23rd César Awards
# 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:

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