While theaters are still closed due to the pandemic and intermittent workers are calling for the extension of the “white year”, the 46e French cinema night was placed under the sign of protest.
The least we can say is that Anny Duperey, fearing before the start of the ceremony “That Madame Bachelot does not take full ears this evening”, had had a hollow nose. The Caesar ceremony was an opportunity to share their pleasure in returning to the stage, but above all to express their anger and frustration.
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Marina Foïs, mistress of ceremony for this 46th edition, opens the ball in a squeaky sketch, signed Blanche Gardin and Laurent Lafitte: “As we are in France and the virus mainly affects the elderly, we have locked up young people and closed cinemas, theaters, museums and banned concerts. […] Why do the Caesars this year? Why bother? Performing a ceremony in front of a half-empty room: upsetting or pathetic? “, she began, mockingly, before ironing about the literary career of the Minister of Culture. “Madame Bachelot, you are releasing a book in presale on Amazon, 18 euros, My life in Pink, in which you give your gorgonzola pasta recipe. You really have the little tips to find comfort through crises. “
Corinne Masiero nude on stage
Isabelle Huppert, who awarded the César for Best Promising Actress, also split an exit for the government: “Okay, now we’re going to have to reopen these cinemas. It is no longer possible. “ Chiara Mastroianni then introduced the secretary general of CGT Spectacle, Denis Gravouil, and his colleague Salomé Gadafi, who reaffirmed their demands while several theaters are occupied in France in order to obtain the reopening of cultural venues. “ We demand the cancellation of the unemployment insurance reform scheduled for July 1. […] We want the white year for everyone. Many of you come to our public meetings and show us your support and solidarity on social networks. It warms the heart. On behalf of all occupants, we thank you ”, they said.
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This evening of claim reached its climax with the arrival of Corinne Masiero, in a bloodied Donkey Skin costume, used tampons on the ear. Captain Marleau without his chapka then began a good-natured spiel around the non-essential character of culture, before removing his skin, displaying a nightie worthy of Carrie at the devil’s ball. Then to undress completely, displaying on his chest the slogan « No culture, no futur », and on his back “Give us back the art, Jean”, for Prime Minister Jean Castex. The actress had, moreover, joined the occupants of the Théâtre de l’Odéon and walked, a few hours earlier, the red carpet of the Caesars, yellow vest on her back.
It is no longer a ceremony but a meeting of La France Insoumise. Jeanne Balibar, who came to award the César for Best Supporting Actress (awarded to Emilie Dequenne for her role in Emmanuel Mouret’s film) then went there with her verse against the reform of, attacking Muriel Pénicaud and Élisabeth Borne, the one who succeeded him at the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Solidarity.
Anny Duperey, like many speakers, asked Roselyne Bachelot to reopen the rooms.
Earlier, probably in the name of the convergence of struggles, Jean-Pascal Zadi, awarded as the best male hope for his role in Simply Black, his film, paid tribute to Adama Traoré. Named in the best actress category, Camélia Jordana did not take the stage to defend the causes that are dear to her.
Fanny Ardant, as often, flew over all her debates to express her love and admiration for men. She awarded the César for best actor to Sami Bouajila, formidable in the role of a father in distress in A son. In this film, he is all in contradiction, stunned, furious, downcast. But he, at least, unlike many during this 46e edition of the Caesar, made the cinema triumph.
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