14th César Awards
| 14th César Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 4 March 1989 |
| Site | Théâtre de l'Empire, Paris, France |
| Hosted by | 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 Le Grand bleu
- Gabriel Yared, for Camille Claudel
- 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