The 2009 César ceremony, held on February 27th at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, offered a few surprises.
One of the evening's favorites, Laurent Cantet's Palme d'Or winner The Class, taken from François Begaudeau's book about a teacher trying to cope with unruly students in one of Paris' toughest neighborhoods, won a single award: best adapted screenplay.
On the other hand, Martin Provost's Séraphine, the story of early 20th-century French painter Séraphine de Senlis, took home 7 Césars,...
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