It’s Saturday, March 9, 1991. The 16th César ceremony is taking place quietly, and nothing seems to be able to stop the great mass of French cinema from its little routine. But it is without hope of Vanessa Paradis who will give another dimension to the evening with the Anthology Ball!
When Vanessa Paradis appears on the stage of the Champs-Élysées theater in Paris, it is the Most Promising Actress award show. Alongside Richard Boehringer, who had won the award a year earlier for his role as Nos Blanche, it follows the meticulous tradition of each evening of this type, and after opening the famous envelope, the moment comes to reveal the name of the lucky winner. But this is a drama…
“Caesar is rewarded Judith Godrech in… Shit! I’m sorry… Oh, I’m sorry, I’m sorry! This is Judith Henry In wiseexcuse me !” Shock in the audience because instead of announcing the actual winner, Judith Henri for La Discrète, poor Vanessa Paradis named Judith Godrech, who was also nominated in the category for her performance in La Désenchantée.
The reason for the error is not so difficult to understand. Big stress + identical name on the list = Vanessa Paradis getting confused and making a big mistake in front of a bewildered Richard Bohringer. A must-have iconic moment to (re)discover in the player below!
We imagine that at that time and in the following days, Vanessa Paradis, who recently announced that she refused to participate in the great success of French cinema, had a rather bad experience with this incident, which was committed in front of a packed house and thousands. viewers. But apparently he recovered well.
In 2010, Best Director nominee Vanessa Paradis, co-starring Valérie Lemercier and Gad Elmale, poked fun at herself with a little sketch about the accident. Find out below.
The César Academy was not unhappy with the actor after the incident, as Vanessa Paradis was nominated in 2000 for her role in The Girl on the Bridge, and in addition to presenting the best director prize in 2010, she chaired the prestigious ceremony in 2018.
In conclusion, we note that the 1991 ceremony was a real mistake, because Smaine completely forgot to mention Odette Lorre among the actresses who were nominated for a César in the best supporting role!
Trailer for “La Discrète,” with Judith Henry, César for Best Actress (yes, yes, I promise!) :
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