# 33rd César Awards

The 33rd César Awards ceremony was presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to honour the best films of 2007 in France. It was held on 22 February 2008 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Jean Rochefort and hosted by Antoine de Caunes. The Secret of the Grain won the award for Best Film.

## Winners and nominees

The nominees were announced on 25 January 2008. The winners are in bold.
| Best Film (presented by Charlotte Rampling and Jean Rochefort) The Secret of the Grain La Vie en Rose Persepolis The Diving Bell and the Butterfly A Secret | Best Director (presented by Nathalie Baye and Édouard Baer) Abdellatif Kechiche – The Secret of the Grain Olivier Dahan – La Vie en Rose Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly André Téchiné – The Witnesses Claude Miller – A Secret |
| Best Actor (presented by Marina Hands) Mathieu Amalric – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Michel Blanc – The Witnesses Jean-Pierre Darroussin – Conversations with My Gardener Vincent Lindon – Those Who Remain Jean-Pierre Marielle – Let's Dance | Best Actress (presented by Alain Delon) Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose Isabelle Carré – Anna M. Cécile de France – A Secret Marina Foïs – Darling [fr] Catherine Frot – Odette Toulemonde |
| Best Supporting Actor (presented by Virginie Ledoyen) Sami Bouajila – The Witnesses Pascal Greggory – La Vie en Rose Michael Lonsdale – Heartbeat Detector Fabrice Luchini – Molière Laurent Stocker – Hunting and Gathering | Best Supporting Actress (presented by François-Xavier Demaison) Julie Depardieu – A Secret Noémie Lvovsky – Actrices Bulle Ogier – Let's Dance Ludivine Sagnier – A Secret Sylvie Testud – La Vie en Rose |
| Most Promising Actor (presented by Alice Taglioni) Laurent Stocker – Hunting and Gathering Nicolas Cazalé – The Grocer's Son Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet – Love Songs Johan Libéreau – The Witnesses Jocelyn Quivrin – 99 francs | Most Promising Actress (presented by Vahina Giocante and Malik Zidi) Hafsia Herzi – The Secret of the Grain Louise Blachère [fr; de] – Water Lilies Audrey Dana – Roman de Gare Adèle Haenel – Water Lilies Clotilde Hesme – Love Songs |
| Best Original Screenplay (presented by Clotilde Courau) The Secret of the Grain – Abdellatif Kechiche 2 Days in Paris – Julie Delpy Those Who Remain – Anne Le Ny Molière – Laurent Tirard and Grégoire Vigneron La Vie en Rose – Olivier Dahan | Best Adaptation (presented by Michel Houellebecq) Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud Darling [fr] – Christine Carrière Hunting and Gathering – Claude Berri The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Ronald Harwood A Secret – Claude Miller and Natalie Carter |
| Best First Feature Film (presented by Léa Drucker and Emma de Caunes) Persepolis Those Who Remain Et toi, t'es sur qui? Water Lilies All Is Forgiven | Best Cinematography (presented by Jean-Claude Van Damme and Louise Bourgoin) Tetsuo Nagata – La Vie en Rose Yves Angelo – The Second Wind Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci – Intimate Enemies Janusz Kamiński – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Gérard de Battista – A Secret |
| Best Editing (presented by Jean-Claude Van Damme and Louise Bourgoin) Juliette Welfling – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Ghalya Lacroix and Camille Toubkis – The Secret of the Grain Richard Marizy and Yves Beloniak – La Vie en Rose Stéphane Roche – Persepolis Véronique Lange – A Secret | Best Sound (presented by Élie Semoun) Laurent Zeilig, Pascal Villard, Jean-Paul Hurier and Marc Doisne – La Vie en Rose Guillaume Le Braz, Valérie Deloof, Agnès Ravez and Thierry Delor – Love Songs Antoine Deflandre, Germain Boulay and Eric Tisserand – Intimate Enemies Thierry Lebon, Eric Chevallier and Samy Bardet – Persepolis Jean-Paul Mugel, Francis Wargnier and Dominique Gaborieau – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
| Best Original Music (presented by Gilles Lellouche and Jean-Paul Rouve) Alex Beaupain – Love Songs Alexandre Desplat – Intimate Enemies Archie Shepp – Let's Dance Olivier Bernet – Persepolis Zbigniew Preisner – A Secret | Best Costume Design (presented by Marie Gillain) Marit Allen – La Vie en Rose Corinne Jorry – The Second Wind Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz – Jacquou le Croquant Pierre-Jean Larroque – Molière Jacqueline Bouchard – A Secret |
| Best Production Design (presented by Élie Semoun) Olivier Raoux – La Vie en Rose Thierry Flamand – The Second Wind Christian Marti – Jacquou le Croquant Françoise Dupertuis – Molière Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko – A Secret | Best Short Film (presented by Mélanie Laurent) Le Mozart des pickpockets Deweneti Premier Voyage La Promenade Rachel |
| Best Documentary Film (presented by Aïssa Maïga) Terror's Advocate Les Animaux amoureux Les Lip, l'imagination au pouvoir Le Premier Cri Retour en Normandie | Best Foreign Film (presented by Caterina Murino) The Lives of Others 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days The Edge of Heaven We Own the Night Eastern Promises |
| Honorary César (presented by Fanny Ardant and Melvil Poupaud) Roberto Benigni Jeanne Moreau Romy Schneider (posthumous), homage by Alain Delon ||

## Viewers

The show was followed by 2.4 million viewers. This corresponds to 11.9% of the audience.