# 24th César Awards

The 24th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1998 and took place on 6 March 1999 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Isabelle Huppert and hosted by Antoine de Caunes. The Dreamlife of Angels won the award for Best Film.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film The Dreamlife of Angels The Dinner Game Place Vendôme Taxi Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train | Best Director Patrice Chéreau – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train Francis Veber – The Dinner Game Nicole Garcia – Place Vendôme Gérard Pirès – Taxi Erick Zonca – The Dreamlife of Angels |
| Best Actor Jacques Villeret – The Dinner Game Charles Berling – L'Ennui Antoine de Caunes – Man Is a Woman Jean-Pierre Darroussin – Le Poulpe Pascal Greggory – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train | Best Actress Élodie Bouchez – The Dreamlife of Angels Catherine Deneuve – Place Vendôme Isabelle Huppert – The School of Flesh Sandrine Kiberlain – For Sale Marie Trintignant – White Lies |
| Best Supporting Actor Daniel Prévost – The Dinner Game Jacques Dutronc – Place Vendôme Bernard Fresson – Place Vendôme Vincent Pérez – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train Jean-Louis Trintignant – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train | Best Supporting Actress Dominique Blanc – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train Anémone – Lautrec Arielle Dombasle – L'Ennui Catherine Frot – The Dinner Game Emmanuelle Seigner – Place Vendôme |
| Most Promising Actor Bruno Putzulu – Petits désordres amoureux Lionel Abelanski – Train of Life Guillaume Canet – In All Innocence Romain Duris – The Crazy Stranger Samy Naceri – Taxi | Most Promising Actress Natacha Régnier – The Dreamlife of Angels Marion Cotillard – Taxi Hélène de Fougerolles – Let There Be Light Sophie Guillemin – L'Ennui Rona Hartner – The Crazy Stranger |
| Best Writing The Dinner Game – Francis Veber Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train – Patrice Chéreau, Danièle Thompson and Pierre Trividic Place Vendôme – Jacques Fieschi and Nicole Garcia Train of Life – Radu Mihăileanu The Dreamlife of Angels – Roger Bohbot and Erick Zonca | Best First Feature Film Only God Sees Me The Dreamlife of Angels Hinterland The Perfect Guy The Kid from Chaaba |
| Best Cinematography Eric Gautier – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train Agnès Godard – The Dreamlife of Angels Laurent Dailland – Place Vendôme | Best Editing Véronique Lange – Taxi Luc Barnier and Françoise Bonnot – Place Vendôme François Gédigier – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train |
| Best Sound Vincent Arnardi and Vincent Tulli – Taxi Jean-Pierre Duret and Dominique Hennequin – Place Vendôme Jean-Pierre Laforce and Guillaume Sciama – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train | Best Original Music Tony Gatlif – The Crazy Stranger Claude Bolling and Francis Lai – Chance or Coincidence Philippe Miller – The Perfect Guy IAM – Taxi |
| Best Costume Design Pierre-Jean Larroque – Lautrec Sylvie de Segonzac – Don Juan Nathalie du Roscoat and Elisabeth Tavernier – Place Vendôme | Best Production Design Jacques Rouxel – Lautrec Thierry Flamand – Place Vendôme Sylvain Chauvelot and Richard Peduzzi – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train |
| Best Short Film L'Interview La Vieille Barrière The Clothes Pegs Tueurs de petits poissons La Vache qui voulait sauter par dessus l'église | Best Foreign Film Life Is Beautiful Festen Central Station Saving Private Ryan Titanic |
| Honorary César Pedro Almodóvar Johnny Depp Jean Rochefort ||