The 22nd César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1996 and took place on 8 February 1997 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Annie Girardot and hosted by Antoine de Caunes. Ridicule won the award for Best Film.
Winners and nominees
Ridicule Captain Conan Family Resemblances Microcosmos Pédale douce(Tie) Patrice Leconte – Ridicule & Bertrand Tavernier – Captain Conan Jacques Audiard – A Self Made Hero Cédric Klapisch – Family Resemblances André Téchiné – ThievesPhilippe Torreton – Captain Conan Daniel Auteuil – The Eighth Day Charles Berling – Ridicule Fabrice Luchini – Beaumarchais Patrick Timsit – Pédale douceFanny Ardant – Pédale douce Catherine Deneuve – Thieves Charlotte Gainsbourg – Love, etc. Anouk Grinberg – My Man Marie Trintignant – Le Cri de la soieJean-Pierre Darroussin – Family Resemblances Albert Dupontel – A Self Made Hero Jacques Gamblin – Pédale douce Bernard Giraudeau – Ridicule Jean Rochefort – RidiculeCatherine Frot – Family Resemblances Agnès Jaoui – Family Resemblances Sandrine Kiberlain – A Self Made Hero Michèle Laroque – Pédale douce Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – My ManMathieu Amalric – My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument Samuel Le Bihan – Captain Conan Benoît Magimel – Thieves Bruno Putzulu – Les Aveux de l'innocent Philippe Torreton – Captain ConanLaurence Côte – Thieves Monica Bellucci – The Apartment Garance Clavel – When the Cat's Away Jeanne Balibar – My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument Emmanuelle Devos – My Sex Life... or How I Got into an ArgumentFamily Resemblances – Jean-Pierre Bacri, Cédric Klapisch and Agnès Jaoui Captain Conan – Jean Cosmos and Bertrand Tavernier Ridicule – Rémi Waterhouse A Self Made Hero – Jacques Audiard and Alain Le Henry Pédale douce – Gabriel Aghion and Patrick TimsitWill It Snow for Christmas? The Apartment Bernie Microcosmos EncoreClaude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou – Microcosmos Thierry Arbogast – Ridicule Jean-Marie Dreujou – Unpredictable Nature of the RiverFlorence Ricard and Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte – Microcosmos Joëlle Hache – Ridicule Juliette Welfling – A Self Made HeroPhilippe Barbeau, Bernard Leroux and Laurent Quaglio – Microcosmos Michel Desrois and Gérard Lamps – Captain Conan Jean Goudier, Dominique Hennequin and Paul Lainé – RidiculeBruno Coulais – Microcosmos Antoine Duhamel – Ridicule Alexandre Desplat – A Self Made Hero René-Marc Bini – Unpredictable Nature of the RiverChristian Gasc – Ridicule Sylvie de Segonzac – Beaumarchais Agnès Evein and Jacqueline Moreau – Captain ConanIvan Maussion – Ridicule Jean-Marc Kerdelhue – Beaumarchais Guy-Claude François – Captain ConanMadame Jacques on the Croisette Dialogue au sommet Un taxi Aouzou A Summer Dress Une visiteBreaking the Waves Fargo La Promesse Secrets & Lies Il Postino: The Postman Jacques Perrin Humbert Balsan Charles Gassot Alain SardeCharles Aznavour Andie MacDowell
See also 69th Academy Awards 50th British Academy Film Awards 9th European Film Awards 2nd Lumière Awards
External links Official website
22nd César Awards at AlloCiné