French Family Drama ‘The Ties That Bind Us’ Beats Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ at France’s Cesar Awards (Full Winners List)

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Carine Tardieu’s family drama The Ties That Bind Us , based on Alice Ferney’s novel L’Intimité , beat out Richard Linklater ’s Nouvelle Vague to take best film at the 51st César awards, France’s equivalent to the Oscars, held Thursday night at the Olympia theater in Paris. The Ties That Bind Us also won for best adapted screenplay and the best supporting actress César for Vimala Pons. Nouvelle Vague , a French-language, black-and-white deep dive into the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 classic Breathless , won best director for Linklater, as well as best cinematography (David Chambille), costume design (Pascaline Chavanne) and editing (Catherine Schwartz). Related Stories Business Netflix Backs Out of Warner Bros. Bidding, Paramount Set to Win Movies The Berlinale Is at War With Itself -- and Tricia Tuttle Is Caught in the Middle The love letter to the French New Wave cinema movement was the frontrunner going into this year’s Césars with 10 nominations. Netflix picked up Nouvelle Vague in Cannes, where it had its world premiere. Laurent Lafitte won best actor for his turn alongside Isabelle Huppert in Thierry Khifla’s comedy drama The Richest Woman In The World , loosely based on the 2010 Bettencourt Affair. Léa Drucker took the best actress honor for her starring role in Dominik Moll’s procedural Case 137 . Stéphane Demoustier’s biographical drama The Great Arch , starring Claes Bang, picked up Césars for production design and visual effects. Pauline Loquès’s Nino , a drama about a young man navigating a cancer diagnosis, picked up a César for best first feature and the best male newcomer prize for the film’s lead, Canadian actor Théodore Pellerin. Ugo Bienvenu’s Oscar-nominated Arco , produced by Natalie Portman, won best animated featur...