# 14th César Awards

The 14th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1988 and took place on 4 March 1989 at the Théâtre de l'Empire in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Peter Ustinov and hosted by Pierre Tchernia. Camille Claudel won the award for Best Film.

## Winners and nominees

The winners are highlighted in bold:

### Best Film

* Camille Claudel, directed by Bruno Nuytten
* Le Grand bleu, directed by Luc Besson La Lectrice, directed by Michel Deville
* L'Ours, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
* La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille, directed by Étienne Chatiliez

### Best Foreign Film

* Out of Rosenheim, directed by Percy Adlon
* Bird, directed by Clint Eastwood
* Salaam Bombay!, directed by Mira Nair
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit, directed by Robert Zemeckis

### Best Debut

* La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille, directed by Étienne Chatiliez
* Camille Claudel directed by Bruno Nuytten
* Chocolat, directed by Claire Denis
* Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre, directed by François Dupeyron

### Best Actor

* Jean-Paul Belmondo, for Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté
* Gérard Depardieu, for Camille Claudel
* Jean-Marc Barr, for Le Grand bleu
* Richard Anconina, for Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté
* Daniel Auteuil, for Quelques jours avec moi

### Best Actress

* Isabelle Adjani, for Camille Claudel
* Catherine Deneuve, for Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre
* Miou-Miou, for La Lectrice Charlotte Gainsbourg, for La Petite voleuse
* Isabelle Huppert, for Une affaire de femmes

### Best Supporting Actor

* Patrick Chesnais, for La Lectrice
* Alain Cuny, for Camille Claudel
* Jean Reno, for Le Grand bleu Jean-Pierre Marielle, for Quelques jours avec moi
* Patrick Bouchitey, for La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille

### Best Supporting Actress

* Hélène Vincent, for La vie est un long fleuve tranquille
* María Casares, for La lectrice
* Dominique Lavanant, for Quelques jours avec moi
* Françoise Fabian, for Trois places pour le 26
* Marie Trintignant, for Une affaire de femmes

### Most Promising Actor

* Stéphane Freiss, for Chouans!
* Thomas Langmann, for Les années sandwiches
* Laurent Grévill, for Camille Claudel
* François Négret, for De bruit et de fureur

### Most Promising Actress

* Catherine Jacob, for La vie est un long fleuve tranquille
* Nathalie Cardone, for Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre
* Clotilde de Bayser, for L'enfance de l'art
* Ingrid Held, for La maison assassinée

### Best Director

* Jean-Jacques Annaud, for L'ours
* Luc Besson, for Le grand bleu
* Michel Deville, for La lectrice
* Claude Miller, for La petite voleuse
* Claude Chabrol, for Une affaire de femmes

### Best Writing

* Étienne Chatiliez and Florence Quentin, for La vie est un long fleuve tranquille
* François Dupeyron, for Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre
* Rosalinde Deville, Michel Deville, for La lectrice
* Claude de Givray, Annie Miller, Claude Miller, François Truffaut, Luc Béraud, for La Petite voleuse

### Best Cinematography

* Pierre Lhomme, for Camille Claudel
* Carlo Varini, for Le grand bleu
* Philippe Rousselot, for L'ours

### Best Costume Design

* Dominique Borg, for Camille Claudel
* Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle, for Chouans!
* Elisabeth Tavernier, for La vie est un long fleuve tranquille

### Best Sound

* Pierre Befve, Gérard Lamps, François Groult, for Le grand bleu
* Guillaume Sciama, Dominique Hennequin, François Groult, for Camille Claudel
* Bernard Leroux, Claude Villand, Laurent Quaglio, for L'ours

### Best Editing

* Noëlle Boisson, for L'ours
* Joëlle Hache, Jeanne Kef, for Camille Claudel
* Raymonde Guyot, for La lectrice

### Best Music

* Éric Serra, for Le Grand bleu
* Gabriel Yared, for Camille Claudel
* Francis Lai, for Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté

### Best Production Design

* Bernard Vézat, for Camille Claudel
* Thierry Leproust, for La Lectrice
* Bernard Evein, for Trois places pour le 26

### Best Animated Short

* L'Escalier chimérique, directed by Daniel Guyonnet
* "La Princesse des diamants", directed by Michel Ocelot
* Le Travail du fer, directed by Celia Canning, Néry Catineau

### Best Fiction Short Film

* Lamento, directed by François Dupeyron
* Big Bang, directed by Eric Woreth
* New York 1935, directed by Michèle Ferrand-Lafaye
* Une femme pour l'hiver, directed by Manuel Flèche

### Best Documentary Short Film

* Chet's Romance, directed by Bertrand Fèvre
* Classified People, directed by Yolande Zauberman
* Devant le mur, directed by Daisy Lamothe

### Honorary César

* Bernard Blier Paul Grimault