# 3rd César Awards

The 3rd César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1977 and took place on 4 February 1978 at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Jeanne Moreau and hosted by Pierre Tchernia for the third time. Providence won the award for Best Film.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film Providence Le Crabe-tambour The Lacemaker Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! | Best Director Alain Resnais – Providence Luis Buñuel – That Obscure Object of Desire Pierre Schoendoerffer – Le Crabe-tambour Claude Miller – This Sweet Sickness |
| Best Actor Jean Rochefort – Le Crabe-tambour Gérard Depardieu – This Sweet Sickness Charles Denner – The Man Who Loved Women Patrick Dewaere – Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff Alain Delon – Death of a Corrupt Man | Best Actress Simone Signoret – Madame Rosa Isabelle Huppert – The Lacemaker Miou-Miou – This Sweet Sickness Brigitte Fossey – Closet Children Delphine Seyrig – Repérages |
| Best Supporting Actor Jacques Dufilho – Le Crabe-tambour Michel Aumont – Spoiled Children Jean Bouise – Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff Philippe Léotard – Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff Jean-François Balmer – La Menace | Best Supporting Actress Marie Dubois – La Menace Florence Giorgetti – The Lacemaker Nelly Borgeaud – The Man Who Loved Women Geneviève Fontanel – The Man Who Loved Women Valérie Mairesse – Repérages |
| Best Writing Providence – David Mercer That Obscure Object of Desire – Jean-Claude Carrière, Luis Buñuel Death of a Corrupt Man – Michel Audiard Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! – Jean-Loup Dabadie | Best Animated Short Film Rêve Fracture Kubrick à brac Mordillissimo La Nichée |
| Best Cinematography Raoul Coutard – Le Crabe-tambour Pierre Lhomme – This Sweet Sickness Andréas Winding – The Accuser Ricardo Aronovich – Providence | Best Editing Albert Jurgenson – Providence Chris Marker – A Grin Without a Cat Henri Lanoë – La Menace Françoise Bonno – The Simple Past |
| Best Sound René Magnol and Jacques Maumont – Providence Bernard Aubouy – Peppermint Soda Paul Lainé, François Bel and Pierre Ley – This Sweet Sickness Jean-Pierre Ruh – Madame Rosa | Best Original Music Miklós Rózsa – Providence Vladimir Cosma – Animal Francis Lai – Bilitis Philippe Sarde – Le Crabe-tambour |
| Best Production Design Jacques Saulnier – Providence Hilton McConnico – This Sweet Sickness Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko – Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! Bernard Evein – Madame Rosa | Best Documentary Short Film Le Maréchal-ferrant Ben Chavis La Loterie de la vie Naissance Samara |
| Best Fiction Short Film 500 grammes de foie de veau Le Blanc des yeux Je veux mourir dans la patrie de Jean-Paul Sartre Sauf dimanches et fêtes Temps souterrain | Best Foreign Film A Special Day The American Friend Annie Hall Bread and Chocolate |
| Honorary César Robert Dorfmann René Goscinny ||

## Films with multiple nominations and awards

| Nominations | Film |
| 8 | Providence |
| 6 | Le Crabe-tambour |
| 6 | This Sweet Sickness |
| 3 | The Lacemaker |
| 3 | Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! |
| 3 | The Man Who Loved Women |
| 3 | Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff |
| 3 | La Menace |
| 2 | That Obscure Object of Desire |
| 2 | Death of a Corrupt Man |
| 2 | Repérages |
| 2 | Madame Rosa |
| Awards | Film |
| 7 | Providence |
| 3 | Le Crabe-tambour |