22nd César Awards

22nd César Awards
Date	8 February 1997
Site	Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Hosted by	Antoine de Caunes
Highlights
Best Film	Ridicule
Best Actor	Philippe Torreton
Best Actress	Fanny Ardant
Television coverage
Network	Canal+

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

Patrice Leconte, Best Director winner

Bertrand Tavernier, Best Director winner

Fanny Ardant, Best Actress winner

Philippe Torreton, Best Actor winner

Catherine Frot, Best Supporting Actress winner

Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Best Supporting Actor winner

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

See also

• 69th Academy Awards
• 50th British Academy Film Awards
• 9th European Film Awards
• 2nd Lumières Awards

External links

• Official website
• 22nd César Awards at IMDb
• 22nd César Awards at AlloCiné