1974, Film and Television Awards: Étoiles de cristal (France)

Grand prix (Best French Film)
'La Femme de Jean' (Yannick Bellon)

'La Femme de Jean' poster

Meilleur acteur (Best Actor)
Philippe Noiret as Michel Descombes in 'L'Horloger de Saint-Paul'

Philippe Noiret as Michel Descombes

Meilleure actrice (Best Actress)
Juliet Berto as Céline and Dominique Labourier as Julie in 'Céline et Julie vont en bateau'

Dominique Labourier as Julie and Juliet Berto as Céline

Meilleur acteur étranger (Best Foreign Actor)
Paul Newman as Henry Gondorff and Robert Redford as Johnny Hooker in 'The Sting'

Paul Newman as Henry Gondorff and Robert Redford as Johnny Hooker

Meilleure actrice étrangère (Best Foreign Actress)
Olimpia Carlisi as Adriana in 'Le Milieu du monde'

Olimpia Carlisi as Adriana

1976, Film and Television Awards: 1st César Awards

César du meilleur film (Best Film)
Winner: Le Vieux Fusil (Robert Enrico)

Le Vieux Fusil Poster

Nominees:

• Cousin, Cousine (Jean-Charles Tacchella)
• Que la fête commence (Bertrand Tavernier)
• Sept morts sur ordonnance (Jacques Rouffio)

César du meilleur film étranger (Best Foreign Film)
Winner: Profumo di donna (Dino Risi)

Profumo di donna Poster

Nominees:

• Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Werner Herzog)
• Trollflöjten (Ingmar Bergman)
• Nashville (Robert Altman)

César de la meilleure actrice (Best Actress)
Winner: Romy Schneider as Nadine Chevalier in L'important c'est d'aimer

Romy Schneider as Nadine Chevalier

Nominees:

• Isabelle Adjani as Adèle Hugo in L'Histoire d'Adèle H.
• Catherine Deneuve as Nelly Ratabou in Le Sauvage
• Delphine Seyrig as Anne-Marie Stretter in India Song

César du meilleur acteur (Best Actor)
Winner: Philippe Noiret as Julien Dandieu in Le Vieux Fusil

Philippe Noiret as Julien Dandieu

Nominees:

• Gérard Depardieu as Jean-Pierre Berg in Sept morts sur ordonnance
• Victor Lanoux as Ludovic in Cousin, Cousine
• Jean-Pierre Marielle as Henri Serein in Les Galettes de Pont-Aven

César de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle (Best Actress in a Supporting Role)
Winner: Marie-France Pisier as Karine dans Cousin, Cousine and Régina in Souvenirs d'en France

Marie-France Pisier as Karine

Marie-France Pisier as Régina

Nominees:

• Isabelle Huppert as The Young Aloïse in Aloïse
• Andréa Ferréol as Mme Licquois in Les Galettes de Pont-Aven
• Christine Pascal as Émilie in Que la fête commence

César du meilleur acteur dans un second rôle (Best Actor in a Supporting Role)
Winner: Jean Rochefort as l'abbé Dubois in Que la fête commence

Jean Rochefort as l'abbé Dubois

Nominees:

• Victor Lanoux as Pierre Lardatte in Adieu poulet
• Patrick Dewaere as Lefèvre in Adieu poulet
• Jean Bouise as François in Le Vieux Fusil

César du meilleur réalisateur (Best Director)
Winner: Bertrand Tavernier: Que la fête commence

Que la fête commence Poster

Nominees:

• François Truffaut: L'Histoire d'Adèle H.
• Robert Enrico: Le Vieux Fusil
• Jean-Paul Rappeneau: Le Sauvage

César du meilleur scénario original ou adaptation (Best Screenplay)
Winner: Bertrand Tavernier and Jean Aurenche with Que la fête commence

Que la fête commence Poster

Nominees:

• Georges Conchon and Jacques Rouffio: Sept morts sur ordonnance
• Robert Enrico and Pascal Jardin: Le Vieux Fusil
• Jean-Charles Tacchella: Cousin, Cousine

César de la meilleure musique écrite pour un film (Best Music)
Winner: François de Roubaix: Le Vieux Fusil

Le Vieux Fusil Poster

Nominees:

• Carlos d'Alessio: India Song
• Philippe d'Orléans and Antoine Duhamel: Que la fête commence
• Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint: Un linceul n'a pas de poches

César du meilleur son (Best Sound)
Winner: Nara Kollery and Luc Perini: Black Moon

Black Moon Poster

Nominees:

• Harald Maury and Harrick Maury: Hu-Man
• Michel Vionnet: India Song
• Bernard Aubouy: Le Vieux Fusil

César de la meilleure photographie (Best Cinematography)
Winner: Sven Nykvist: Black Moon

Black Moon Poster

Nominees:

• Étienne Becker: Le Vieux Fusil
• Pierre Lhomme: La Chair de l'orchidée
• Pierre Lhomme: Le Sauvage

César du meilleur montage (Best Editing)
Winner: Geneviève Winding: Sept morts sur ordonnance

Sept morts sur ordonnance Poster

Nominees:

• Christiane Lack: L'important c'est d'aimer
• Jean Ravel: Adieu poulet
• Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte: Le Sauvage
• Eva Zora: Le Vieux Fusil

César des meilleurs décors (Best Production Design)
Winner: Pierre Guffroy: Que la fête commence

Que la fête commence Poster

Nominees:

• Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko: L'Histoire d'Adèle H.
• Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko: L'important c'est d'aimer
• Richard Peduzzi: La Chair de l'orchidée

César d'honneur (Honorary César)
Ingrid Bergman
Diana Ross

Ingrid Bergman, Claude Brialy and Diana Ross.

