# 22nd César Awards

The 22nd César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1996 and took place on 8 February 1997 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Annie Girardot and hosted by Antoine de Caunes. Ridicule won the award for Best Film.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film Ridicule Captain Conan Family Resemblances Microcosmos Pédale douce | Best Director (Tie) Patrice Leconte – Ridicule & Bertrand Tavernier – Captain Conan Jacques Audiard – A Self Made Hero Cédric Klapisch – Family Resemblances André Téchiné – Thieves |
| Best Actor Philippe Torreton – Captain Conan Daniel Auteuil – The Eighth Day Charles Berling – Ridicule Fabrice Luchini – Beaumarchais Patrick Timsit – Pédale douce | Best Actress Fanny Ardant – Pédale douce Catherine Deneuve – Thieves Charlotte Gainsbourg – Love, etc. Anouk Grinberg – My Man Marie Trintignant – Le Cri de la soie |
| Best Supporting Actor Jean-Pierre Darroussin – Family Resemblances Albert Dupontel – A Self Made Hero Jacques Gamblin – Pédale douce Bernard Giraudeau – Ridicule Jean Rochefort – Ridicule | Best Supporting Actress Catherine Frot – Family Resemblances Agnès Jaoui – Family Resemblances Sandrine Kiberlain – A Self Made Hero Michèle Laroque – Pédale douce Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – My Man |
| Most Promising Actor Mathieu Amalric – My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument Samuel Le Bihan – Captain Conan Benoît Magimel – Thieves Bruno Putzulu – Les Aveux de l'innocent Philippe Torreton – Captain Conan | Most Promising Actress Laurence Côte – Thieves Monica Bellucci – The Apartment Garance Clavel – When the Cat's Away Jeanne Balibar – My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument Emmanuelle Devos – My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument |
| Best Writing Family Resemblances – Jean-Pierre Bacri, Cédric Klapisch and Agnès Jaoui Captain Conan – Jean Cosmos and Bertrand Tavernier Ridicule – Rémi Waterhouse A Self Made Hero – Jacques Audiard and Alain Le Henry Pédale douce – Gabriel Aghion and Patrick Timsit | Best First Feature Film Will It Snow for Christmas? The Apartment Bernie Microcosmos Encore |
| Best Cinematography Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou – Microcosmos Thierry Arbogast – Ridicule Jean-Marie Dreujou – Unpredictable Nature of the River | Best Editing Florence Ricard and Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte – Microcosmos Joëlle Hache – Ridicule Juliette Welfling – A Self Made Hero |
| Best Sound Philippe Barbeau, Bernard Leroux and Laurent Quaglio – Microcosmos Michel Desrois and Gérard Lamps – Captain Conan Jean Goudier, Dominique Hennequin and Paul Lainé – Ridicule | Best Original Music Bruno Coulais – Microcosmos Antoine Duhamel – Ridicule Alexandre Desplat – A Self Made Hero René-Marc Bini – Unpredictable Nature of the River |
| Best Costume Design Christian Gasc – Ridicule Sylvie de Segonzac – Beaumarchais Agnès Evein and Jacqueline Moreau – Captain Conan | Best Production Design Ivan Maussion – Ridicule Jean-Marc Kerdelhue – Beaumarchais Guy-Claude François – Captain Conan |
| Best Short Film Madame Jacques on the Croisette Dialogue au sommet Un taxi Aouzou A Summer Dress Une visite | Best Foreign Film Breaking the Waves Fargo La Promesse Secrets & Lies Il Postino: The Postman |
| Best Producer Jacques Perrin Humbert Balsan Charles Gassot Alain Sarde |
| Honorary César Charles Aznavour Andie MacDowell ||