The exercise has become too perilous for a number of years. At the Césars, after the failure of Florence Foresti, in 2020, on the background of the Polanski affair, then the approximate catch-up of Marina Foïs, the following year, we recalled Antoine de Caunes, in 2022, to avoid any additional controversy on stage at the Olympia. On February 24, the 2023 edition of the Césars will take place. And obviously, no one had the courage to accept the mission alone! Not even the funny Jamel Debbouze.
Nine mistresses and masters of ceremonies, for lack of having Jamel Debbouze solo!
According to the magazine Telecable, it is indeed the husband of Mélissa Theuriau who “appeared as the providential man, at first”. We thus learn that “asked to be the master of ceremonies for this 2023 edition, he replied that he could not do better than award two prizes”. And “This is where the idea of a collegial presentation imposed itself” observe our colleagues.
It is for this reason that the Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques has called on not one but nine actors and actresses to be master and mistresses of ceremonies. Thus, in the animation, we will have Jamel Debbouze therefore, but also Leila Bekhti, Jérôme Commandeur, Emmanuelle Devos, Léa Drucker, Eye Haidara, Alex Lutz. Raphael Personnaz, Ahmed Sylla, Michel Hazanavicius, Audrey Lamy and Benoît Magimel. A first.
A single presiding officer
They will all be on stage one after the other, and sometimes in pairs, and will also present the statuettes to the winners. According to Figaroit is Virginie Efira who will present the César of Honor to David Fincher (“Seven”“Fight Club” or “The Social Network”)
On the president’s side of this year’s ceremony, there is no exception to the rule, however. After Sandrine Kiberlain (2020), Roschdy Zem 2021) and Danièle Thompson (2022), it is actor Tahar Rahim, twice Caesarized in 2010 for “A prophet” who accepted the job.
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