This year, the 48th Cesar ceremony paid tribute to a very great director: David Fincher. Fight Club, Seven, Zodiac, The Strange Story of Benjamin Button, The Social Network, Gone Girl… the list of films by the American filmmaker is long, very long!
Friday February 24, 2023, it was Viriginie Efira who came to the Olympia stage to present this statuette of honor to the 60-year-old man. After a short speech in which she admitted to “loving” him. “I know that this surge of love is shared by the French public!”.
After this declaration of love, the ex-presenter of Nouvelle Star announced the arrival of Brad Pitt, who shot under the orders of David Fincher on several occasions. “It’s a privilege to have acted in three David Fincher films. Good evening, my name is Brad Pitt and I am a survivor”. The two men have known each other since the mid-90s.
“If you hadn’t already realized, I adore this man with all my heart and I’m thrilled to have been able to ambush him tonight and be part of this tribute to one of our greatest storytellers. of stories. Well done even before he got this far, because this is a man who carefully avoids the spotlight.”
Between various anecdotes, the star underlined the perfectionism and the genius of his friend who “the obsession with professionalism”.
Monsieur David Fincher The American director receives the César d’honneur from the hands of Brad Pitt, his “partner in crime”. #Caesar2023pic.twitter.com/lIfPxXrL1E
— CANAL+ (@canalplus) February 24, 2023
At the end of the year, David Fincher will unveil a new achievement: The Killer. It is not in dark rooms that the public will be able to revel in this film but on the platform netflix. This is the adaptation of the comic book series, The killerwritten by Matz and drawn by Luc Jacamon.
We will find in the casting, Michael Fassbender and Tilda Swinton.
See also: Anne-Sophie Lapix: how Virginie Efira has just caused her downfall…
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