Kristen Stewart picked up the first nomination for an American actress at France’s César Awards since opera singer Julia Migenes’ performance in the 1984 film adaptation of "Carmen," nabbing a Best Supporting Actress nod for her role as an aging film star’s assistant in Olivier Assayas’ "Clouds of Sils Maria." Bertrand Bonello’s "Saint Laurent" leads this year’s nominations with 10, including Best Film and Best Director. "Les Combattants" (nine), "Timbuktu" (eight), and yet another biopic of the famed French designer, "Yves Saint Laurent" (seven), were also among those lauded by the French Académie today.
Stewart’s "Sils Maria" co-star Juliette Binoche, Oscar nominee Marion Cotillard ("Two Days, One Night"), and screen legend Catherine Deneuve ("Dans La Cour") all feature in the packed race for Best Actress, while Céline Sciamma’s acclaimed "Girlhood" ("Bandes De Filles"), which opens in New York Friday, received nominations for Best Director and Best Score. The Best Foreign Film lineup includes Palme d’Or winner "Winter Sleep," Oscar winner "12 Years a Slave," Oscar nominees "Boyhood," "Ida," "Two Days, One Night," and "The Grand Budapest Hotel," as well as Xavier Dolan’s "Mommy."
We have the nominees in seven major categories below. The full list can be found here (English) and here (French). The Césars will be handed out Feb. 20 in Paris.
Best Film
"Les Combattants," dir: Thomas Cailley
"Eastern Boys," dir: Robin Campillo
"La Famille Bélier," dir: Eric Lartigau
"Saint Laurent," dir: Bertrand Bonello
"Hippocrate," dir: Thomas Lilti
"Sils Maria," dir: Olivier Assayas
"Timbuktu," dir: Abderrahmane Sissako
Best Director
Céline Sciamma, "Bande De Filles"
Thomas Cailley, "Les Combattants"
Robin Campillo, "Eastern Boys"
Thomas Lilti, "Hippocrate"
Bertrand Bonello, "Saint Laurent"
Olivier Assayas, "Sils Maria"
Abderrahmane Sissako, "Timbuktu"
Best Actress
Juliette Binoche, "Sils Maria"
Catherine Deneuve, "Dans La Cour"
Marion Cotillard, "Deux Jours, Une Nuit"
Emilie Dequenne, "Pas Son Genre"
Adèle Haenel, "Les Combattants"
Sandrine Kiberlain, "Elle L’Adore"
Karin Viard, "La Famille Bélier"
Best Actor
Pierre Niney, "Yves Saint Laurent"
Romain Duris, "Une Nouvelle Amie"
Gaspard Ulliel, "Saint Laurent"
Guillaume Canet, "La Prochaine Fois Je Viserai Le Coeur"
Niels Arestrup, "Diplomatie"
François Damiens, "La Famille Bélier"
Vincent Lacoste, "Hippocrate"
Best Supporting Actress
Marianne Denicourt, "Hippocrate"
Claude Gensac, "Lulu Femme Nue"
Izïa Higelin, "Samba"
Charlotte Le Bon, "Yves Saint Laurent"
Kristen Stewart, "Sils Maria"
Best Supporting Actor
Eric Elmosnino, "La Famille Bélier"
Jérémie Renier, "Saint Laurent"
Guillaume Gallienne, "Yves Saint Laurent"
Louis Garrel, "Saint Laurent"
Reda Kateb, "Hippocrate"
Best Foreign Film
"Winter Sleep," dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
"Boyhood," dir: Richard Linklater
"12 Years A Slave," dir: Steve McQueen
"Deux Jours, Une Nuit," dirs: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
"Mommy," dir Xavier Dolan
"Ida," dir: Pawel Pawlikowski
"The Grand Budapest Hotel," dir: Wes Anderson
@lulu the obnoxious KStew troll is the one who doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Here’s what Assayas said, I suppose you would argue with the director when he offered her the role of the starlet, not the assistant: Olivier: "It’s entirely to her credit. I met Kristen through the producer of ON THE ROAD, which is also the producer of this movie. He nagged me that I should meet her. I didn’t feel this type of project would interest her and her fame seemed to me to contradict the film project. She read the script, we meet. I immediately liked her enthusiasm. But I didn’t know how to approach the question of roles with her. So timidly, I ask her the question. She had not even considered the role of the starlet. She wanted the assistant. I said “Are you sure? Because it will produce a weird thing!” See? Her OTR producer forced him to meet her, and he had only thought of her for the role Moretz played. This is from an interview published on July 18, 2014. Now stop lying about how she got the part. She wasn’t the first choice for the assistant. Ever. And she only got it because Mia dropped out. If she had read the script and responded when it was first sent to her, she would have been offered the part of the starlet. That’s not the only time he’s talked about it, either.
Bell the hater doesn’t have any idea what she’s talking about.
