# 34th César Awards

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.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film (presented by Sean Penn and Charlotte Gainsbourg) Séraphine The Class I've Loved You So Long Mesrine Paris The First Day of the Rest of Your Life A Christmas Tale | Best Director (presented by Carole Bouquet) Jean-François Richet – Mesrine Laurent Cantet – The Class Rémi Bezançon – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life Martin Provost – Séraphine Arnaud Desplechin – A Christmas Tale |
| Best Actor (presented by Diane Kruger) Vincent Cassel – Mesrine François-Xavier Demaison – Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec Guillaume Depardieu – Versailles Albert Dupontel – Love Me No More Jacques Gamblin – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | Best Actress (presented by Lambert Wilson) Yolande Moreau – Séraphine Catherine Frot – Crime Is Our Business Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long Tilda Swinton – Julia Sylvie Testud – Sagan |
| Best Supporting Actor (presented by Julie Depardieu) Jean-Paul Roussillon – A Christmas Tale Benjamin Biolay – Stella Claude Rich – With a Little Help from Myself Pierre Vaneck – Love Me No More Roschdy Zem – The Girl from Monaco | Best Supporting Actress (presented by Tomer Sisley) Elsa Zylberstein – I've Loved You So Long Jeanne Balibar – Sagan Anne Consigny – A Christmas Tale Édith Scob – Summer Hours Karin Viard – Paris |
| Most Promising Actor (presented by Cécile Cassel) Marc-André Grondin – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life Ralph Amoussou – With a Little Help from Myself Laurent Capelluto – A Christmas Tale Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet – The Beautiful Person Pio Marmaï – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | Most Promising Actress (presented by Gaspard Ulliel) Déborah François – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life Marilou Berry – Vilaine Louise Bourgoin – The Girl from Monaco Anaïs Demoustier – Les Grandes Personnes Léa Seydoux – The Beautiful Person |
| Best Original Screenplay (presented by Florence Foresti) Séraphine – Marc Abdelnour and Martin Provost Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis – Dany Boon, Alexandre Charlot and Franck Magnier I've Loved You So Long – Philippe Claudel The First Day of the Rest of Your Life – Rémi Bezançon A Christmas Tale – Emmanuel Bourdieu and Arnaud Desplechin | Best Adaptation (presented by Tilda Swinton) The Class – François Bégaudeau, Robin Campillo and Laurent Cantet The Beautiful Person – Christophe Honoré and Gilles Taurand Crime Is Our Business – François Caviglioli, Nathalie Lafaurie and Clémence de Biéville Love Me No More – Éric Assous, François d'Epenoux and Jean Becker Mesrine – Abdel Raouf Dafri and Jean-François Richet |
| Best First Feature Film (presented by Dany Boon) I've Loved You So Long Home Masquerades Anything for Her Versailles | Best Cinematography (presented by Mylène Jampanoï) Laurent Brunet – Séraphine Tom Stern – Paris 36 Agnès Godard – Home Robert Gantz – Mesrine Eric Gautier – A Christmas Tale |
| Best Editing (presented by Laurent Stocker and Léa Drucker) Sophie Reine – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life Stéphanie Léger and Robin Campillo – The Class Hervé Schneid and Bill Pankow – Mesrine Francine Sandberg – Paris 36 Laurence Briaud – A Christmas Tale | Best Sound (presented by Amira Casar and Guillaume Gallienne) 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 |
| Best Original Music (presented by Aïssa Maïga) Michael Galasso – Séraphine Reinhardt Wagner – Paris 36 Jean-Louis Aubert – I've Loved You So Long Marco Beltrami and Marcus Trumpp – Mesrine Sinclair – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | Best Costume Design (presented by Amira Casar and Guillaume Gallienne) Madeline Fontaine – Séraphine Carine Sarfati – Paris 36 Pierre-Jean Larroque – Female Agents Virginie Montel – Mesrine Nathalie du Roscoat – Sagan |
| Best Production Design (presented by cast of The Class) Thierry François – Séraphine Olivier Raoux – Trouble at Timpetill Jean Rabasse – Paris 36 Ivan Niclass – Home Emile Ghigo – Mesrine | Best Short Film (presented by Julie Ferrier) Les Miettes Les Paradis perdus Skhizein Taxi Wala Une leçon particulière |
| Best Documentary Film (presented by Élie Semoun) The Beaches of Agnès Elle s'appelle Sabine J'irai dormir à Hollywood Tabarly La Vie moderne | Best Foreign Film (presented by Monica Bellucci) Waltz with Bashir Eldorado Gomorrah Into the Wild Lorna's Silence There Will Be Blood Two Lovers |
| Honorary César (presented by Emma Thompson) Dustin Hoffman ||

## Viewers

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