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7th César Awards

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Best Film
  
Quest for Fire

Best Actress
  
Isabelle Adjani

Date
  
27 February 1982

Best Actor
  
Michel Serrault

Network
  
Antenne 2

Other ceremonies
  
1981, 1983

Site
  
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France

Hosted by
  
Pierre Tchernia and Jacques Martin

Location
  
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France

Hosts
  
Pierre Tchernia, Jacques Martin

The 7th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1981 and took place on 27 February 1982 at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Orson Welles and hosted by Pierre Tchernia and Jacques Martin. Quest for Fire won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

The winners are highlighted in bold:

  • Best Film:
    Quest for Fire, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
    Coup de Torchon, directed by Bertrand Tavernier
    Garde à vue, directed by Claude Miller
    Les Uns et les Autres, directed by Claude Lelouch
  • Best Foreign Film:
    The Elephant Man, directed by David Lynch
    Die Fälschung, directed by Volker Schlöndorff
    Raiders of the Lost Ark, directed by Steven Spielberg
  • Best First Work:
    Diva, directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix
    Le Jardinier, directed by Jean-Pierre Sentier
    Neige, directed by Juliet Berto and Jean-Henri Roger
    Une affaire d'hommes, directed by Nicolas Ribowski
  • Best Actor:
    Michel Serrault, for Garde à vue
    Patrick Dewaere, for Beau-père
    Philippe Noiret, for Coup de Torchon
    Michel Piccoli, for Une étrange affaire
  • Best Actress:
    Isabelle Adjani, for Possession
    Isabelle Huppert, for Coup de Torchon
    Fanny Ardant, for La Femme d'à côté
    Catherine Deneuve, for Hôtel des Amériques
  • Best Supporting Actor:
    Guy Marchand, for Garde à vue
    Jean-Pierre Marielle, for Coup de Torchon
    Eddy Mitchell, for Coup de Torchon
    Gérard Lanvin, for Une étrange affaire
  • Best Supporting Actress:
    Nathalie Baye, for Une étrange affaire
    Stéphane Audran, for Coup de Torchon
    Véronique Silver, for La Femme d'à côté
    Sabine Haudepin, for Hôtel des Amériques
  • Best Director:
    Jean-Jacques Annaud, for La Guerre du feu
    Bertrand Tavernier, for Coup de Torchon
    Claude Miller, for Garde à vue
    Pierre Granier-Deferre, for Une étrange affaire
  • Best Writing:
    Claude Miller, Jean Herman, Michel Audiard, for Garde à vue
    Jean Aurenche, Bertrand Tavernier, for Coup de Torchon
    Gérard Brach, for La Guerre du feu
    Christopher Frank, Pierre Granier-Deferre, Jean-Marc Roberts, for Une étrange affaire
  • Best Cinematography:
    Philippe Rousselot, for Diva
    Bruno Nuytten, for Garde à vue
    Claude Agostini, for La Guerre du feu
    Jean Penzer, for Malevil
  • Best Sound:
    Jean-Pierre Ruh, for Diva
    Paul Lainé, for Garde à vue
    Pierre Gamet, for Malevil
    Harald Maury, for Les Uns et les Autres
  • Best Editing:
    Albert Jurgenson, for Garde à vue
    Armand Psenny, for Coup de Torchon
    Henri Lanoë, for Malevil
    Sophie Bhaud, Hugues Darmois, for Les Uns et les Autres
  • Best Music:
    Vladimir Cosma, for Diva
    Philippe Sarde, for La Guerre du feu
    Ennio Morricone, for Le Professionnel
    Francis Lai, Michel Legrand, for Les Uns et les Autres
  • Best Animated Short:
    La Tendresse du maudit, directed by Jean-Manuel Costa
    Trois thèmes, directed by Alexander Alexeieff
    L'Échelle, directed by Alain Ughetto
  • Best Fiction Short:
    Les Photos d'Alix, directed by Jean Eustache
    Cher Alexandre, directed by Anne Lemonier
    Le Concept subtil, directed by Gérard Krawczyk
    Le Rat noir d'amérique, directed by Jérôme Enrico
  • Best Documentary Short:
    Reporters, directed by Raymond Depardon
    Ci-Gisent, directed by Valérie Moncorgé
    Solange Giraud, née Tache, directed by Simone Bitton
  • Best Production Design:
    Max Douy, for Malevil
    Alexandre Trauner, for Coup de Torchon
    Hilton McConnico, for Diva
    Brian Morris, for La Guerre du feu
  • Honorary César:
    Georges Dancigers
    Alexandre Mnouchkine
  • References

    7th César Awards Wikipedia