The director wanted Kristen for the role initially. But Kristen never got the script. He then cast Mia and she dropped out. He went back to Kristen and that’s when Kristen found out he wanted her for the part initially and that’s when Kristen told him that she never got the script. All you have to do is Google interviews of them both. Mia was not the original actress for the role.
Gotta love haters who don’t know what they are talking about.
im very happy to herar that my idol KStew nominated to a prestigeous cesar award,she deserves to win,although the whole world hated her but she will Survived the Storm Hahahahah,Kristen you;re the One.! Great ACTRESS,beautiful young lady,Tough & strong woman…Iloveyou & Congratulations…
Just saw the film. I had only seen Kristen in Panic Room, but she is really great in Sils Maria alongside the amazing Binoche, I hope she continues in this path. I smell a lot of potential in her, thankfully that teen-vampire franchise is over and she’s now free to explore her acting chops.
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I am so glad for her. She has had such a tough time of it. She is very talented and I happy others realize how great she is. A natural . As for her RPutz co star he is all washed up. The more time he spends with miss nose ring the fewer are his chance of ever being a success again. He will be broke before you know it. She on the other hand is a smart young lady and has chosen to concentrate on her career. Good choice.
This is just the beginning for Kristen. The troll will try to play this nomination down but the reality is that it’s harder to get a Cesar than an Oscar due to the campaigns the studios do for their movies. The French don’t work like that US
Kristen paid the price for her mistakes over & Over gain! See the nasty people above your comment, they made sure she paid dearly! But she got up and went on! Proud of her and proud of the cast of SM!
Did you miss where he is directing a WB movie starring Scarlett Johansson? Everyone involved has moved on — you’re talking about a years-old scandal. You’re insane if you think she wasn’t put through the ringer more than the man twice her age who wrecked HIS life and HIS marriage. It’s all completely irrelevant to her movie career.
lol who every feminist was writing all those article saying society punishes cheating women. its the other way round. Kristen is getting acclaimed after wrecking the lifes of multiple people while the cheating men has his career ruined.
@Bell – shut up Rpattz fan. They went to HER with a role and Kristen chose to play Valentine. Go hug your Edward pillow
Well, the French know a thing or two about acting.
I personally thought she was brilliant in the movie. The combination of her acting and the French cinematography was mesmerising.
Well done Kristen and congratulations!
And you just proved how insane and miserable you are, bringing up random, irrelevant things concerning her personal life into your desperate attempt to drag on her prestigious nomination. It would be hilarious if you weren’t so sad and pathetic, but believe me, everyone can see you for what you are. A bitter, bitter little troll. I am sure more meltdowns from you will be forthcoming throughout the year as she has 3 more films coming out, on top of the US release of Sils Maria. You’re like a child throwing a tantrum.
To Bell, Kristen didn’t only get the part when Mia Wasikowska dropped out. Get our facts right. Kristen had the part before Mia but had to back out due to scheduling conflicts. Then Mia couldn’t do the film and Kristen’s schedule freed up so she was able to go back into it.
AKA Bell/Cagney/Truthy_1 – I am not fan of RPatz but he seems like a decent bloke that minds his own business so having someone making deranged comments ultimately on his behalf is not fair to the guy. His time will come at some point so please relax.
As for Kristen, though it seems difficult for you to admit she is doing well professionally, has enough money to live comfortably and ensure her future offspring does too and as far as her private life goes, it’s her business what she does- her fans stay out of it, I suggest you do too.
I’M SO PROUD OF KRISTEN! FINALLY, A NOMINATION THAT IS WORTHY OF HER. I HOPE SHE WINS. SHE’S AMAZING IN EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES
Maybe OK! can run a story about how Kristen is broke, since she’s the one who’s unemployed and begging Marvel for a role in one of their franchises. Let’s see if this nomination and $3 can get her a cup of coffee at Starbuck’s tomorrow morning. I’ve missed her daily coffee runs with Alicia.
@Cagney/Bell/CopyPasteTroll Go back to Rob Pattinson’s IMDb board, CurzonStreet. Congratulations to Kristen on her nomination.
Hey, Copy/Paste Troll, or @Truthy_1 on Twitter: Get over it. You are dead wrong. Completely. Both Assayas and Gillibert stated Kristen was the number one choice. And even if she wasn’t, who cares? Truthy_1, did you know that Angelina Jolie was the top choice for Gravity? Not being the top choice doesn’t diminish the "second" choice’s performance, and that isn’t even the case here. I know you’re horribly bitter that she was just nominated for an incredibly prestigious award by a group that so rarely looks outside their own country for nominees, but your desperation to disparage her accomplishment is pathetic and transparent. As for Chanel, maybe her affiliation with them led them to want to invest in the movie. She has known Karl Lagerfeld for years, so it’s actually much more likely that SHE pulled them into the picture. You want misinformed, go look in the mirror, you lunatic. Keep ranting, @Truthy_1.
