22nd César Awards

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.

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+

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