14th César Awards

14th César Awards
Date	4 March 1989
Site	Théâtre de l'Empire, Paris, France
Host	Pierre Tchernia
Highlights
Best Film	Camille Claudel
Best Actor	Jean-Paul Belmondo
Best Actress	Isabelle Adjani
Television coverage
Network	Antenne 2

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 Besson
  La 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 Lectrice
  Charlotte 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 bleu
  Jean-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 Writing

• 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 La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille
  Gabriel Yared, for Camille Claudel
  Éric Serra, for Le Grand bleu
  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:
  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:
  Chet's Romance, directed by Bertrand Fèvre
  Classified People, directed by Yolande Zauberman
  Devant le mur, directed by Daisy Lamothe
• Honorary César:
  Bernard Blier
  Paul Grimault

See also

• 61st Academy Awards
• 42nd British Academy Film Awards

External links

• Official website
• 14th César Awards at IMDb
• 14th César Awards at AlloCiné