46th César Awards explained

Number:	46
Award:	César Awards
Date:	12 March 2021
Site:	Olympia, Paris
Host:	Marina Foïs
Best Film:	Bye Bye Morons
Best Actor:	Sami Bouajila
Best Actor Film:	A Son
Best Actress:	Laure Calamy
Best Actress Film:	My Donkey, My Lover & I
Most Wins:	Bye Bye Morons (7)
Most Nominations:	Love Affair(s) (13)
Network:	Canal+
Last:	45th
Next:	47th

The 46th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, took place on 12 March 2021 to honour the best French films of 2020. Roschdy Zem presided, and Marina Foïs hosted the show for the first time.^{[1] [2]}

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 46th César Awards were announced on 10 February 2021.^[3]

Bye Bye Morons – Produced by Catherine Bozorgan; Directed by Albert Dupontel Adolescents – Produced by Muriel Meynard; Sébastien Lifshitz My Donkey, My Lover & I – Produced by Laetitia Galitzine and Aurélie Trouvé-Rouvière; Directed by Caroline Vignal Love Affair(s) – Produced by Frédéric Niedermayer; Directed by Emmanuel Mouret Summer of 85 – Produced by Eric Altmayer and Nicolas Altmayer; Directed by François Ozon	Albert Dupontel – Bye Bye Morons Maïwenn – DNA Sébastien Lifshitz – Adolescents Emmanuel Mouret – Love Affair(s) François Ozon – Summer of 85
Sami Bouajila – A Son as Fares Ben Youssef Jonathan Cohen – Enorme as Frédéric Albert Dupontel – Bye Bye Morons as JB Niels Schneider – Love Affair(s) as Maxime Lambert Wilson – De Gaulle as Charles de Gaulle	Laure Calamy – My Donkey, My Lover & I as Antoinette Martine Chevallier – Two of Us as Madeleine Virginie Efira – Bye Bye Morons as Suze Trappet Camélia Jordana – Love Affair(s) as Daphné Barbara Sukowa – Two of Us as Nina Dorn
Nicolas Marié – Bye Bye Morons as M. Blin Edouard Baer – How to Be a Good Wife as André Grunvald Louis Garrel – DNA as François Benjamin Lavernhe – My Donkey, My Lover & I as Vladimir Vincent Macaigne – Love Affair(s) as François	Emilie Dequenne – Love Affair(s) as Louise Fanny Ardant – DNA as Caroline Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – Summer of 85 as Madame Gorman Noémie Lvovsky – How to Be a Good Wife as Marie -Thérèse Yolande Moreau – How to Be a Good Wife as Gilberte Van der Beck
Jean-Pascal Zadi – Tout Simplement Noir as JP Guang Huo – La Nuit Venue as Jin Félix Lefebvre – Summer of 85 as Alexis Robin Benjamin Voisin – Summer of 85 as David Gorman Alexandre Wetter – Miss as Alex	Fathia Youssouf – Cuties as Aminata Mélissa Guers – The Girl with a Bracelet as Lise India Hair – Poissonsexe as Lucle Julia Piaton – Love Affair(s) as Victoire Camille Rutherford – Felicità as Chloé
Bye Bye Morons – Albert Dupontel My Donkey, My Lover & I – Caroline Vignal Love Affair(s) – Emmanuel Mouret Two of Us – Filippo Meneghetti and Malysone Bovorashy Delete History – Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kerven	The Girl with a Bracelet – Stéphane Demoustier based on the film The Accused by Gonzalo Tobal Wasp Network – Olivier Assayas based on the book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War by Fernando Morais Mama Weed – Hannelore Cayre and Jean-Paul Salomé based on the book La Daronne by Cayre Summer of 85 – François Ozon based on the novel Dance on My Grave by Aidan Chambers
