14th César Awards

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Hosted by Pierre Tchernia Best Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo Network Antenne 2 Other ceremonies 1988, 1990 Location Paris, France		Best Film Camille Claudel Best Actress Isabelle Adjani Date 4 March 1989 Host Pierre Tchernia
Sites Théâtre de l'Empire, Paris

The 14th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1988 and took place on 4 March 1989 at the Théâtre de l'Empire in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Peter Ustinov and hosted by Pierre Tchernia. Camille Claudel won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

The winners are highlighted in bold:

Best Film:
Camille Claudel, directed by Bruno Nuytten
Le Grand bleu, directed by Luc Besson
La Lectrice, directed by Michel Deville
L'Ours, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille, directed by Étienne Chatiliez

Best Foreign Film:
Out of Rosenheim, directed by Percy Adlon
Bird, directed by Clint Eastwood
Salaam Bombay!, directed by Mira Nair
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, directed by Robert Zemeckis

Best Debut:
La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille, directed by Étienne Chatiliez
Camille Claudel directed by Bruno Nuytten
Chocolat, directed by Claire Denis
Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre, directed by François Dupeyron

Best Actor:
Jean-Paul Belmondo, for Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté
Gérard Depardieu, for Camille Claudel
Jean-Marc Barr, for Le Grand bleu
Richard Anconina, for Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté
Daniel Auteuil, for Quelques jours avec moi

Best Actress:
Isabelle Adjani, for Camille Claudel
Catherine Deneuve, for Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre
Miou-Miou, for La Lectrice
Charlotte Gainsbourg, for La Petite voleuse
Isabelle Huppert, for Une affaire de femmes

Best Supporting Actor:
Patrick Chesnais, for La Lectrice
Alain Cuny, for Camille Claudel
Jean Reno, for Le Grand bleu
Jean-Pierre Marielle, for Quelques jours avec moi
Patrick Bouchitey, for La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille

Best Supporting Actress

Hélène Vincent, for La vie est un long fleuve tranquille

María Casares, for La lectrice

Dominique Lavanant, for Quelques jours avec moi

Françoise Fabian, for Trois places pour le 26

Marie Trintignant, for Une affaire de femmes

Most Promising Actor

Stéphane Freiss, for Chouans!

Thomas Langmann, for Les années sandwiches

Laurent Grévill, for Camille Claudel

François Négret, for De bruit et de fureur

Most Promising Actress

Catherine Jacob, for La vie est un long fleuve tranquille

Nathalie Cardone, for Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre

Clotilde de Bayser, for L'enfance de l'art

Ingrid Held, for La maison assassinée

Best Director

Jean-Jacques Annaud, for L'ours

Luc Besson, for Le grand bleu

Michel Deville, for La lectrice

Claude Miller, for La petite voleuse

Claude Chabrol, for Une affaire de femmes

Best Writing

Étienne Chatiliez and Florence Quentin, for La vie est un long fleuve tranquille

François Dupeyron, for Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre

Rosalinde Deville, Michel Deville, for La lectrice

Claude de Givray, Annie Miller, Claude Miller, François Truffaut, Luc Béraud, for La Petite voleuse

Best Cinematography

Pierre Lhomme, for Camille Claudel

Carlo Varini, for Le grand bleu

Philippe Rousselot, for L'ours

Best Costume Design

Dominique Borg, for Camille Claudel

Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle, for Chouans!

Elisabeth Tavernier, for La vie est un long fleuve tranquille

Best Sound

Pierre Befve, Gérard Lamps, François Groult, for Le grand bleu

Guillaume Sciama, Dominique Hennequin, François Groult, for Camille Claudel

Bernard Leroux, Claude Villand, Laurent Quaglio, for L'ours

Best Editing

Noëlle Boisson, for L'ours

Joëlle Hache, Jeanne Kef, for Camille Claudel

Raymonde Guyot, for La lectrice

Best Music:
Éric Serra, for La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille
Gabriel Yared, for Camille Claudel
Éric Serra, for Le Grand bleu
Francis Lai, for Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté

Best Production Design:
Bernard Vézat, for Camille Claudel
Thierry Leproust, for La Lectrice
Bernard Evein, for Trois places pour le 26

Best Animated Short:
L'Escalier chimérique, directed by Daniel Guyonnet
"La Princesse des diamants", directed by Michel Ocelot
Le Travail du fer, directed by Celia Canning, Néry Catineau

Best Fiction Short:
Lamento, directed by François Dupeyron
Big Bang, directed by Eric Woreth
New York 1935, directed by Michèle Ferrand-Lafaye
Une femme pour l'hiver, directed by Manuel Flèche

Best Documentary Short:
Chet's Romance, directed by Bertrand Fèvre
Classified People, directed by Yolande Zauberman
Devant le mur, directed by Daisy Lamothe

Honorary César:
Bernard Blier
Paul Grimault