The 34th César Awards ceremony was presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to honour its selection of the best films of 2008 on 27 February 2009. Canal+ broadcast the event, which took place again at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France. The nominations for the Awards were announced on 23 January. The ceremony was chaired by Charlotte Gainsbourg and hosted by Antoine de Caunes. Séraphine won the award for Best Film.

34th César Awards
Date27 February 2009
SiteThéâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
Hosted byAntoine de Caunes
Highlights
Best FilmSéraphine
Best ActorVincent Cassel
Mesrine
Best ActressYolande Moreau
Séraphine
Most awardsSéraphine
Most nominationsMesrine
Television coverage
NetworkCanal+

Winners and nominees

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Dustin Hoffman, Honorary César recipient
 
Martin Provost, Best Film and Best Original Screenplay winner
 
Yolande Moreau, Best Actress winner
 
Vincent Cassel, Best Actor winner
 
Elsa Zylberstein, Best Supporting Actress winner

Séraphine

Jean-François Richet – Mesrine

Best Actor
(presented by Diane Kruger)

Vincent Cassel – Mesrine

Yolande Moreau – Séraphine

Jean-Paul Roussillon – A Christmas Tale

Elsa Zylberstein – I've Loved You So Long

Marc-André Grondin – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

Déborah François – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

Séraphine – Marc Abdelnour and Martin Provost

The Class – François Bégaudeau, Robin Campillo and Laurent Cantet

I've Loved You So Long

Laurent Brunet – Séraphine

Sophie Reine – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

Jean Minondo, Gérard Hardy, Alexandre Widmer, Loïc Prian, François Groult and Hervé Buirette – Mesrine

  • Olivier Mauvezin, Agnès Ravez and Jean-Pierre Laforce – The Class
  • Daniel Sobrino, Roman Dymny and Vincent Goujon – Paris 36
  • Philippe Vandendriessche, Emmanuel Croset and Ingrid Ralet – Séraphine
  • Jean-Pierre Laforce, Nicolas Cantin and Sylvain Malbrant – A Christmas Tale

Michael Galasso – Séraphine

Madeline Fontaine – Séraphine

Best Production Design
(presented by cast of The Class)

Thierry François – Séraphine

Les Miettes

  • Les Paradis perdus
  • Skhizein
  • Taxi Wala
  • Une leçon particulière

The Beaches of Agnès

Waltz with Bashir

Dustin Hoffman

Viewers

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The show was followed by 2.1 millions of viewers. This corresponds to 11.4% of the audience.[1]

See also

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References

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