31st César Awards

31st César Awards
Date25 February 2006
SiteThéâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
Hosted byValérie Lemercier
Highlights
Best FilmThe Beat That My Heart Skipped
Best ActorMichel Bouquet
Best ActressNathalie Baye
Television coverage
NetworkCanal+

The 31st César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best films of 2005 in France and took place on 25 February 2006 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Carole Bouquet and hosted by Valérie Lemercier. The Beat That My Heart Skipped won the award for Best Film.

The ceremony was marred by demonstrations by the intermittents (film industry workers), who lobbied for greater rights for temporary contract workers after running onto the stage before the start. The police had to evacuate the protesters, which ultimately led to a 23-minute delay to the start of the proceedings.

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 10 January 2006. Winners are highlighted in bold:

Pierre Richard, Honorary César recipient
Jacques Audiard, Best Director winner
Nathalie Baye, Best Actress winner
Michel Bouquet, Best Actor winner
Cécile de France, Best Supporting Actress winner
Niels Arestrup, Best Supporting Actor winner

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Jacques Audiard – The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Michel Bouquet – The Last Mitterrand

Nathalie Baye – The Young Lieutenant

Niels Arestrup – The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Cécile de France – Russian Dolls

Louis Garrel – Regular Lovers

Linh Dan Pham – The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Live and Become – Alain-Michel Blanc and Radu Mihaileanu

The Beat That My Heart Skipped – Jacques Audiard and Tonino Benacquista

Darwin's Nightmare

Stéphane Fontaine – The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Juliette Welfling – The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Laurent Quaglio and Gérard Lamps – March of the Penguins

Alexandre Desplat – The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Caroline de Vivaise – Gabrielle

Olivier Radot – Gabrielle

After Shave

  • Obras
  • La Peur, petit chasseur
  • Sous le bleu

Million Dollar Baby

Hugh Grant[1]
Pierre Richard

Viewers

The show was followed by 2.5 million viewers. This corresponds to 13.6% of the audience.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ BBC report
  2. ^ "César 2015 : Audiences en légère hausse pour Canal+". 21 February 2015.