César 2022: Lost Illusions and Annette at the top of the nominations, Adam Driver among the best actors

Lost Illusions by Xavier Giannoli and Leos Carax's musical Annette drive nominations for the 2022 César Awards.

Nominations for César 2022 announced. The Oscars of French cinema this year see Xavier Giannoli's Lost Illusions in pole position with 15 nominations, followed by the crazy musical by Leos Carax, Annette , at 11 including the nomination for best actor for Adam Driver .

Annette, the opening film of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, sees Adam Driver as standup performer Henry McHenry, who falls in love with opera singer Anne (Marion Cotillard) before their volatile relationship turns upside down.

Another musical, Aline – The voice of love by Valérie Lemercier, inspired by the life of Canadian singer Céline Dion, with 10 nominations, followed by Bac Nord by Cédric Jiminez with 7 nominations and by the winner of the Venice Film Festival, Happening, a share four.

Director and screenwriter Danièle Thompson will host the César award ceremony on February 25, during which a Cèsar for Lifetime Achievement will be awarded to Cate Blanchett.

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Below is the complete list of candidates for the César 2022:

BEST FILM

BEST DIRECTOR

• Valérie Lemercier, "Aline"

• Leos Carax, "Annette"

• Cédric Jiminez, "Bac Nord"

• Audrey Diwan, "Happening"

• Xavier Giannoli, "Lost Illusions"

• Arthur Harari, Onoda, "10,000 Nuits Dans La Jungle"

• Julia Ducournau, "Titane"

BEST ACTRESS

• Leila Bekhti, "Les Intranquilles"

• Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, "The Fracture"

• Laure Calamay, "Une Femme Du Monde"

• Virginie Efira, "Blessed"

• Vicky Krieps, "Serre Moi Fort"

• Valérie Lemercier, "Aline"

• Léa Seydoux, "France"

BEST ACTOR

• Damien Bonnard, "Les Intraquilles"

• Adam Driver, "Annette"

• Gilles Lellouche, "Bac Nord"

• Vincent Macaigne, "Médecin De Nuit"

• Benoit Magimel, "De Son Vivant"

• Pio Marmai, "The Fracture"

• Pierre Niney, "Boîte Noire"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Jeanne Balibar, "Lost Illusions"

• Cécile de France, "Lost Illusions"

• Aissatou Dialla Sagna, "The Fracture"

• Adèle Exarchopoulos, "Mandibules"

• Danielle Fichaud, "Aline"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Francois Civil, "Bac Nord"

• Xavier Dolan, "Lost Illusions"

• Vincent Lacoste, "Lost Illusions"

• Karim Leklou, "Bac Nord"

• Sylvain Marcel, "Aline"

BEST FEMALE NEWCOMER

• Noée Abita, "Slalom"

• Salomé Dewaels, "Lost Illusions"

• Agathe Rousselle, "Titane"

• Anamaria Vartolomei, "Happening"

• Lucie Zhang, "Les Olympiades"

BEST MALE NEWCOMER

• Sandor Funtek, "Supremes"

• Sami Outalbali, "Une Histoire D'Amour Et De Désir"

• Thimotée Robart, "Les Magnétiques"

• Makita Samba, "Les Olympiades"

• Benjamin Voisin, "Lost Illusions"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Valérie Lemercier, Brigitte Buc – "Aline"

• Leos Carax, Ron Mael, Russell Mael – "Annette"

• Yann Gozlan, Simon Moutaïrou, Nicolas Bouvet-Levrard – "Boïte Noire"

• Catherine Corsini, Laurette Polmanss, Agnès Feuvre – "La Fracture"

• Arthur Harari, Vincent Poymiro – "Onoda, 10,000 Nuits Dans La Jungle"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Yaël Langmann, Yvan Attal – "Les Choses Humaines"

• Audrey Diwan, Marcia Romano – "Happening"

• Xavier Giannoli, Jacques Fieschi – "Lost Illusions"

• Céline Sciamma, Léa Mysius, Jacques Audiard – "Les Olympiades"

• Mathieu Amalric – "Serre Moi Fort"

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Ron Male, Russell Mael – "Annette"

• Guillaume Roussel – "Bac Nord"

• Philippe Rombi – "Boïte Noire"

• Rone – "Les Olympiades"

• Warren Ellis, Nick Cave – "La Panthère Des Neiges"

BEST SOUND

• Olivier Mauvezin, Arnaud Rolland, Edouard Morin, Daniel Sobrino – "Aline"

• Erwan Kerzanet, Katia Boutin, Maxence Dussère, Paul Heymans, Thomas Gauder – "Annette"

• Nicolas Provost, Nicolas Bouvet-Levrard, Marc Doisne – "Boïte Noire"

• François Musy, Renaud Musy, Didier Lozahic – "Lost Illusions"

• Mathieu Descamps, Pierre Bariaud, Samuel Aïchoun – "Les Magnétiques"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Caroline Champetier, "Annette"

• Christophe Beaucarne, "Lost Illusions"

• Paul Guilhaume, "Les Olympiades"

• Tom Harari, "Onoda, 10,000 Nuits Dans La Jungle"

• Ruben Impens, "Titane"

BEST EDITING

• Nelly Quettier, "Annette"

• Simon Jacquet, "Bac Nord"

• Valentin Féron, "Boïte Noire"

• Frédéric Baillehaiche, "La Fracture"

• Cyril Nakache, "Lost Illusions"

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Catherine Leterrier, "Aline"

• Pascaline Chavanne, "Annette"

• Madeleine Fontaine, "Délicieux"

• Thierry Delettre, "Eiffel"

• Pierre-Jean Laroque, "Lost Illusions"

BEST SET DESIGN

• Emmanuelle Duplay, "Aline"

• Florian Sanson, "Annette"

• Bertrand Seitz, "Délicieux"

• Stéphane Taillasson, "Eiffel"

• Riton Dupire-Clémént, "Lost Illusions"

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Sébastien Rame, "Aline"

• Guillaume Pondard, "Annette"

• Olivier Cauwet, "Eiffel"

• Arnaud Fouquet / Julien Meesters, "Lost Illusions"

• Martial Vallanchon, "Titane"

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE "Même Les Souris Vont Au Paradis," dirs: Denisa Grimmova, Jan Bubenicek "Le Sommet Des Dieux," dir: Patrick Imbert "La Traverséé," dir: Florence Miailhe

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE "Animal," dir: Cyril Dion "Bigger Than Us," dir: Flore Vasseur "Debout Les Femmes," dirs: Gilles Perret, François Ruffin "Indes Galantes," dir: Philippe Béziat "La Panthère Des Neiges," dirs: Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier

BEST DEBUT FEATURE

• "Gagarine," dirs: Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh

• "Les Magnétiques," dir: Vincent Maël Cardona

• "La Nuée," dir: Just Philippot

• "La Panthère Des Neiges," dirs: Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier

• "Slalom," dir: Charlène Favier

BEST FOREIGN FILM

• "Compartment No. 6," dir: Juho Kuosmanen

• "Drive My Car," dir: Ryusuke Hamaguchi

• "First Cow," dir: Kelly Reichardt

• "The Worst Person In The World," dir: Joachim Trier

• "La Loi De Téhéran," dir: Saeed Roustayi

• "Parallel Mothers," dir: Pedro Almodovar

• "The Father," dir: Florian Zeller