42nd César Awards explained

Number:	42
Award:	César Awards
Date:	24 February 2017
Site:	Salle Pleyel, Paris
Host:	Jérôme Commandeur
Best Film:	Elle
Best Actor:	Gaspard Ulliel
Best Actor Film:	It's Only the End of the World
Best Actress:	Isabelle Huppert
Best Actress Film:	Elle
Most Wins:	Divines (3) It's Only the End of the World (3)
Most Nominations:	Elle (11) Frantz (11)
Network:	Canal+
Last:	41st
Next:	43rd

The 42nd César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, was held on 24 February 2017, at the Salle Pleyel in Paris to honour the best French films of 2016. Jérôme Commandeur hosted the César Awards ceremony for the first time.

The nominations were announced on 25 January 2017 by Academy president Alain Terzian and awards ceremony host Jérôme Commandeur.^[1]

Divines and It's Only the End of the World won three awards each.^[2] Other films with multiple awards include Chocolat, My Life as a Courgette and Elle with two, with the latter film winning the Best Film honour.^[3]

Winners and nominees

Divines – produced by Marc-Benoît Créancier, directed by Houda Benyamina Frantz – produced by Eric Altmayer and Nicolas Altmayer, directed by François Ozon The Innocents – produced by Eric Altmayer and Nicolas Altmayer, directed by Anne Fontaine Slack Bay – produced by Jean Bréhat, Rachid Bouchareb and Muriel Merlin, directed by Bruno Dumont From the Land of the Moon – produced by Alain Attal, directed by Nicole Garcia In Bed with Victoria – produced by Emmanuel Chaumet, directed by Justine Triet	Xavier Dolan – It's Only the End of the World Houda Benyamina – Divines Paul Verhoeven – Elle François Ozon – Frantz Anne Fontaine – The Innocents Bruno Dumont – Slack Bay Nicole Garcia – From the Land of the Moon
Gaspard Ulliel – It's Only the End of the World François Cluzet – Irreplaceable Pierre Deladonchamps – A Kid Nicolas Duvauchelle – A Decent Man Fabrice Luchini – Slack Bay Pierre Niney – Frantz Omar Sy – Chocolat	Isabelle Huppert – Elle Judith Chemla – A Woman's Life Marion Cotillard – From the Land of the Moon Virginie Efira – In Bed with Victoria Marina Foïs – Faultless (Irréprochable) Sidse Babett Knudsen – 150 Milligrams Soko – The Dancer
James Thierrée – Chocolat Gabriel Arcand – A Kid Vincent Cassel – It's Only the End of the World Vincent Lacoste – In Bed with Victoria Laurent Lafitte – Elle Melvil Poupaud – In Bed with Victoria	Déborah Lukumuena – Divines Nathalie Baye – It's Only the End of the World Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – Slack Bay Anne Consigny – Elle Mélanie Thierry – The Dancer
Niels Schneider – Dark Inclusion Jonas Bloquet – Elle Damien Bonnard – Staying Vertical Corentin Fila – Being 17 Kacey Mottet Klein – Being 17	Oulaya Amamra – Divines Paula Beer – Frantz Lily-Rose Depp – The Dancer Noémie Merlant – Heaven Will Wait Raph – Slack Bay
The Aquatic Effect – Sólveig Anspach and Jean-Luc Gaget Divines – Romain Compingt, Houda Benyamina and Malik Rumeau The Innocents – Sabrina B. Karine, Alice Vial, Pascal Bonitzer and Anne Fontaine Slack Bay – Bruno Dumont In Bed with Victoria – Justine Triet	My Life as a Courgette – Céline Sciamma Elle – David Birke 150 Milligrams – Séverine Bosschem and Emmanuelle Bercot Frantz – François Ozon From the Land of the Moon – Nicole Garcia and Jacques Fieschi Heal the Living – Katell Quillévéré and Gilles Taurand
Divines – Houda Benyamina Cigarettes et chocolat chaud – Sophie Reine The Dancer – Stéphanie Di Giusto Dark Inclusion – Arthur Harari Rosalie Blum – Julien Rappeneau	Pascal Marti – Frantz Stéphane Fontaine – Elle Caroline Champetier – The Innocents Guillaume Deffontaines – Slack Bay Christophe Beaucarne – From the Land of the Moon
Xavier Dolan – It's Only the End of the World Loïc Lallemand and Vincent Tricon – Divines Job ter Burg – Elle Laure Gardette – Frantz Simon Jacquet – From the Land of the Moon	Marc Engels, Fred Demolder, Sylvain Réty and Jean-Paul Hurier – The Odyssey Brigitte Taillandier, Vincent Guillon and Stéphane Thiébaut – Chocolat Jean-Paul Mugel, Alexis Place, Cyril Holtz and Damien Lazzerini – Elle Martin Boissau, Benoît Gargonne and Jean-Paul Hurier – Frantz Jean-Pierre Duret, Sylvain Malbrant and Jean-Pierre Laforce – From the Land of the Moon
Ibrahim Maalouf – In the Forests of Siberia Gabriel Yared – Chocolat Anne Dudley – Elle Philippe Rombi – Frantz Sophie Hunger – My Life as a Courgette	Anaïs Romand – The Dancer Pascaline Chavanne – Frantz Alexandra Charles – Slack Bay Catherine Leterrier – From the Land of the Moon Madeline Fontaine – A Woman's Life
Jérémie D. Lignol – Chocolat Carlos Conti – The Dancer Michel Barthélémy – Frantz Riton Dupire-Clément – Slack Bay Katia Wyszkop – Planetarium	Merci patron! – François Ruffin Latest News From the Cosmos – Julie Bertucelli Fire at Sea – Gianfranco Rosi Swagger – Olivier Babinet Journey Through French Cinema – Bertrand Tavernier
My Life as a Courgette – Claude Barras The Girl Without Hands – Sébastien Laudenbach The Red Turtle – Michaël Dudok de Wit	Celui qui a deux âmes – Fabrice Luang-Vija Café froid – Stéphanie Lansaque and François Leroy Journal animé – Donato Sansone Peripheria – David Coquard-Dassault
Maman(s) – Maïmouna Doucouré Vers la tendresse – Alice Diop Après Suzanne – Félix Moati Au bruit des clochettes – Chabname Zariab Chasse Royale – Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret	I, Daniel Blake – Ken Loach Aquarius – Kleber Mendonça Filho Graduation – Cristian Mungiu The Unknown Girl – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne It's Only the End of the World – Xavier Dolan Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade
George Clooney

Multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
11	Elle
Frantz
9	Slack Bay
8	From the Land of the Moon
7	Divines
6	It's Only the End of the World
The Dancer
5	Chocolat
In Bed with Victoria
4	The Innocents
3	My Life as a Courgette
2	Dark Inclusion
Being 17
150 Milligrams
A Kid
A Woman's Life

The following films received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
3	Divines
It's Only the End of the World
2	Elle
Chocolat
My Life as a Courgette

Viewers

The show was followed by 1.9 million viewers. This corresponds to 10.5% of the audience.^[4]

External links

Official website

Notes and References

Web site: César Awards Nominations: Verhoeven's 'Elle', Ozon's 'Frantz' In The Lead. Nancy. Tartaglione. 24 January 2017. Deadline Hollywood. 24 January 2017.
Web site: César Awards Winners: 'Elle' Best Film, Isabelle Huppert Best Actress – Full List . Deadline Hollywood . Tartaglione . Nancy . 24 February 2017 . 25 February 2017.
Web site: PALMARÈS 2017 - 42 ÈME CÉRÉMONIE DES CÉSAR. Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. 24 February 2017. 24 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170606122619/http://www.academie-cinema.org/ceremonie/palmares.html. 6 June 2017. dead.
Web site: Audiences : Le téléfilm de France 2 plus fort que "Stars sous hypnose", les César 2017 faibles. PureMédias. fr. 25 February 2017. 12 March 2017.