Advertisement

'Count of Monte Cristo,' 'Beating Hearts,' 'Emilia Perez' top Cesar Awards nominees

Pierre Niney and "The Count of Monte Cristo" are nominated at the César Awards. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI
1 of 5 | Pierre Niney and "The Count of Monte Cristo" are nominated at the César Awards. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI | License Photo

Jan. 29 (UPI) -- France's Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma has announced the nominations for the 2025 César Awards.

The 50th annual ceremony will take place Feb. 28 at the Olympia in Paris and will air live on Canal+.

Advertisement

The César Awards is France's highest film honor, equivalent to the United States' Academy Awards. The awards show honors the best in French cinema.

The Count of Monte Cristo, a French adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas novel, leads this year's nominees with 14 nominations, including Best Film and Best Director for Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière, who also co-wrote the film.

The movie stars Pierre Niney as Edmond Dantès, a sailor who is imprisoned on false accusations. After escaping years later, Dantès assumes the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo and seeks revenge.

Beating Hearts, a modern take on Romeo and Juliet directed and co-written by Gilles Lellouche, follows with 13 nominations, including Best Director for Lellouche, Best Actor for François Civil and Best Actress for Adèle Exarchopoulos.

Meanwhile, Emilia Pérez, the movie musical written and directed by French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, is up for 12 awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Audiard, and Best Actress for both Karla Sofía Gascón and Zoe Saldaña. The film leads the nominees at the Academy Awards, with 13 Oscar nominations.

Advertisement

Other César Awards nominees include Emmanuel Courcol's The Marching Band, Boris Lojkine's Souleymane's Story and Alain Guiraudie's Misericordia.

American actress Julia Roberts and Greek filmmaker Costa-Gavras will receive Honorary César awards.

Julia Roberts: 35 images of the movie star

Julia Roberts cradles the trophy she garnered January 11, 1998 at the People's Choice Awards after she was chosen favorite actress in a motion picture. Photo by jr/Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

Latest Headlines