including best director and female newcomer (Melanie Laurent).
Cecile de France, who took last year's supporting actress Cesar, will compete against herself in the best actress category for her roles in When I Was a Singer and Avenue Montaigne. Catherine Frot (The Page Turner), Charlotte Gainsbourg (I Do) and Marina Hands (Lady Chatterley) also will vie for the prize.
Nominees in the best actor category include Michel Blanc, who plays a farmer in French boxoffice hit You're So Beautiful; Alain Chabat, for his hilarious portrayal of a reluctant lover in I Do; Gerard Depardieu, for his role as a worn-out ballroom singer in When I Was a Singer; Jean Dujardin, who plays the French reincarnation of James Bond in OSS 117; and Francois Cluzet, a man searching for his missing wife in Tell No One.
Singer, Glory and Beautiful will vie for best original screenplay alongside Avenue Montaigne and Jean-Philippe while No One, Chatterley, OSS 117 and Don't Worry will compete with Alain Resnais' ensemble hit Private Fears in Public Places in the best adaptation category.
Christine Citti (Singer), Mylene Demongeot (French California) and Bernadette Lafont (I Do) will compete for the best supporting actress prize with French singer Dani (Avenue Montaigne) and this year's Cesars ceremony host, Valerie Lemercier (Montaigne).
The nominees for best supporting actor are Danny Boon (The Valet), Francois Cluzet (Four Stars), Andre Dussollier (No One), Guy Marchand (Inside Paris) and Kad Merad (Don't Worry).
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Babel, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' Little Miss Sunshine, Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, Stephen Frears' The Queen and Pedro Almodovar's Volver will compete for best foreign-language film.
Alain Resnais' Coeurs and Xavier Giannoli's When I Was a Singer trail with eight and seven nominations, respectively.
Days of Glory, a harrowing portrayal of North Africans who fought to liberate France during World War II, followed up its foreign-language Oscar nomination with nine Cesar noms including best film, director and original script.
Tell No One, Guillaume Canet's adaptation of Harlan Coben's thriller, also bagged nine nominations, including best film, director and actor (Francois Cluzet).
Lady Chatterley, a critics' favorite that picked up the Louis Delluc prize in December, rounded out the trio with nominations in the best film, director and actress (Marina Hands) categories.
Philippe Lioret's adolescent drama Don't Worry, I'm Fine, also will compete in the best film category, nabbing a total of five nominations including best director and female newcomer (Melanie Laurent).
Cecile de France, who took last year's supporting actress Cesar, will compete against herself in the best actress category for her roles in When I Was a Singer and Avenue Montaigne. Catherine Frot (The Page Turner), Charlotte Gainsbourg (I Do) and Marina Hands (Lady Chatterley) also will vie for the prize.
Nominees in the best actor category include Michel Blanc, who plays a farmer in French boxoffice hit You're So Beautiful; Alain Chabat, for his hilarious portrayal of a reluctant lover in I Do; Gerard Depardieu, for his role as a worn-out ballroom singer in When I Was a Singer; Jean Dujardin, who plays the French reincarnation of James Bond in OSS 117; and Francois Cluzet, a man searching for his missing wife in Tell No One.
Singer, Glory and Beautiful will vie for best original screenplay alongside Avenue Montaigne and Jean-Philippe while No One, Chatterley, OSS 117 and Don't Worry will compete with Alain Resnais' ensemble hit Private Fears in Public Places in the best adaptation category.
Christine Citti (Singer), Mylene Demongeot (French California) and Bernadette Lafont (I Do) will compete for the best supporting actress prize with French singer Dani (Avenue Montaigne) and this year's Cesars ceremony host, Valerie Lemercier (Montaigne).
The nominees for best supporting actor are Danny Boon (The Valet), Francois Cluzet (Four Stars), Andre Dussollier (No One), Guy Marchand (Inside Paris) and Kad Merad (Don't Worry).
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Babel, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' Little Miss Sunshine, Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, Stephen Frears' The Queen and Pedro Almodovar's Volver will compete for best foreign-language film.
- 1/26/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TF1 reports revenue gain, profit drop
PARIS - French broadcaster TF1 Group on Tuesday reported a profit of 172.3 million ($220.87 million) for the first nine months of the year, marking a 4.9% drop over the year-ago period despite higher revenue.
France's largest TV group posted a 5.8% revenue gain to 1.89 billion ($2.42 billion).
At the flagship TF1 network, advertising revenue grew by 3.8% to 1.22 billion ($1.56 billion) thanks to widespread public interest in the Soccer World Cup in June and July in addition to strong performances by U.S. TV import CSI, French TV drama Marie Besnard L'empoisonneuse and hit film "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl."
However, programming costs for the popular World Cup contributed to a 20.1% decrease in the group's nine-months operating income to 194.5 million ($249.4 million).
TF1 didn't break out quarterly figures, but based on previous financial reports, third-quarter profit came in at 800,000 ($1.03 million), with operating profit amounting to 14.3 million ($18.4 million).
The group's cinema division, TF1 Films Production, attracted huge audiences for such recent co-productions as Les Bronzes 3: Friends Forever, The Valet and Jean-Philippe.
Revenue from other businesses reached 662.4 million ($849.1 million), an increase of 9.6% thanks to profitable partnerships in the media sector.
France's largest TV group posted a 5.8% revenue gain to 1.89 billion ($2.42 billion).
At the flagship TF1 network, advertising revenue grew by 3.8% to 1.22 billion ($1.56 billion) thanks to widespread public interest in the Soccer World Cup in June and July in addition to strong performances by U.S. TV import CSI, French TV drama Marie Besnard L'empoisonneuse and hit film "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl."
However, programming costs for the popular World Cup contributed to a 20.1% decrease in the group's nine-months operating income to 194.5 million ($249.4 million).
TF1 didn't break out quarterly figures, but based on previous financial reports, third-quarter profit came in at 800,000 ($1.03 million), with operating profit amounting to 14.3 million ($18.4 million).
The group's cinema division, TF1 Films Production, attracted huge audiences for such recent co-productions as Les Bronzes 3: Friends Forever, The Valet and Jean-Philippe.
Revenue from other businesses reached 662.4 million ($849.1 million), an increase of 9.6% thanks to profitable partnerships in the media sector.
- 11/21/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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