23rd César Awards

23rd César Awards
23rd César Awards
Date	28 February 1998
Site	Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Hosted by	Antoine de Caunes
Highlights
Best Film	Same Old Song
Best Actor	André Dussollier; Same Old Song
Best Actress	Ariane Ascaride; Marius and Jeannette
Television coverage
Network	Canal+
	← 22nd; César Awards; 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:

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
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