US Edition🔴 Carine Tardieu’s ‘The Ties That Bind Us’ wins best film at 2026 César Awards
- On Thursday, Carine Tardieu’s family drama The Ties That Bind Us won best film at the Césars at the Olympia theater in Paris, beating Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague.
- Based on Alice Ferney’s novel, The Ties That Bind Us also won best adapted screenplay and a best supporting actress César for Vimala Pons, building momentum into the top prize.
- Nouvelle Vague led nominations with 10 nods, winning best director plus cinematography, costume design, and editing, while The Great Arch, Case 137, and The Little Sister each received multiple nominations.
- Presided over by Camille Cottin and hosted by Benjamin Lavernhe, the ceremony at L'Olympia concert hall, Paris, honored Canadian actor Jim Carrey with this year’s honorary César.
- Highlighting cross-border influence, an American director led nominations while the event paid tribute to French icon Brigitte Bardot, who died on Dec. 28, with a retrospective reel.
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The ceremony of the César 2026 was also that of the unsaid, not to put himself on the back of the great silversmith of the French cinema?
Carine Tardieu's family drama "L'attachement" was named best film at the French César Awards. Richard Linklater took home the director's award for "Nouvelle vague," while Paul Thomas Anderson's "One battle after another" won best international film.
2026 Césars: 'L'Attachement,' 'Nouvelle Vague,' Léa Drucker and Laurent Lafitte honored at French film awards
No single film dominated the votes, though the 'Nouvelle Vague' biopic about the early days of Jean-Luc Godard took home four statuettes: best director for Richard Linklater, best editing, best costumes, and best cinematography.
Franck Dubosc won for the first time in his career this Thursday, February 26, 202 the Caesar of the "Best Original Scenario" for "A Bear in the Jura", a film co-written with Sarah Kaminsky.
The 51st 7th Art Ceremony, this Thursday evening, had some highlights — the one-man-show of presenter Benjamin Lavernhe — and others weaker. Franck Dubosc, who thought he was rejected by the film family, won his first Caesar for "A Bear in the Jura".
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