This is one of the great movies Stewart has in the last year. She has three great movies, Camp X Ray, Still Alice and Clouds of Sils Maria. She is absolutely fantastic in these movies and I frankly do not understand, that she was not nominonace in Hollywood. Something is wrong in America. The acting Stewart is absolutely all right , the girl is divine. Big congratulations to Kristen Stewart.
Glad to see my favorite actress get her awards first from my country!
People are ridiculous! Hollywood is full of movies that have gone on to to big that had changes at casting! People need to cool their jets with all this mess! It’s ridiculous! Fact of the matter is the movie is good! The casting turned out to be perfect fit! Congrats to them! Kristen deserves it!
Kristen was not the first choice for the role she played. Assayas said so in an interview on Indiewire. He originally thought of her for the part Chloe played and she wouldn’t have played Valentine unless Mia Wasikowska had dropped out. That’s the fact, no matter how hard KStew’s misinformed little fans try to spin it. And Chanel funded part of the production, and she represents Chanel, who’s clothes were also featured in the film. So it sure does look like she used her connections to get the role.
Aww happy for her, so well deserved for someone who has recieved the backhand critism from media and tabloids glad she is turning things around and doing it in a big way..
Well deserved nomination. she was brilliant in the role. congrats to miss stewart!
I hope she wins!! Very excited for her and we will always love Kristen.
WOW!….let all the TWIHARDS and ROBSTENS be happy for KRISTEN!!!
I so hope she will WIN
From those wonderful folks who consider Gerard Depardieu a sex symbol!
Oh wow, Bell. I guess haters are just gonna hate no matter the great honor just bestowed upon her. She is a really good actress and just gonna get better as she matures. Congratulations Kristen!!!
Great honor for Kristen, not sure she will win but what a fantastic thing to be nominated for such a prestigious award especially knowing how the French are insanely protective of their culture (which btw is not a bad thing). Look forward to seeing this universally acclaimed movie when it finally gets released.
To the lady that happens to invade all comment boards every time there is a positive article about Kristen, just relax man, there are worse things in the world than an actress you seem to loath doing well. I also recommend you start using the same name as we know it’s you by now. It truly is pathetic what you are doing, please stop it for your own sake.
What am honor this is for Kristen… First american actress nominated for Caesars award in 30 years! I saw Soils Maria and I was blown away by how good she is in that role and how much more amazing the movie is because of her strong performance and chemistry with Juliette.
Kristen has received pretty much unanimously great reviews for her role in Sils Maria (also from reviewers that are hard to please), which this nomination obviously confirms as well. In addition, most French journalists find the nomination to be well deserved. Please do continue with your tired old diatribe though, being in a small minority. How ludicrous the notion that Kristen would have received the nomination because she’s American. If anything, the nomination is even more remarkable because she isn’t French. Who cares how she got the role; for me, as a viewer the result is what matters. After her latest movies, Kristen will certainly have no problem being offered great roles in the future.
I am thrilled and happy for Kristen. Her performance as Valentine is so amazing and so deserving of this nomination and I hope she wins the Best Suppo
Congratulations to Stewart, looking forward to seeing this when it’s released here. She was excellent in Still Alice. Good for her! (Oh, and condolences to the Pattinson hag leaving the long hater message.)
You poor, bitter little thing. Too bad you’re all wrong on all fronts. Called in a favor? Gillibert liked her in On the Road, and Assayas admired her other previous work too. Are you implying that anyone who works with someone in the industry multiple times is simply "calling in a favor"? Does Jennifer Lawrence "call in favors" to David O. Russell? Does Robert Pattinson "call in favors" to Cronenberg? Was Juliette Binoche simply "calling in a favor" to Assayas when she approached him about this movie in the first instance? If you work well with people, they want to work with you again. Next, Mia W. was cast AFTER Kristen was sent the script and was unable to accept initially. When Mia dropped, they went BACK to Kristen; Kristen was always the first choice. And no, Assayas clearly stated that he wanted her for the role of Valentine but merely thought she would be more interested in Chloe’s role; he was pleasantly surprised when she expressed interest in Valentine. As for these so-called "tics," you seem to be the only one going from article to article harping on about them. She was universally acclaimed for this role and has now been nominated for a prestigious award. Deal with it, even though it seems to be really hard for you.
Jealous much?? Kristen is exceptional and mesmerizing in the film. That’s why so many are raving about her performance. It matters not how she originally received the part. The director is counting his blessings!
very happy for kristen stewart….well diserved nomination
Because most films by French directors and French producers don’t cast American actresses, so the pool is very limited. And she only got that part because she called in a favor from her On The Road producer, who also produced CoSM. She got her part when Mia Wasikowska dropped out. The director originally invisioned her playing the spoiled brat actress that Chloe ended up playing (but that would have been typecasting). She just plays herself, with all her usual tics, no range or stretch in the role of the assistant.
And you just KNOW Mommy’s going to win "Best Foreign – not language – Film". Le chauvinisme regne!
So thrilled for her! She deserves this recognition and is certainly one to watch after her great work last year.