42nd César Awards | |
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Official poster featuring a picture of Marion Cotillard in the 2013 film Blood Ties
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Date | 24 February 2017 |
Site | Salle Pleyel, Paris |
Hosted by | Jérôme Commandeur |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Elle |
Best Actor |
Gaspard Ulliel It's Only the End of the World |
Best Actress |
Isabelle Huppert Elle |
Most awards | Divines and It's Only the End of the World (3) |
Most nominations | Elle and Frantz (11) |
Television coverage | |
Network | Canal+ |
The 42nd César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, was held on 24 February 2017, at the Salle Pleyel in Paris to honour the best French films of 2016. Jérôme Commandeur hosted the César Awards ceremony for the first time.
The nominations were announced on 25 January 2017 by Academy president Alain Terzian and awards ceremony host Jérôme Commandeur.
Divines and It's Only the End of the World won three awards each. Other films with multiple awards include Chocolat, My Life as a Courgette and Elle with two, with the latter film winning the Best Film honour.
Elle – produced by Saïd Ben Saïd and Michel Merkt, directed by Paul Verhoeven
Xavier Dolan – It's Only the End of the World
Gaspard Ulliel – It's Only the End of the World