It was around quarter past midnight that night when Omar Sy landed on the Olympia stage. The actor, who came to present the César for best actress, immediately conquered the room with his usual naturalness, his laughter and his beautiful statement to people in the shadows of French cinema.
“For two years, we have had our legs cut off, so I wanted to tell you this evening to all the people who work behind the images that we shoot and that we project that we are there, with them. French cinema is here“, he declared to applause. Before waking up the whole room! Indeed, if on his arrival, he had refused to dance as Antoine de Caunes asked him, he ended up executing … and get everyone moving! Dance steps like those performed at the same ceremony a few years earlier.
Accompanied by the orchestra which began the first notes ofThen we dance, from Stromae, Omar Sy asked the whole room to stand up. If, at the beginning, nobody moved, everyone ended up complying, Leila Bekhti in the lead. And the whole room took a few steps, while Omar showed that he hasn’t lost any of his talents since Untouchablesawarded ten years ago.