23rd César Awards explained

Number:	23
Award:	César Awards
Date:	28 February 1998
Site:	Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Host:	Antoine de Caunes
Best Film:	Same Old Song
Best Actor:	André Dussollier
Best Actor Film:	Same Old Song
Best Actress:	Ariane Ascaride
Best Actress Film:	Marius and Jeannette
Network:	Canal+
Last:	22nd
Next:	24th

The 23rd César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1997 and took place on 28 February 1998 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Juliette Binoche and hosted by Antoine de Caunes. Same Old Song won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

The winners are highlighted in bold:

Same Old Song On Guard The Fifth Element Marius and Jeannette Western	Luc Besson – The Fifth Element Alain Corneau – Le Cousin Robert Guédiguian – Marius and Jeannette Alain Resnais – Same Old Song Manuel Poirier – Western
André Dussollier – Same Old Song Daniel Auteuil – On Guard Charles Berling – Dry Cleaning Alain Chabat – Didier Patrick Timsit – Le Cousin	Ariane Ascaride – Marius and Jeannette Sabine Azéma – Same Old Song Marie Gillain – On Guard Sandrine Kiberlain – Seventh Heaven Miou Miou – Dry Cleaning
Jean-Pierre Bacri – Same Old Song Jean-Pierre Darroussin – Marius and Jeannette Gérard Jugnot – Marthe Vincent Pérez – On Guard Lambert Wilson – Same Old Song	Agnès Jaoui – Same Old Song Pascale Roberts – Marius and Jeannette Mathilde Seigner – Dry Cleaning Marie Trintignant – Le Cousin Karin Viard – Hikers
Stanislas Merhar – Dry Cleaning Sacha Bourdo – Western Vincent Elbaz – Hikers José Garcia – La Vérité si je mens ! Sergi López – Western	Emma de Caunes – Un frère Jeanne Balibar – I Hate Love Isabelle Carré – The Banned Woman Amira Casar – La Vérité si je mens ! Laetitia Pesenti – Marius and Jeannette
Same Old Song – Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri Le Cousin – Michel Alexandre and Alain Corneau Marius and Jeannette – Robert Guédiguian and Jean-Louis Milesi Dry Cleaning – Anne Fontaine and Gilles Taurand Western – Jean-François Goyet and Manuel Poirier	Didier The Other Shore Les Démons de Jésus La Vie de Jésus Ma vie en rose
Thierry Arbogast – The Fifth Element Benoît Delhomme – Artemisia Jean-François Robin – On Guard	Hervé de Luze – Same Old Song Henri Lanoë – On Guard Sylvie Landra – The Fifth Element
Jean-Pierre Laforce, Michel Klochendler and Pierre Lenoir – Same Old Song Daniel Brisseau – The Fifth Element Pierre Gamet and Gérard Lamps – Le Cousin	Bernardo Sandoval – Western Philippe Sarde – On Guard Éric Serra – The Fifth Element Jordi Savall – Marquise Bruno Fontaine – Same Old Song
Christian Gasc – On Guard Dominique Borg – Artemisia Jean-Paul Gaultier – The Fifth Element	Dan Weil – The Fifth Element Bernard Vezat – On Guard Jacques Saulnier – Same Old Song
Majorettes in Space (Des majorettes dans l'espace) Ferrailles Seule Tout doit disparaître The Old Lady and the Pigeons	Brassed Off The English Patient Everyone Says I Love You The Full Monty Hana-bi
Michael Douglas Clint Eastwood Jean-Luc Godard

See also

• 70th Academy Awards
• 51st British Academy Film Awards
• 10th European Film Awards
• 3rd Lumières Awards

External links

• Official website
  • 23rd César Awards at AlloCiné