5th César Awards
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| 5th César Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 2 February 1980 |
| Site | Salle Pleyel, Paris, France |
| Host | Pierre Tchernia and Peter Ustinov |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | Tess |
| Best Actor | Claude Brasseur |
| Best Actress | Miou-Miou |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | Antenne 2 |
The 5th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1979 and took place on 2 February 1980 at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Jean Marais and hosted by Pierre Tchernia and Peter Ustinov. Tess won the award for Best Film.
Winners and nominees
The winners are highlighted in bold:
- Best Film:
Tess, directed by Roman Polanski
Womanlight directed by Costa Gavras
Don Giovanni, directed by Joseph Losey
I... comme Icare, directed by Henri Verneuil - Best Foreign Film:
Manhattan, directed by Woody Allen
Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Die Blechtrommel, directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Hair, directed by Miloš Forman - Best Actor:
Claude Brasseur, for The Police War
Jean Rochefort, for Courage - Let's Run
Yves Montand, for I... comme Icare
Patrick Dewaere, for Série noire - Best Actress:
Miou-Miou, for La Dérobade
Romy Schneider, for Womanlight
Dominique Laffin, for The Crying Woman
Nastassja Kinski, for Tess - Best Supporting Actor:
Jean Bouise, for Coup de tête
Michel Aumont, for Courage - Let's Run
Bernard Blier, for Série noire
Bernard Giraudeau, for Le Toubib - Best Supporting Actress:
Nicole Garcia, for Le Cavaleur
Dominique Lavanant, for Courage - Let's Run
Maria Schneider, for La Dérobade
Myriam Boyer, for Série noire - Best Director:
Roman Polanski, for Tess
Costa Gavras, for Womanlight
Joseph Losey, for Don Giovanni
Jacques Doillon, for La Drôlesse - Best Writing:
Bertrand Blier, for Buffet froid
Jacques Doillon, for La Drôlesse
Henri Verneuil, Didier Decoin, for I... comme Icare
Alain Corneau, Georges Perec, for Série noire - Best Cinematography:
Ghislain Cloquet, for Tess
Jean Penzer, for Buffet froid
Néstor Almendros, for Perceval le Gallois
Bruno Nuytten, for Les Soeurs Brontë - Best Sound:
Pierre Gamet, for Womanlight
Alain Lachassagne, for Martin et Léa
Jean-Pierre Ruh, for Perceval le Gallois
Pierre Lenoir, for Retour à la bien-aimée - Best Editing:
Reginald Beck, for Don Giovanni
Claudine Merlin, for Buffet froid
Henri Lanoë, for Le Cavaleur
Claudine Merlin, for Les Soeurs Brontë
Thierry Derocles, for Série noire - Best Music:
Georges Delerue, for L'Amour en fuite
Vladimir Cosma, for La Dérobade
Ennio Morricone, for I... comme Icare
Philippe Sarde, for Tess - Best Production Design:
Alexandre Trauner, for Don Giovanni
Théobald Meurisse, for Buffet froid
Jacques Saulnier, for I... comme Icare
Pierre Guffroy, for Tess - Best Animated Short:
Demain la petite fille sera en retard à l'école, directed by Michel Boschet
Barbe bleue, directed by Olivier Gillon
Les Troubles fêtes, directed by Bernard Palacios - Best Fiction Short:
Colloque de chiens, directed by Raúl Ruiz
Nuit feline, directed by Gérard Marx
Sibylle, directed by Robert Cappa - Best Documentary Short:
Petit Pierre, directed by Emmanuel Clot
Georges Demeny, directed by Joël Farges
Panoplie, directed by Philippe Gaucherand
Le Sculpteur parfait, directed by Rafi Toumayan - Honorary César:
Pierre Braunberger
Louis de Funès
Kirk Douglas
