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">César Award for Best Film">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">César Award for Best Foreign Film">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">César Award for Best Debut">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">César Award for Best Actor">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">César Award for Best Actress">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
- 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
- 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">César Award for Most Promising Actor">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">César Award for Most Promising Actress">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">César Award for Best Director">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">César Award for Best Writing">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">César Award for Best Cinematography">Best Cinematography
- Pierre Lhomme, for Camille Claudel
- Carlo Varini, for Le grand bleu
- Philippe Rousselot, for L'ours
Best Costume Design">César Award for Best Costume Design">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">César Award for Best Sound">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">César Award for Best Editing">Best Editing
- Noëlle Boisson, for L'ours
- Joëlle Hache, Jeanne Kef, for Camille Claudel
- Raymonde Guyot, for La lectrice
Best Music">César Award for Best Music Written for a Film">Best Music
- Éric Serra, for Le Grand bleu
- Gabriel Yared, for Camille Claudel
- Francis Lai, for Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté
Best Production Design">César Award for Best Production Design">Best Production Design
- Bernard Vézat, for Camille Claudel
- Thierry Leproust, for La Lectrice
- Bernard Evein, for Trois places pour le 26
- 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
- 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
- Chet's Romance, directed by Bertrand Fèvre
- Classified People, directed by Yolande Zauberman
- Devant le mur, directed by Daisy Lamothe
- Bernard Blier
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