The 14th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1988 and took place on 4 March 1989 at the Théâtre de l'Empire in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Peter Ustinov and hosted by Pierre Tchernia. Camille Claudel won the award for Best Film.
Winners and nominees The winners are highlighted in bold:
Best Film Camille Claudel, directed by Bruno Nuytten Le Grand bleu, directed by Luc BessonLa Lectrice, directed by Michel Deville L'Ours, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille, directed by Étienne Chatiliez
Best Foreign Film Out of Rosenheim, directed by Percy Adlon Bird, directed by Clint Eastwood Salaam Bombay!, directed by Mira Nair Who Framed Roger Rabbit, directed by Robert Zemeckis
Best Debut La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille, directed by Étienne Chatiliez Camille Claudel directed by Bruno Nuytten Chocolat, directed by Claire Denis Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre, directed by François Dupeyron
Best Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, for Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté Gérard Depardieu, for Camille Claudel Jean-Marc Barr, for Le Grand bleu Richard Anconina, for Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté Daniel Auteuil, for Quelques jours avec moi
Best Actress Isabelle Adjani, for Camille Claudel Catherine Deneuve, for Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre Miou-Miou, for La LectriceCharlotte Gainsbourg, for La Petite voleuse Isabelle Huppert, for Une affaire de femmes
Best Supporting Actor Patrick Chesnais, for La Lectrice Alain Cuny, for Camille Claudel Jean Reno, for Le Grand bleuJean-Pierre Marielle, for Quelques jours avec moi Patrick Bouchitey, for La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille
Best Supporting Actress Hélène Vincent, for La vie est un long fleuve tranquille María Casares, for La lectrice Dominique Lavanant, for Quelques jours avec moi Françoise Fabian, for Trois places pour le 26 Marie Trintignant, for Une affaire de femmes
Most Promising Actor Stéphane Freiss, for Chouans! Thomas Langmann, for Les années sandwiches Laurent Grévill, for Camille Claudel François Négret, for De bruit et de fureur
Most Promising Actress Catherine Jacob, for La vie est un long fleuve tranquille Nathalie Cardone, for Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre Clotilde de Bayser, for L'enfance de l'art Ingrid Held, for La maison assassinée
Best Director Jean-Jacques Annaud, for L'ours Luc Besson, for Le grand bleu Michel Deville, for La lectrice Claude Miller, for La petite voleuse Claude Chabrol, for Une affaire de femmes
Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation Étienne Chatiliez and Florence Quentin, for La vie est un long fleuve tranquille François Dupeyron, for Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre Rosalinde Deville, Michel Deville, for La lectrice Claude de Givray, Annie Miller, Claude Miller, François Truffaut, Luc Béraud, for La Petite voleuse
Best Cinematography Pierre Lhomme, for Camille Claudel Carlo Varini, for Le grand bleu Philippe Rousselot, for L'ours
Best Costume Design Dominique Borg, for Camille Claudel Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle, for Chouans! Elisabeth Tavernier, for La vie est un long fleuve tranquille
Best Sound Pierre Befve, Gérard Lamps, François Groult, for Le grand bleu Guillaume Sciama, Dominique Hennequin, François Groult, for Camille Claudel Bernard Leroux, Claude Villand, Laurent Quaglio, for L'ours
Best Editing Noëlle Boisson, for L'ours Joëlle Hache, Jeanne Kef, for Camille Claudel Raymonde Guyot, for La lectrice
Best Music Éric Serra, for Le Grand bleu Gabriel Yared, for Camille Claudel Francis Lai, for Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté
Best Production Design Bernard Vézat, for Camille Claudel Thierry Leproust, for La Lectrice Bernard Evein, for Trois places pour le 26
Best Animated Short L'Escalier chimérique, directed by Daniel Guyonnet "La Princesse des diamants", directed by Michel Ocelot Le Travail du fer, directed by Celia Canning, Néry Catineau
Best Fiction Short Film Lamento, directed by François Dupeyron Big Bang, directed by Eric Woreth New York 1935, directed by Michèle Ferrand-Lafaye Une femme pour l'hiver, directed by Manuel Flèche
Best Documentary Short Film Chet's Romance, directed by Bertrand Fèvre Classified People, directed by Yolande Zauberman Devant le mur, directed by Daisy Lamothe
Honorary César Bernard BlierPaul Grimault
See also 61st Academy Awards 42nd British Academy Film Awards
References
External links Official website
14th César Awards at AlloCiné