“I couldn’t get up I couldn’t”: Juliette Binoche is very critical of Jamel Debussy’s speech

A festive and peaceful ceremony, yes. But, of course, there are also unforeseen events and flashes. As we reported on Friday night, the ceremony was interrupted once by a climate activist, which interrupted the live broadcast.

A few minutes earlier there had been another kind of disruption, or we could say disruption. In the middle of an introductory speech led by Jamel Debussy (see below), Juliette Binoche stood up and spoke.

He had no microphone, his notes were absent or barely audible (“I don’t agree, I don’t agree. We also make records“), but offered a form of annoyance. A planned sequence? Improvised? Why did Juliette Binoche speak?

The actor caught it His Instagram account To explain this moment, which may have surprised and demanded some explanation.

“I couldn’t help but laugh when Jamel started giggling about auteur films. He explains in the post. While stand-up comics can take all the liberties, auteur films are fragile, difficult to make, we are lucky that in France we can have a huge variety of films thanks to different financial support that is the envy of the world. All diversity should be expressed.“

“No! Forgive me Jamel with all the respect and love I have for you and you know it, I do not agree with your right to denigrate this cinema and neither do those who risk doing so, it is very simple.he continues. Arthouse cinema brings a unique, sometimes new look, different tangents, which sometimes has a hard time finding its audience, which has less access than Asterix, but also finds. And it’s good like that. So there is no laughing matter. Tolerance and a little appreciation of differences. ✨ Lucky for you, I’m not Will Smith’s sister 😉 Moral of the story: We can’t say anything (even about Caesars!? Yeah)– he ends with humor, if the actor does not hide his irritation with the essence of the conversation, it is not anger towards Jamel.

For context, Jameel was ironic in his speech about the success of cinema, making comments that echoed, for example, recent comments by Pates Jérôme Seydoux, namely that blockbuster films should be prioritized.

“What’s working at the movies at the moment? Avatar, Asterix, Top Gun. stunts and special effects. I watched our original films… no stunts, no special effects. it is normal. No, but you seriously want to make records. We need to strengthen our scripts, be more creative“, he started.

Watch the full speech here:

Obviously, Jamel Debussy did not expect Juliette Binoche to speak directly. “I did not expect this intervention– he said to Caesar’s society.You add ninjas to Juliet, we’re making trouble for my mother’s life“, he answered.You haven’t seen the movie“(Editor’s note. Ouistreham by Emmanuel Carrère, see trailer above), then he replied. “I saw the movie! what is happening to him You wrote it to him as a text.. so a series full of surprises that set the tone for the rhythmic ceremony.

To continue the theme of auteur cinema in French cinema, we invite you to read this interview with the producers of Alice Diop’s Saint Omer. At the microphone of AlloCiné, they wanted to speak in defense of a certain French exception that would allow films like Saint Omer, winner of the César for best first film, to exist.

Find the complete winners and recap of the 48th Cesar Awards at this link. The entire ceremony is available for replay on myCANAL, as well as a montage focused on the highlights.

For the record, Dominik Moll’s La Nuit du 12 was the big winner of the night with 6 statues, including Best Picture and Best Director.