{"id":3151,"date":"2011-01-18T10:13:21","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T10:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=3151"},"modified":"2014-06-11T21:08:26","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T19:08:26","slug":"le-prix-lumiere-or-the-french-equivalent-of-the-golden-globes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/le-prix-lumiere-or-the-french-equivalent-of-the-golden-globes\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Prix Lumi\u00e8re—Or The French equivalent of the Golden Globes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Place au cin\u00e9ma fran\u00e7ais aujourd’hui <\/strong><\/em>(Today, it’s time to talk about French\u00a0Film)!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Qui ne connait\u00a0pas de nos jours <\/em><\/strong>les<\/em> Oscars et les<\/em> Golden Globes <\/strong>(Who doesn’t nowadays know the\u00a0Oscars and the Golden Globes)…<\/p>\n

In France, the equivalent of these two awards of le septi\u00e8me art<\/strong> <\/em>(“Seventh Art”, referring to Film, according to the Hegelian ranking of arts)\u00a0are, respectivement <\/strong><\/em>(respectively), les C\u00e9sars<\/em><\/strong>, and le Prix\u00a0Lumi\u00e8re<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

L’affiche de la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie des “Lumi\u00e8res” de l’ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re <\/em>(the poster of last year’s “Lumi\u00e8re” Awards ceremony)<\/strong>
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It is la presse \u00e9trang\u00e8re <\/strong><\/em>(the foreign press) based in the French capital that designates the les\u00a0gagnants de cette ann\u00e9e <\/em><\/strong>(the\u00a0winners of this year), who can either be French <\/strong>or des francophones<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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This year,\u00a0le plus\u00a0grand gagnant<\/em><\/strong> (the biggest winner) is Xavier Beauvois<\/strong>, <\/em>with his “Des Hommes et des dieux” <\/em><\/strong>(“Of Gods and Men”), which deals with an\u00a0incident that belongs to Algeria<\/strong>‘s “d\u00e9cennie noire” <\/em><\/strong>(“Black Decade”),\u00a0ranging roughly from 1990<\/strong> to 2000. <\/strong>Despite a rather neat performance of a number of its lead actors, and\u00a0the honors subsequently bestowed on it, this movie -which has already\u00a0earned the Grand Prix <\/em><\/strong>at last year’s Festival de Cannes<\/em>– <\/strong>doesn’t\u00a0unfortunately come even close to identifying “les tenants et aboutissants” <\/strong><\/em>(“the ins and outs”) of the context within which this tragic\u00a0incident took place.\u00a0Comme cela est souvent le cas <\/em><\/strong>(As it is often the case), it seems that some “lignes rouges<\/em>“<\/strong>(“red lines”, that is)\u00a0are never meant to be crossed when French\u00a0movies\u00a0deal with “le dossier alg\u00e9rien<\/em>” <\/strong>(“the Algerian File.”)<\/p>\n

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Other than that, le prix du meilleur acteur<\/strong><\/em> (the Award of the Best Actor) went to “veteran” French actor\u00a0Michael Lonsdale. <\/strong>Remember him? He embodied\u00a0le villain<\/strong><\/em> in the “Moonraker<\/strong>” James Bond:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HGo748GqS9g<\/a>
\nFrench actor<\/strong> Michael Lonsdale, winner of a 2011 Prix Lumi\u00e8re,\u00a0\u00a0embodying \u00a0the role of le m\u00e9chant <\/em>(the villain) “Hugo Drax” in the 1979 “Moonraker” James Bond. A billionaire who supposedly counted la Tour Eiffel <\/em>as one of his many treasured possessions, his petit discours <\/em>(little speech) seems to come straight from the “inspirators” of the\u00a0Ra<\/em>\u00eblien “<\/strong><\/em>Clone-court” winner, Michel Houellebecq<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L5nsX3BSXQI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Belgian film “Ill\u00e9gal<\/em>” is the winner of the special 2011\u00a0TV5 Monde Prix Lumi\u00e8re du public mondial.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Place au cin\u00e9ma fran\u00e7ais aujourd’hui (Today, it’s time to talk about French\u00a0Film)! Qui ne connait\u00a0pas de nos jours les Oscars et les Golden Globes (Who doesn’t nowadays know the\u00a0Oscars and the Golden Globes)… In France, the equivalent of these two awards of le septi\u00e8me art (“Seventh Art”, referring to Film, according to the Hegelian ranking…<\/p>\n

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