‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ Tops ‘Emilia Pérez’ in France’s César Nominations

Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or champion, and Oscar challenger, Anora, is up for the Cesar for ideal foreign movie, against Academy Award hopefuls consisting of Coralie Fargeat’s The Material, Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice and Jonathan Glazer’s 2024 Oscar victor The Area of Passion.

Ideal Sustaining Star David Ayala in Misericordia Bastien Bouillon in The Matter of Monte Cristo Alain Chabat in Pounding Hearts Jacques Develay in Misericordia Laurent Lafitte in The Count of Monte Cristo

Audiard’s Cannes Jury Prize-winning genre-bending musical crime drama goes into the Cesar race with lots of awards momentum, after brushing up the European Movie Awards, winning four Golden Globes and leading the Oscar race with 13 elections.

Finest Initial Soundtrack Jon Brion for Whipping Hearts Jérôme Rebotier for The Matter of Monte Cristo Clément Ducol, Camille for Emilia Pérez Alexandre Desplat for The A Lot Of Priceless of Cargoes Linda Courvoisier, Charlie Courvoisier for Vingt Dieux

The Matter of Monte Cristo, Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière’s retelling of the timeless French vengeance tale, is the front-runner for this year’s César Honors, racking up 14 nominations, including in the best film and finest guiding groups.

Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patelliere’s luxurious adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic was the greatest French box office hit of in 2014, drawing close to 10 million customers for a $40 million regional take. Internationally, the movie has actually made more than $75 million.

Simply under 5,000 members of the French movie academy will certainly vote for the Cesars, with the preliminary of ballot from Jan. 2-28 and the last round set up for Feb. 5-28. The 49th César Honors ceremony will certainly happen at Paris’s l’Olympia opera house on Feb. 28.

Best Adapted Movie Script Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de La Patellière for The Matter of Monte Cristo Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez Michel Hazanavicius, Jean-Claude Grumberg for The Majority Of Valuable of Cargoes