1969, Film: The Assassination Bureau Limited

The British black comedy "The Assassination Bureau Limited" (US: "The Assassination Bureau") premieres in London on 10 March 1969. The film, directed by Basil Dearden, is based on the unfinished novel "The Assassination Bureau, Ltd" by Jack London. The novel was, after Jack London's death (1916), finished by Robert L. Fish. It was published in 1963. Main stars are Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Curd Jürgens, Philippe Noiret, Warren Mitchell and Clive Revill. Unlike London's original novel, which is set in the United States, the film is set in Europe.

Synopsis

London early 1900s, the aspiring journalist Sonia Winter (Diana Rigg) uncovers an organisation that specialises in killing high placed people for money, the Assassination Bureau, Limited. To destroy the bureau she hires the organisation to murder the bureau's own chairman, Ivan Dragomiloff (Oliver Reed)...

Diana Rigg as Sonya Winter

Oliver Reed as Ivan Dragomiloff and Diana Rigg as Sonya Winter

Warren Mitchell as Herr Weiss and Oliver Reed as Ivan Dragomiloff

Main cast

• Oliver Reed as Ivan Dragomiloff
• Diana Rigg as Sonya Winter
• Telly Savalas as Lord Bostwick
• Curd Jürgens as General von Pinck
• Philippe Noiret as Monsieur Lucoville
• Warren Mitchell as Herr Weiss
• Beryl Reid as Madame Otero
• Clive Revill as Cesare Spado
• Kenneth Griffith as Monsieur Popescu
• Vernon Dobtcheff as Baron Muntzof
• Annabella Incontrera as Eleanora Spado
• Jess Conrad as Angelo
• George Coulouris as Swiss Peasant

Diana Rigg as Sonya Winter and Philippe Noiret as Monsieur Lucoville

Diana Rigg as Sonya Winter and Telly Savalas as Lord Bostwick

Nominations

• Golden Globe (US) for Best English-Language Foreign Film, lost to "Oh! What a Lovely War"
• Golden Laurel (US) for Female New Face (Diana Rigg), lost to Ali MacGraw in "Goodbye, Columbus"

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The Assassination Bureau, Sample clip (1969)

1975, Film: “Le vieux fusil”

The French/German film “Le vieux fusil” (English: “The Old Gun”) is released in France on 22 August 1975. The film, directed by Robert Enrico, music by François de Roubaix, and starring Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider and Jean Bouise, is based on the Massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane in 1944. On 10 June 1944, 642 inhabitants including 205 children of Oradour-sur-Glane were murdered by a German battalion.

The film won the 1976 César Award for Best Film, Best Actor and Best Music, and was nominated for best director, supporting actor, writing, cinematography, editing and sound.

Synopsis
1944, Julien Dandieu (Philippe Noiret) is a surgeon in the local hospital of Montauban. When the German army enters Montauban, Dandieu asks his friend François (Jean Bouise) to drive his wife Clara (Romy Schneider) and his daughter Florence (Catherine Delaporte) to a village in the country where he owns a castle. Later that week Dandieu sets off to meet his family, but meanwhile the Germans have occupied the village. He discovers that all the local people have been killed and that his daughter was shot and his wife burned to death by a German flame-thrower. Dandieu decides to kill as many Germans as possible to avenge his wife and daughter...

Philippe Noiret, Caroline Bonhomme & Romy Schneider

Philippe Noiret

Romy Schneider

Main Cast

• Philippe Noiret as Julien Dandieu
• Romy Schneider as Clara Dandieu
• Jean Bouise as François
• Joachim Hansen as SS officer
• Robert Hoffmann as Lieutenant
• Caroline Bonhomme as Florence Dandieu (8 years)
• Catherine Delaporte as Florence Dandieu (13 years)
• Karl Michael Vogler as Doctor Müller
• Madeleine Ozeray as Julien's Mother

Romy Schneider & Philippe Noiret

Philippe Noiret

Romy Schneider

Awards

• César Meilleur film (Best Film) for Robert Enrico (César Awards, France 1976)
• César Meilleur acteur (Best Actor) for Philippe Noiret (César Awards, France 1976)
• César Meilleure musique (Best Music) for François de Roubaix (César Awards, France 1976)
• David Migliore Attore Straniero (Best Foreign Actor) for Philippe Noiret (David di Donatello Awards, Italy 1976)

Trailer

1973, Film: “La Grande Bouffe”

The French-Italian film “La Grande Bouffe” premièred on 17 May 1973 at the Cannes Film Festival. The film directed by Marco Ferreri, stars Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret. The film was highly controversial on release, it criticised the consumer society and caused a scandal at the Cannes Film Festival.

Synopsis

Four successful middle-aged men the pilot Marcello, television executive Michel, chef Ugo, and the judge Philippe, go to Philippe's villa to eat themselves to death. After the first night, Marcello insists that women should join them. Three prostitutes make it through a day or two; Andrea, a local school teacher, stays to the end...

Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi and Marcello Mastrioianni

Main Cast

• Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello
• Philippe Noiret as Philippe
• Michel Piccoli as Michel
• Ugo Tognazzi as Ugo
• Andréa Ferréol as Andréa
• Monique Chaumette as Madeleine
• Florence Giorgetti as Anne
• Solange Blondeau as Danielle
• Michèle Alexandre as Nicole
• Cordelia Piccoli as Barbara

Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi and Andréa Ferréol

Awards

• Cannes Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize for Marco Ferreri (1973)

Michel Piccoli

Trailer