Two of Us – Filippo Meneghetti My Best Part (Garçon chiffon) – Nicolas Maury Cuties - Maïmouna Doucouré Simply Black (Tout simplement noir) – Jean-Pascal Zadi Arab Blues – Manele Labid	Bye Bye Morons – Alexis Kavyrchine Adolescents – Antoine Parouty and Paul Guilhaume My Donkey, My Lover & I – Simon Beaufils Love Affair(s) – Laurent Desmet Summer of 85 – Hichame Alaouié
Adolescents – Tina Baz Bye Bye Morons – Christophe Pinel My Donkey, My Lover & I – Annette Dutertre Love Affair(s) – Marital Salomon Summer of 85 – Laure Gardette	Adolescents – Yolande Decarsin, Jeanne Delplancq, Fanny Martin and Olivier Goinard Bye Bye Morons – Jean Minondo, Gurwal Coïc-Gallas and Cyril Holtz My Donkey, My Lover & I – Guillaume Valex, Fred Demolder and Jean-Paul Hurier Love Affair(s) – Maxime Gavaudan, François Mereu and Jean-Paul Hurier Summer of 85 – Brigitte Taillandier, Julien Roig and Jean-Paul Hurier
La Nuit Venue – Rone Bye Bye Morons – Christophe Julien DNA – Stephen Warbeck My Donkey, My Lover & I – Mateï Bratescot Summer of 85 – Jean-Benoït Dunckel	How to Be a Good Wife – Madeline Fontaine Bye Bye Morons – Mimi Lempicka Love Affair(s) – Hélène Davoudian De Gaulle – Anaïs Romand and Sergio Ballo Summer of 85 – Pascaline Chavanne
Bye Bye Morons – Carlos Conti How to Be a Good Wife – Thierry François Love Affair(s) – David Faivre De Gaulle – Nicolas De Boiscuillé Summer of 85 – Benoît Barouh	Adolescents – Sébastien Lifshitz La Cravate – Etienne Chaillou and Mathias Théry Cyrille Agriculteur, 30 Ans, 20 Vaches, Du Lait, Du Beurre, Des Dettes – Rodolphe Marconi Histoire D’Un Regard – Mariana Otero Un Pays Qui Se Tient Sage – David Du Fresne
Josep – Aurel Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary – Rémi Chayé Little Vampire – Joann Sfar	L'heure de l'Ours – Agnès Patron Bach-Hông – Elsa Duhamel L'Odysée de Choum – Julien Bisaro La tête dans les orties – Paul Cabon
So What If the Goats Die – Sofia Alaoui L'aventure atomique – Loïc Barché Baltringue – Josza Anjembe Je serais parmi les amandiers – Marie Le Floc'h Un Adieu – Mathilde Profit	Another Round (Denmark) – Directed by Thomas Vinterberg 1917 (United Kingdom, United States) – Directed by Sam Mendes Corpus Christi (Poland, France) – Directed by Jan Komasa Dark Waters (United States) – Directed by Todd Haynes The August Virgin (Spain) – Directed by Jonás Trueba
	Le Splendid - Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte & Bruno Moynot Jean-Pierre Bacri

Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:

!Nominations!Films

13	Love Affair(s)
12	Bye Bye Morons
	Summer of 85
8	My Donkey, My Lover & I
6	Adolescents
5	How to Be a Good Wife
4	DNA
	Two of Us
3	De Gaulle
2	The Girl with a Bracelet
	Cuties
	La Nuit Venue
	Tout Simplement Noir

Performers

Name(s)	Song
	Je reviens te chercher
	Quand je serai KO

See also

• 33rd European Film Awards

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: César 2021 : une nouvelle date pour la 46e cérémonie. AlloCiné.
2. Web site: 'Bye Bye Morons' Wins Best Film at France's Cesar Awards. Hollywood Reporter .
3. Web site: Emmanuel Mouret’s ‘Love Affairs’ Leads France’s Cesar Nominations. Variety. 10 February 2021. 10 February 2021.