23rd César Awards

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:

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Luc Besson, Best Director winner

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Ariane Ascaride, Best Actress winner

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André Dussollier, Best Actor winner

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Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation winners

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

See also

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

External links

• Official website
• Template:IMDb event
• 23rd César Awards at AlloCiné